HSA 4817
Health Administration
Librarian: Ken Frankel
January 18, 2006

I. Locating books in the Library:

1. WebLUIS (the Library's catalog): click on Catalog or Books. The following types of basic searches are available:

A. Keywords: This search looks for a word anywhere in the record. Keywords can be truncated with a ? For example, research? will search for researchers, researching etc. Also, you can search for 2 keywords next to each other this way: research adj methods (adj stands for adjacent)
B. Author's Name: last name first, you don't need to capitalize
C. Title: if a title starts with "The," "A," or "An," omit that and skip to the next word.
D. Subject: This search looks for items classified by a subject heading and organizes the results into sub-topics. Subjects must be entered in a specific manner according to the Library of Congress subject headings. You may get a cross-reference to the preferred subject heading. Some subject heading examples that might be useful:

Health facilities	Insurance, health
Health maintenance organizations	Managed care plans
Health planning	Medical care
Health services administration	Medical policy
Home care  services	Medicare fraud
Hospitals	Nursing homes

*If you're not finding anything with a subject search try a keyword search instead*

E. Journal/Magazine Title: be sure to check the "Library Has" link to see which dates the Library owns. (Note: not all electronic journals we have are cataloged in WebLUIS. There is also a link to a list of all electronic journals available at FAU.)

Note the location box, which can be used to limit your search to sections of the library such as the Reference, Media Center or Government Documents Collections.

II. Searching for articles in databases

The WebLUIS catalog will tell you if the library owns a journal title, but does not provide information on individual articles. To search for articles click on “Indexes/Databases” or “Articles.” There are both alphabetical and subject listings of databases. When using these databases from off-campus you must log in through the EZ-Proxy link by entering the 14 digit number from your Owl Card. The SFX link that appears in the results of most database searches allows you to connect to external sources such as other databases holding the full text of the article, the Library’s catalog, the list of FAU’s electronic journals, ILLiad requesting, etc.

Selected Library Databases

1. ABI/INFORM Global
A business and management database indexing a wide variety of business related articles and company information on over 60,000 companies worldwide.

2. Business and Company Resource Center
Includes company profiles, company brand information, rankings, investment reports,      company histories, chronologies, and full-text articles.

3. Health Reference Center Academic
Provides articles on topics such as fitness, pregnancy, medicine, nutrition, public health, HMOs, prescription drugs, occupational health and safety, etc.

4. InfoTrac OneFile 
A very large interdisciplinary database that allows you to limit searches to refereed      journals and/or full text.

5. Standard & Poors (S&P) NetAdvantage
Provides access to the publications: Stock Reports, Industry Surveys, Corporation         Records, Register, Stock Guide, Bond Guide, Earnings Guide, The Outlook and Dividend    Record.           

 III.       Selected Health Statistical Web Sites (http://www.library.fau.edu/depts/instsrv/healthstat04.htm)

 IV. Citing your References

APA style is the way to format research papers based on the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2001). This book is available in the Ready Reference area and on 3 hour reserve (BF 76.7 P83 2001). Many quick reference guides to APA & other styles are available on the Internet. An example from Purdue University is:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

For further assistance, contact:

Ken Frankel, M.Ed., MLIS (frankel@fau.edu)
Library Reference Dept. (297-0079)