Welcome!
Welcome to the TWU Libraries' Occupational Therapy subject guide. Here, you will find relevant and pertinent resources including databases, journals, and other information resources to help you find the information you need. Please use the page listings on the left to navigate through the guide.
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Remember your TWU Librarians who are available for appointments. For Students, you will learn how to locate information and use tools well for future information needs in a self-sufficient way. For Faculty & Staff, information will be provided to you.
Databases and Journals: Recommendations for databases and journals to use for research.
Books and Videos: Information on reserve items, notable books and videos, as well as FAQs on requesting a book.
Occupational Therapy Organizations: Listings of local and national OT and related organizations.
Houston Campus Library: Important information about the Houston Campus Library.
Writing & Citing: How to cite sources in your assignments.
Want a quick Slide Guide? see OT slideshow
What is research, and what is qualitative versus quantitative research? What is mixed methods research? Many different homework assignments ask the student to locate qualitative research or quantitative research articles. The US PubMed Central data source has an article describing qualitative research. Mixed methods research, a combination of different types of research, can be studied at a US National Institutes of Health information source here. Many resources throughout the world concern themselves with ethical research conduct, including how to carefully manage individuals who are the subject of research and clinical trials (see NIH Clinical Research Trials and You). The US National Institutes of Health and also the Australian government display a National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research, and the UK government has much information concerning the National Health Service Health Research Authority and more.
The Houston Center Library Room 4132 (at the Houston campus) has books from TWU's School of Business, Department of Health Care Administration, School of Nursing, Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences, School of Occupational Therapy and the School of Physical Therapy, also. Available for Houston TWU faculty, staff, and students to consult in the library, all of these materials (books, audiovisuals and journals) are specially selected and added to the collection by your faculty and staff. There is a pc/scanner available to print in b&w or color at the adjacent Mega Computer Lab. The Library also has Laptops and Chromebooks for checkout. Most of these materials are available to you to check out during hours of operation, so come browse the different collections and see what the Houston library has to offer you.
Please know that "Textbooks, reference, non-circulating, media materials, and Houston Reserve Items may not be requested through Interlibrary Loan (ILL)."
Houston's TWU building has shelter in place locations in the event of a storm, here.
Let TWU help you to get published in reputable sources
Consult the initial process at Sharing Your Research and more detail at Publishing Your Research and find information about the Directory of Open Access Journals the Creative Commons network at https://network.creativecommons.org/about/ and organizations like SPARC. Once you know where and how you want to get published, be careful to work with only the best quality publishers who will make your work shine!
Houston Center Library has a wonderful nap pod for you to take a 20 minute power nap; come give it a try!
