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Journal Guides: Occupational Therapy

Digital Journals

JOURNALS @ XU (Electronic Journal Locator & more!) (the Electronic Journal Locator and more!) contains all of the electronic, full-text journals in most of the library's research databases and full-text journal collections. Search for a particular journal title using title begins with, title equals (exact title) or title contains all words. Browse for a journal using the alphabetical display or search for a journal by subject category. Results provide links to the research database(s) or electronic journal collection(s) that index the journal and include the years covered. If full-text is not available, it provides links to XPLORE for print and microform holdings and to the Document Delivery/Annex Article Request Form - both are automatically populated with journal and article information. Instructions are available for accessing articles within databases and from bibliographies. It is compiled by and the user interface is provided by Serials Solutions.

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Print Journals

Search Print & Microform Journals in XPLORE by title if you do not see the journal you need below.

  1. Administration & management special interest section quarterly. v.13 (1997) - present
  2. Advance for occupational therapy practitioners. Current year only.
  3. American journal of occupational therapy. Annex v.27 (1973) - v.49 (1995); McDonald v.50 (1996) - present
  4. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation. Annex v.65 (1984) - v.68 (1987); v.74 (1993) - v.76 (1995); McDonald v.77 (1996) -present
  5. British journal of occupational therapy. Annex v.58:7 (1995:Jul); McDonald v.59 (1996) - present
  6. Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Annex v.60 (1993) - v.62 (1995); McDonald v.63 (1996) - present
  7. Closing the gap : CTG. Current year only.
  8. Developmental disabilities special interest section quarterly. v.20 (1996) - present
  9. Education special interest section quarterly. v.7 (1997) - present
  10. Gerontology special interest section quarterly. v.20 (1997) - present
  11. Harvard mental health letter. Current year only.
  12. Home & community health special interest section quarterly. v.4 (1997) - present
  13. Infants and young children. v.12, no.3 (April 2000) - present
  14. Journal of allied health. Annex v.22 (1993) - v.23 (1994); McDonald v.24 (1995) - present
  15. Journal of hand therapy. v.18 (2005) - present
  16. Journal of head trauma rehabilitation. v.10, no.5 (October 1995) - present
  17. Journal of occupational science. v.8 (2001) - present
  18. Journal of occupational therapy, schools & early intervention. v.1 (2008) - present
  19. Journal of religion, disability & health. v.7 (2003) - present
  20. Mental health occupational therapy. v.13 (2008) - present
  21. Mental health special interest section quarterly. v.20 (1997) - present
  22. New Zealand journal of occupational therapy. v.50 (2003) - present
  23. Occupational therapy in health care. Annex v.9 (1995); McDonald v.10 (1996) - present
  24. Occupational therapy in mental health. Annex v.12 (1992/93); McDonald v.13 (1997) - present
  25. Occupational therapy international. Annex v.1 (1994); McDonald v.2 (1995) - present
  26. OT practice. November, 1995; v.1 (1996) - present
  27. OTJR : occupation, participation and health. v.22 (2002) - present
  28. Philippine journal of occupational therapy. v.2 (2006) - present
  29. Physical & occupational therapy in geriatrics. Annex v.12 (1993/94) - v.13 (1995); McDonald v.14 (1996) - present
  30. Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics. Annex v.15 (1995); McDonald v.16 (1996) -
  31. Physical disabilities special interest section quarterly. v.20 (1997) - present
  32. Physical therapy. Annex v.75, no.9 (September 1995); McDonald v.76 (1996) - present
  33. Psychiatric rehabilitation journal. v.19 (1995/96) - present
  34. Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy. v.12 (2005) - present
  35. School system special interest section quarterly. v.4 (1997) - present
  36. Sensory integration special interest section quarterly. v.20 (1997) - present
  37. Technology and disability. v.10 (1999) - present
  38. Technology special interest section quarterly. v.7 (1997) - present
  39. Work : a journal of prevention, assessment, and rehabilitation. Annex v.5 (1995); McDonald v.6 (1996) - present
  40. Work programs special interest section quarterly. v.11 (1997) - v.21 (2007).
Journals Not at Xavier

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Resources for Evaluating Journals

Journal Citation Reports (2006) permits users to evaluate and compare journals using 2006 citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals form more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries. The science edition contains data from over 5,900 journals and the social science edition over 1,700 journals. It can show you the most frequently cited journals in a field, the highest impact journals in a field and the largest journals in a field. Citation and article counts are important indicators of how frequently current researchers are using individual journals. It is produced by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI) and the user interface is provided by Thomson. Click the Additional Resources tab to access this database.

Cabell's Directories provides full-text directory information for business, education and psychology journal publications. Each journal entry includes submission information (editor’s name, address, phone, fax, email, web address); publication guidelines (manuscript length, copies required, format, fees, style, computer submission); circulation data (reader type, frequency, number of subscribers, publisher, price); review information (type of reveiws, number of in-house and external reviewers, acceptance rate, time it takes to review, percent of invited articles, reviewers coments, publishing fees); manuscript topics included; and manuscript guidelines. To begin searching click Members in the menubar. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by Cabell Publishing, Inc.

Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (full-text directory information) contains information on currently published as well as discontinued periodicals. It includes magazines, journals, newletters, newspapers, conference proceedings, and electronic publications. Each entry includes a description, publisher, country of publication, ISSN, start year, status (active or inactive), price, frequency, ending issue, if refereed, format (print or electronic), if abstracted or indexed, where abstracted or indexed, language, editor, URL, and reviews. It is produced by and the user interface is provided by R.R. Bowker.

Criteria for Evaluating Scholarly vs. Popular Journals

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