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Occupational Therapy: Evidence-Based Practice: Citation Management

Steps for Acquiring Evidence

  1. Identify a clinical problem
  2. Create a well-defined research question (using PICO)
  3. Translate PICO into a search strategy
    • Brainstorm and gather synonyms
    • Construct the search strategy
  4. Select most likely resources (databases)
  5. Tailor search strategy to database(s)
  6. Save search & export citations to reference manager

APA Citation Style

EndNote Quick Info


EndNote: Bibliographies Made EasyEndNote is a bibliographic management software package. It is intended to organize, share, store, and create references. Users can build and manage their own personal research libraries.

EndNote is available for UT Health affiliates through TechZone.