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This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not
being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting
started in your research about health care. Below you
will find pointers to suggested research terms about health care, materials in the library catalog about
health care,
websites relevant to health care, and links to library
databases that contain information about health care.
Please use our email reference
service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at
the reference desk if you need further assistance.
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Research Terms Materials in the Library
Catalog Websites
Library Databases
Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic
is a short list of terms related to a topic. We think the following terms
will help with your research about health care:
- Medical Care
- Public Health
- Transcultural Medical Care
- Insurance Health
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Materials in the library catalog about health care
We have the following materials in the library catalog about health care:
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Websites on health care
The following websites will help you with your research on health care:
- Achoo
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- http://www.achoo.com/
The primary objective in designing Achoo 3.0 is to bring to
readers the most comprehensive healthcare information site on the
Internet...For the purposes of the web site, a wider and more
comprehensive interpretation of "health" was chosen. It
includes all aspects of healthcare, such as clinical medicine,
alternate medicine, as well as the business aspects of
medicine.
- WebMD
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- http://www.webmd.com/
Contains information on diseases and conditions, pregnancy, diet and nutrition, drugs and herbs, health
plans, Medicare, medical tests, clinical trials, and more. Features quizzes, and interactive tools
(including a symptom checker). Searchable and browsable.
- allHealth.com
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- http://www.allhealth.com/
Features articles on a wide range of health topics, including
cancer, depression, sexual health, and sleep disorders. There are
also health news items, a section of interactive online tools, and
an ask the expert section where users send in questions for
various practitioners to answer.
- California Consumer Health Scope
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- http://www.healthscope.org/
Consumer information relating to health care, especially about
choosing a healthplan and choosing a hospital. Also includes
information about preventive health care.
- The Combined Health Information Database
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- http://chid.nih.gov/
CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal
Government. This database provides titles, abstracts, and availability
information for health information and health education resources. The
value of this database is that it lists a wealth of health promotion
and education materials and program descriptions that are not indexed
elsewhere.
- Discovery Health
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- http://www.discoveryhealth.com/
A comprehensive resource for health information. Features include
health news, a nutrition guide, health info for people of all
different ages, a reference room, and "Ask a Doc."
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Library Databases relevant to health care
Paragraph regarding library databases that may contain material
relevant to health care. Databases may include magazine,
newspaper and journal articles. Please note: you must be a Santa
Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
Health Source
Health Source: Consumer Edition offers information
on many health topics
including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition,
childcare, sports medicine and general health. Has full text for
nearly 300 journals.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide
full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text
for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans
virtually every area of academic study and offers information
dating as far back as 1975.
National Newspapers (U.S.)
Searchable index for recent issues of the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and the Christian Science Monitor. Full-text for newer issues and citations for older materials. More information on coverage
Newspaper Source (Regional, National and International)
Provides selected full text for 25 national (U.S.) and international newspapers. The database also contains full text television & radio news transcripts, and selected full text for more than 200 regional (U.S.) newspapers.
Ethnic NewsWatch
News, culture and history from the newspapers,
magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native
press -- English and Spanish language.
Science Full Text Select
Coverage includes popular science magazines as well as professional journals. Also covers The New York Times Science Section. Full text coverage begins in January 1995.
JSTOR
Back issues of over 300 scholarly journals in a wide variety of disciplines: African American Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Archeology, Art and Architecture, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, Geography, History, Language & Literature, Latin American Studies, Mathematics, Music, Middle East Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Slavic Studies, Sociology and Statistics.
CountryWatch
Country Reviews provide geographical, political, economic, corporate and environmental information for every country in the world. Country Wire is compiled from the wire services on the latest political, economic, corporate, and environmental events on a country by country basis.
ABI/INFORM
Business news and information from more than 410 full text journals.
Coverage includes all subject areas related to business.
Business Source Premier
Business Source Premier provides full text for nearly 8200 serials.
Coverage includes all subject areas related to business.
Regional Business News
Regional Business News provides full text coverage for
regional business publications. Includes coverage of 75 business
journals, newspapers and newswires from all metropolitan and
rural areas within the United States.
Encyclopedia Americana
Includes 45,000 articles, plus thousands of hypertext
links to web sites featuring additional data. It is updated quarterly.
Encyclopedia, Funk and Wagnalls New World
Provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas.
RAND California
An extensive database on California and its cities and counties. Includes information on California public policy issues, statistics on business, employment, population, real estate, and crime rates, school test scores and monthly reports on the California economy.
Medline
Search abstracts from over 4,600 biomedical journals
for information on medicine,
nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care
system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more.
Researched and evaluated by:
<Ken Lee>, Librarian <6/02>
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