Occupational Therapy: OT Databases & Journals

These databases have a lot of articles on OT and other allied health fields. They are a good place to start your search. 

These databases are primarily intended for medical research. If your OT topic overlaps with medical research, try searching these. 

These databases are primarily intended for psychology research. If your OT topic overlaps with psychology research, try searching these. 

These databases are primarily intended for education research. If your OT topic overlaps with education research, try searching these. 

Database Searching

• Look for Advanced Search option
• Combine search terms (AND)
• Use alternative terms (OR)
• Limit: peer-reviewed, publication date
• Avoid limiting by full-text availability
• Get better keywords from subject headings
• Truncation/wildcard (adolesc*)

Citation Trails

• Check introduction, lit review, and references of helpful articles
• Use Google Scholar “cited by” for more recent

We Don’t Have It?

• Check for Full-Text Finder
• Copy-paste article title in library catalog and in Google Scholar
• Interlibrary Loan / Information Delivery service

These journals are all scholarly and peer-reviewed except OT Practice, which is a trade publication for practitioners.