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This guide is here to help you find the resources available to you through NU Library as well as free and web-based resources relevant to Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences. The page you are on now contains key resources to get started.
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Key resources (multi-content)
The library subscribes to several McGraw Hill Access resources for specific collections. All include textbooks, learning tools, cases, videos, and review prep, a drug section and more.
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AccessPhysiotherapy Including F.A. Davis Physical Therapy Collection ( (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new windowSources on physical therapy, rehabilitation and sports medicine. Features learning tools and physical therapy textbooks, patient cases, videos, and PTE and NTPE review prep. Some resources such as flash cards may require an individual McGraw Access account. Please register here then return to this page and use the above link for access.
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AccessNeurology (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new windowcovers the entire spectrum of neurology from the basics to specialty-specific content.*Neuromuscular Disorders*Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine*Neuroanatomy Text and Atlas
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AccessMedicine (McGraw Hill Medical) This link opens in a new windowFrom the basics to specialty-specific content,with more than 50 medical books, including manuals and handbooks which can be downloaded to a mobile device. Some resources such as flash cards may require an individual McGraw Access account. Please register here then return to this page and use the above link for access.
- What this includes: Textbooks, self-assessments, practice guidelines, videos, a drug database, patient cases.
Physical Exam
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Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new windowBates Visual Guide to Physical Examination presents a step-by-step approach to patient treatment, current examination techniques, and normal and abnormal findings, including more than 8 hours of head-to-toe and systems-based video footage with standardized patients that represent various age groups, backgrounds, and conditions. Also included are OSCE Clinicial Skills Videos, intended to help users prepare for the Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.
Clinical and Drug Tools
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UpToDate LexiDrug (Wolters Kluwer) This link opens in a new windowLexidrug provides concise, point-of-care drug information, including dosing, administration, warnings and precautions, as well as clinical content, such as clinical practice guidelines, IV (intravenous) compatibility from Trissel's 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database, and other tools.
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ClinicalKey (Elsevier) This link opens in a new windowClinical overviews, e-books, drug classification overviews and patient education and guidelines.
Mental Health Diagnostics
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DSM Library This link opens in a new windowIncludes the complete Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, DSM-5-TR, and additional related materials.