The reference lists of articles in major occupational therapy journals were studied to identify journals cited by contributors. Four information services were compared for coverage of the 35 journals cited most frequently. The services were Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Occupational Therapy Index. The study showed that no single service was comprehensive for these journals; that the American Journal of Occupational Therapy was overwhelmingly dominant in terms of number of times cited; and that the range of titles cited was very wide.
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