HEALTH POLICY (HSA 6152)
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN: Bruce Barron
Activities:
In this session we will learn how to access information concerning
health policy issues by using the library’s catalog to locate books
and government documents, library web pages to find online
government information, and databases to search for relevant reports
and articles.
Goals:
At the conclusion of this session you will be able to:
- Access the library's catalog from
home or campus;
- Locate helpful books and
government documents in various formats;
-
Link to
federal and state web sites with useful information;
- Navigate selected databases and
retrieve chosen records;
Accessing Information:
The address of the Library’s web site is
http://www.fau.edu/library. In order to access databases from
home you must use EZ Proxy. This can be done by going to
Quick Links on the homepage and then clicking
Off Campus Connect.
To find the class web page, go to Quick Links
and click <Instructional Services> and then click <Class
Web Pages – Fall 2007>.
Selected
Resources:
FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG
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Searches will find books and government documents. More
effective searches can be done using subject terms.
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Some catalog entries have “purl” addresses so they can be
accessed directly as an electronic resource (Adobe Acrobat Reader
required).
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Items such as recent Congressional Hearings (Y4) may be found
on microfiche while others may be in print, including HE docs
from the Department of Health & Human Services.
WEB BASED
GOVERNMENT INFORMATION
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Select Research from library homepage followed by Find
and then
Government Resources in order to find links to electronic
sites.
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Listed under Laws and Regulations in the Subject
Guide, go to
Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet to locate
members of Congress, find Committee web sites, track the progress of
a bill, read entries in the Congressional Record
(1989-present), and view Committee reports.
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Find links to similar state information, such as the
Florida House of Representatives, from the State and Local
Government web page.
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Go to Federal Government Resources page and select
Department of Health & Human Services to view sections such as
Policy and Regulations.
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State and Local Government page links include
MyFlorida.com where you can go to Executive agencies such as
Agency for HealthCare Administration and Department of
Health.
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Find rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal Agencies in the
Federal Register. Similar information for the state can be found
in the
Florida Administrative Weekly.
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Other federal and state links can be found in the
Health Administration Research Guide which can be
found on the Research Guides page accessible from the
Library’s homepage by selecting Research and then Getting
Started.
SELECTED DATABASES
You must use
EZ Proxy to access databases from off
campus.
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ABI Inform and
Info Trac OneFile are good sources for journal and
newspaper articles on timely subjects.
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LexisNexis Congressional provides
many full text Congressional hearings and comprehensive
legislative histories.
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CQ Weekly provides
coverage and commentary of the U.S. Congress including status of
bills, votes and amendments, floor and committee activity, and
backroom maneuvering.
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CQ Public Affairs Collection features in-depth
reporting on vital issues, statistical and historical analyses,
historic documents and primary source materials, as well as a
directory of key government, nonprofit, and private organizations in
each of the major policy areas.
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CQ Researcher provides reports on a variety of
topics, some under the subject term “Medical Care”, which include
differing opinions, background information, outlooks, chronologies,
and extensive bibliographies.
Finding Additional Assistance:
Ask-A-Librarian
email reference help
Reference desk phone number:
561-297-3785
Make an appointment with a
librarian:
One-on-one reference consultation
