Physical Therapist Assistant - Researching in the Technical Phase
Reference Librarian and Associate Professor
In this Guide
This guide is provided to offer sources for research on topics related to the Physical Therapist Assistant program.
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What's Inside:
Find Articles - A selection of "best bet" databases to use when looking for journal articles.
Find Books - Suggested books, and online catalog search help tips.
Find Video - Suggested online videos and video search.
Find Web Pages - Free study sets and tips for online searching.
AMA Style Citation - Citation Guides for formatting papers.
Science News Literacy and the Scientific Method
Know how to verify legitimate scientific claims, and debunk junk science.
The Problem of Bad Science:
"'Bad Science' Is Everywhere. What Can We Do to Stop Its Spread?"
"When research evidence is misleading" (2013)
"Trust: The Need for Public Understanding of How Science Works."
Addressing the Problem:
The Center for Open Science - Providing an infrastructure for detailed reporting scientific experiments and and the promotion of reproducible discoveries.
Unpaywall - Browser plugin that allows legal and free access to full texts of peer reviewed journal articles. Best when paired with the Open Access Button - Free, legal research articles and data delivered instantly or automatically requested from authors.
Little Maxima - Virtual Reality News Reader
Evaluating sources using the ABC test - Authority, Bias, and Currency. (video)
More on the Scientific Method. From Dziak, M. (2023). Scientific method. Salem Press Encyclopedia of Science.