Disciplines & Professions: Occupational Therapy

Web Sites

Open Directory's Occupational Therapy Directory
http://dmoz.org/Health/Professions/Occupational_Therapist/

Provides links to over 150 sites on physical therapy and offers visitors an annotated list of direct links to over 20 useful URLs.

Yahoo!'s Occupational Therapy Directory
http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Medicine/Occupational_Therapy/

Site has a list of annotated direct links; a directory of links organized by subject heading, in addition to other services, such as Yahoo! Health; a page that provides health research, expert advice, and healthy recipes; and chat/discussion boards for interactive discussion.

Print Resources

Jacobs, Karen, ed. Quick Reference Dictionary for Occupational Therapy. 2nd ed. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK, 1999.

Intended specifically for occupational therapy students and practitioners. Includes more than 2,500 definitions arranged alphabetically.

Occupational Therapy Index. Wetherby, West Yorkshire: Health Care Information Service, 1985-.

Indexes and abstracts thousands of articles about occupational therapy. Organizes entries by topic. Provides both author and subject indices.

Reed, Kathlyn L. Quick Reference to Occupational Therapy. 2nd ed. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen, 2001.

Aimed at an audience of students, practitioners, and researchers. Provides easily accessible overviews of disorders and conditions seen in occupational therapy. Organized by type of disorder or injury. Includes an extensive list of references and a thorough bibliography.

Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1957-.

Hundreds of entries including bibliographic information and abstracts of articles. Arranges entries by subject. A cumulative index is provided.