LibGuides: HSC 3300: Research Tips & Tools

Getting Started

Your HSC 3300 Annotated Bibliography will highlight different types of information about a particular assigned issue in health sciences. To get a complete picture of this issue, it is advised that you incorporate many different types of resources, including: government websites, news articles, journal articles, background resources, and law resources. This research guide is intended to make your information collection process easier by pointing you to helpful resources this assignment.

Recommended Resources

Background Information:

CQ Researcher Plus Archive
In-depth reports on current and controversial issues with complete summaries, pro and con discussions of all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Covers topics in health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology and the economy.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Explore both sides of an issue - a rich resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues. Periodical content covers current events, news and commentary, economics, environmental issues, political science, and more.

Health Science:

Academic Search Complete
This multi-disciplinary database provides access to full-text articles from more than 8,500 journals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
CINAHL: Current Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Indexes over 4,900 nursing and allied health journals, with cited references from more than 1,400 journals; provides full-text access to more than 770 journals. Also offers access to health care books, nursing dissertations, selected conference proceedings, standards of practice, audiovisuals, and book chapters. Covers a wide range of topics including nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and 17 allied health disciplines.
Google Scholar
Follow this link: Google Scholar Settings to turn on a feature to check if Google Scholar results are available in the Library databases.
PubMed
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's digital archive of life sciences journal literature. Indexes worldwide biomedical literature including research, clinical practice, administration, policy issues, and health care services. Articles indexed from 5,663 journals and many serials and online books. Some full text. Coverage 1946 - to present. Access to the full text of articles is free, except where a journal requires a subscription for access to recent articles.
PsycINFO
From the American Psychological Association. Contains over 2 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books and dissertations, in the area of psychology and related fields dating back to 1840. The database includes international material selected from thousand of journals in 24 languages, English-language book chapters and entire books in psychology and related fields. More than 9,900 journals on psychology and related fields are indexed and over 65,000 records added annually for a total of over 1.5 million records.
ScienceDirect
A full text online database for scientific, technical and medical information as well as information in the social sciences, business, and the arts and humanities. Access to over 2,200 journals and 26,000 books. Coverage 1823 - present.

Law / Policy:

Government websites are an excellent source of information. Be sure to check that the url includes .gov to ensure it's a valid government website.

Political Science Abstracts
Journal articles, dissertations and theses, working papers, etc. in all major areas of political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration and policy.
WestlawNext
Legal research databases that contains case law, state and federal statutes, administrative codes, public records, law journals, law reviews, treatises, and legal forms. Also includes newspaper and magazine articles as well as business search and Hoover's Company Records.

News / Current Events:

Ethnic NewsWatch [Current]
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. It includes both English and Spanish Language publications and you may search in Spanish or in English.
Los Angeles Times Newspaper
The Los Angeles Times is one of the largest metropolitan newspapers in the U.S. Each issue of every newspaper is indexed thoroughly, with access to top news stories, and also detailed information on the arts, sports, business, and popular culture. Even items such as editorials, editorial cartoons, obituaries, and letters to the editor from well-known people are indexed. Comprehensive coverage back to 1985.
New York Times - Account Registration
Use this link to register for your NY Times account - necessary if you want full access to NYtimes.com! Check out the FAQs if you have any concerns. You will need to renew your registration annually. Note: If you are a current subscriber to the NY Times, please contact edu@nytimes.com in order to change over your account.
ProQuest US Newsstream
Enables users to search the most recent U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s. Includes top newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in full-text format.

Evaluating Resources

CRAAP Test for Evaluating Resources
The CRAAP Test is a list of questions to help you evaluate the information you find. Evaluation criteria includes: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.

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