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Resources Available at the Library--Health 50 Orientation

To begin, go to the Library Web site:  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/

National Health Care  |   The Professions  |  Databases and Library Catalogs

National Health Care

Subject Headings  |   Books on Health Care Systems of Other Countries  |   Reference Books  |   Pamphlet File
World Wide Web Resources

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SUBJECT HEADINGS (for use on the online catalog)
health insurance health care health care reform
medical care managed care health planning
medical care, cost of medicare health services
medical policy aged medical care social medicine
medicine state health maintenance organizations

BOOKS--HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS OF OTHER COUNTRIES (First three titles are at the Reserve desk)
Health care and reform in industrialized countries RA 411.H42 1997
Realignments in the welfare state RA 393.R84 1996
National health systems of the world RA 393.R593 1991
*** also do TITLE SEARCH country study for Area Handbook Series; 75 countries available.

REFERENCE BOOKS
CQ Researcher
Use the index at the Reference Desk. Look under the following topics:
      health insurance
        health care reform
        health maintenance organizations
        medical costs - control		 Reference  H35 .E35
 
 
 

 
Health Care Systems Reference  RA 776.M174 1999 v.9
Glossary of Health care terms Reference  RA 423.G56 1991
Hospital Statistics (Note: This book is currently missing) Reference  RA 1018.55 A4 1999
Health care state rankings Reference  RA 407.3 H42 1994
Health care management Reference  RA 393 R48 1988
Plunkett's health care industry almanac Reference  RA 410.53 P56 1995
Statistical record of health and medicine (at ref. desk) Ref. Desk  RA 407.3 S83 1998
Congress and the nation (series) Reference  KF 49 C653
CQ Almanac (series) Reference  JK 1 C66

 

PAMPHLET FILE

        These are the metal file drawers near the Reference section; try looking under:
                Insurance, health
                Medical care, cost of
                Medical care for the aged
                MEDI-Cal

WORLD WIDE WEB

Reference Sites  |   Sites That Select Quality Sites  |   Search Engines   | Tips on Searching the Web

Face it. The World Wide Web can contain good resources for library research, but trying to find them is a chore! There is just
too much junk and misinformation or web pages that have information without having their facts verified. Take caution and
evaluate each web site you come across carefully.

Reference Sites

Statistical Resources on the Web  http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/frames/statsfr.html
Multinational Comparisons of Health Care
      http://www.cmwf.org/programs/international/ihp_1998_multicompsurvey_299.asp
Pan American Health Organization http://www.paho.org/english/country.htm

Sites That Select Quality Sites

Michigan Electronic Library: History of Health Care  http://mel.lib.mi.us/health/health-history.html
Argus Clearinghouse http://www.clearinghouse.net/ (Click on "Health and Medicine," then "Medicine and Medical Services,"
                                                                                                            then "Health Care").
Scout Report Archives  http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/  (Select Library of Congress Subject Headings and then select first
                                                                                               letter of appropriate terms.  Go to top of this page to look at subject headings)
Librarians' Index to the Internet http://www.lii.org

Search Engines

Chabot Library's Web Guides and Search Engines Page  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/websearch.html

Look at especially:

Google  www.google.com
SearchEdu(Maxbot)  www.searchedu.com
 

Health Care Professions
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (contains history of profession) Reserves  HF5381 .E52 1997
Occupational Outlook Handbook (contains up to date information and statistics) Reserves  HF5381.A1 O362 2000 01
Cannot find your profession?  Try searching articles or search more broadly or see a reference librarian for help.
 

Library Catalog and Databases

Library Catalog  |  Ebsco Host  |  Other Databases  | Search Tips

The Library Catalog

Search the library catalog for books related to your topic. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number. Remember: Books will have in-depth material but will be dated.

Enter your search statement here: (example: health care AND canada)

Enter a book you have found here:
 
Title: Author:
Place of Publication/Publisher: Call Number:

Ebsco Host Periodicals Databases

To access Ebsco Host from Home: http://www.epnet.com/ehost/login.html
                                                                             For Login and password, contact the reference desk.

Search the Periodicals databases to find articles related to your topic, some of which will be available as full text from your computer. Remember: you want to search periodicals for more up-to-date material.

Enter your search statement here:

Select an article and enter relevant information:
 
Author: Title:
Title of Journal:  Volume, edition and page numbers:

Take note here, how to print or how to Email an article (when available as full text):

  1. Click on Print/Email/Save
  2. After making selections, click on blue "Submit" button on bottom left
  3. For printing, after print friendly screen appears, print the document from your browser
Where do you go to see if we have a magazine, journal, or newspaper, in print?

Desk that is next to the elevator. Check to see if Ebsco Host states we have it in print, first

Other Databases

Go to More Databases and select a database such as Encyclopedia Britannica. the Infotrac Newspaper Database or SIRS Knowledge Source.  For finding other databases from home, have an Alameda County Library Card and select Alamada County Library Databases.

Enter your search statement here:

Select an online article and enter relevant information:
 
Author: Title:
Title of Source: Other information (web site address, volume, issue and page numbers, if needed):

 

Tips on Searching Databases (In General)

1.  Come up with search terms based on your assignment.  Come up with many synonyms and other related words.

2.  Use subject headings such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings listed above.

3.  Be prepared to phrase your search statements.  Examples, of the more common search statements are listed below.
 
 
Canada AND health care Database searches for instances where Canada and health care MUST appear
health care OR medical care Database searches for instances where EITHER the phrases health care OR medical care appear. Both CAN appear or just one of them.
 health care NOT hillary Database searches for instances where health care exists but ONLY WHEN the word Hillary does not appear

Notice that the search statements depend on an OPERATOR to basically give the database a command as to how it should perform its search based on the terms entered: (AND, OR, NOT). This is pertinent.

Once you have come up with a SEARCH STATEMENT, you are now ready to perform searches on the Library Catalog, our periodicals databases, and our other databases.

When using search engines to search the World Wide Web, search statements you enter are slightly different. Take notice:
 
+health +canada

+"health care system" +"united states"

 A "plus" sign is used to tell the database that the words MUST appear within the web pages you are searching.
+"health care" –hillary A "minus" sign is used to tell the database that the phrase health care MUST appear but ONLY WHEN hillary does not. 
"national health care"

"united states"

 

 In most search engines, you MUST surround your phrase with quotation marks. Most search engines treat each word separately. If there were no quotes, the search engine will likely find pages that EITHER have the words "national," "health," OR "care." And anywhere these words appear on a web page, meaning a lot of non-relevant results!