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How to Use AccessPhysiotherapy: Overview

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MyAccess Profile

To engage with AccessPhysiotherapy and its content and resources, users need to create a free MyAccess profile (upper-right sign in dropdown menu) in AccessPhysiotherapy. Users are encouraged to login each time they use the site.

AccessPhysiotherapy Overview

Hypothes.is

Hypothes.is is a free platform annotation tool in AccessPhysiotherapy.

Searching

The search feature in AccessPhysiotherapy is simple and easy to use. You can learn more about the search feature at this link.

Search:

  • In AccessPhysiotherapy, you can search for resources across all content types
  • Auto-suggest appears as you type (can be disabled)
  • You can "phrase search" using quotations
  • Get the same search results by combining terms together or by using AND
    • e.g., gait biomechanics = gait AND biomechanics

Search Builder:

To the left of your search results, search builder allows you to:

  • Focus the search by modifying your terms (keyword, title, author, ISBN)
  • Filter results by format (chapter, tables, cases, images, multimedia, etc.)
  • Select textbooks to see results by specific titles 
  • Narrow results by topics

Federated Search:

A federated search expands your results from AccessPhysiotherapy to include results from other McGraw Hill Access Medical sites. 

  • Use the dropdown menu to the left of the search bar to select federated search
  • Search builder elements above apply
  • Green dot indicates the item is available in your subscription