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OTseeker helps library and allied health professionals to find quality evidence efficiently
Author(s) -
McCluskey Annie,
Bennett Sally,
Hoffmann Tammy,
Tooth Leigh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00877.x
Subject(s) - evidence based practice , occupational therapy , resource (disambiguation) , rehabilitation , quality (philosophy) , evidence based medicine , health professionals , medline , medical education , variety (cybernetics) , health care , medicine , psychology , nursing , alternative medicine , computer science , political science , physical therapy , computer network , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , artificial intelligence , law
Research is essential for evidence-based practice yet many health professionals do not have enough time to find research. Studies relevant to occupational therapists can be particularly difficult to find. Most search engines are broad and return a large number of irrelevant articles. Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence (OTseeker) is an occupational therapy database available at http://www.otseeker.com. Developed by Australian occupational therapists, the resource aims to increase access to research and support clinical decision making. This discipline-specific database contains pre-appraised information from a variety of sources and decreases the time required to locate best evidence.