Everything you ever wanted to know about Physiotherapy Canada Online...

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1 Everything you ever wanted to know about Physiotherapy Canada Online... Welcome to the CPA member resource guide everything you need to help you navigate this incredibly robust research tool. Physiotherapy Canada Online... Open access for CPA members! As a benefit of your CPA membership, you have full online access to current and past volumes of Physiotherapy Canada, including access to the latest Ahead of Print articles. To access all Physiotherapy Canada online content, please go to the member login page ( Physiotherapy Canada is available in two versions 1

2 1. Physiotherapy Canada Online Access Looking to read the latest issue of Physiotherapy Canada on your computer, tablet or smartphone? This version of Physiotherapy Canada presents readers with a virtual magazine experience and allows you to read or download PTC from cover to cover or as individual articles on your desktop and/or mobile device. This enhanced edition offers easy access and navigation, bookmarking and annotations options, embedded links and video/audio and social media sharing. Readers can also clip, save and print the entire issue or individual pages from within the highly interactive mobile environment. All functions and controls are available in the easy access toolbar located at the top of the screen. To access this version of PTC, login at: and select Access Physiotherapy Canada to access this version of PTC. 2

3 2. Physiotherapy Canada Journal Archive Looking for Ahead of Print articles, current and past issues of PTC or wanting to search the PTC archive? The PTC online archive includes 60+ issues of PTC and more than 700 articles, reviews, Clinician's commentaries and Congress abstracts and special series such as Education, Global Health, Primary Care, Exercise Prescription and Manual Therapy. PTC online is a rich and user friendly environment, where readers can choose to read articles from the latest issue or use advance search functions to find articles and related content deep within the PTC online archive. The highly interactive site allows readers to search, browse and read articles in PDF or full text HTML formats. Readers can bookmark, print, download, share content. Advanced functionality includes live links, downloadable citation data and related content search all within a rich mobile experience on any device. To access this version of PTC, login at: and select Download articles from the archive to access this version of PTC. Then follow the steps below to use PTC online to its full capacity. 3

4 1. Create a free personal account Simply click Register at the top right corner, complete the form and click submit. Next, contact us at journals@utpress.utoronto.ca and we will activate your account. Once activated, you can login by clicking Sign in at the top right corner. 2. Create your customized user experience. Once logged into your personal account, you can save and organize your advance search results, add articles to your favourites for reading/reference later, track citation data, sign up for new content and article citation alerts, etc. To create your custom user experience simply begin on the PTC homepage and choose an issue or article by clicking: Ahead of Print (articles available ahead of publication within a new issue) Current Issue All Issues (all available content organized by issue and date of publication) Most Read (listing of most read PTC content) Or enter a search in the search box 4

5 3. Choose Full text or PDF to read articles PTC Online allows users to read PTC articles in either full text html or pdf formats. Simply choose your desired version by clicking the appropriate tab below the article title. While reading, all links and references are live linked, simply click on them to access the reference information or go to that link. 4. Reader tools Use the Bookmark and Share tools box in the right navigation to , share via social media and browser bookmark article links as well as print full or specific pages of an article. Use the Article Tools box in the right navigation to add an article to favorites, article link, send citation information to citation manager for use later or track citations. Use Related Content Search to find related content and further your research/reading interests. 5

6 5. Search functions PTC Online offers readers advance search functionality. To begin, simply enter your search in the search box. You search results will appear and advanced searching or filters can then be applied. You can also modify or save your search by using the Filter Your Results, Modify Your Search or Save Your Search tool boxes in the right navigation. To delve further into your search query, click advance search to the right of the search box. Search Tips Boolean searches You can use the Boolean Operators AND, OR and NOT within search fields. By default an AND relationship is assumed between search terms unless another operator is specified. Searching for authors To search for multiple authors, separate each author name with either AND or OR. Using AND will search for content that has been co-authored by the authors. Using OR will search for content that has been authored by either of the authors. 6

7 Searching for phrases Enclose your search term with quotation marks to search for an exact match of that phrase. Without quotation marks, articles including all of the search terms somewhere in the article will be listed. For example searching for rehabilitation will find articles containing that exact phrase. Wildcards Use a question mark (?) in a search term to represent any one character and use an asterisk (*) to represent zero or more characters. Wildcards cannot be used at the start of a search term or when searching for phrases in quotes. For example, searching for Europe* will find results containing Europe and European. 6. Personal settings and account To review your personal settings, content and citation alerts, saved searches and bookmarked content, simply click Welcome, your user name at the top right corner of the screen. This account settings screen is where you can access your personal account login information, manage your new content alerts (full issue or Ahead of Print articles), access your saved searches and favorited articles. Still have questions or need more help? Please contact ptc@utpress.utoronto.ca for assistance. 7