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  Introduction to Library Resources - LEAP

Carol Wright, Education Librarian / 502 Paterno Library 814-865-0666 ~ caw4@psu.edu

Introduction to Library Resources - LEAP 097.214

A. Finding Journal Articles: Indexes and Abstracts

Proquest [combination of Periodical Abstracts, Newspaper Abstracts and ABI business] The Newspaper subset includes the New York Times Full text: 1980 - current
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#PROQUEST

ABI/INFORM (business)
A business-oriented article database for subjects such as advertising, marketing, company information, industry trends, human resources, economic policy, health care, consumer products and services. Indexes 1400 trade, research, popular journals.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#ABIPROQ

PubMed
The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) premier database. It includes the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and more.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#MEDLINE4

MedlinePlus
Substance Abuse Topics (Consumer Health Information)

SPORT Discus
Is a resource for literature on sport, physical fitness and physical education topics.

CAB Direct
Covers mostly agriculture, but also human health, human nutrition, and recreation studies.

Biological Abstracts
Covers all aspects of biology, with emphasis on molecular biology, genetics and biomedicine.

 

B. INDEXES ABSTRACTS OF RELATED INTEREST

CQ Researcher (contemporary issues)
Weekly "magazine" that explores in-depth a single "hot issue" currently being discussed in the news. Topics include social issues, politics, economics, the environment, education, science, and more. Each issue includes an essay outlining the issue, a pro-con feature, a chronology, and a bibliography. http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#CQRESEARCHER

New York Times Historical Newspaper Collection (1851-2003)
Digitized images of every backfile issue of The New York Times from 1851- 2003 from cover to cover, including news stories, editorials, photos, graphics, and advertisements.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#NYTIMESHIS

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Provides research and background information on social issues, including essays, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
http://www.lias.psu.edu/dball.html#OVRC 

C. STATISTICAL SOURCES

Statistical Abstracts of the US
The National Data Book, it contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the US ; Selected international data.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

D. SELECTED BACKGROUND/ OVERVIEW RESOURCES

The Economics of U.S. Health Care Policy: The Role of Market Forces

Economics of Health Care Financing: The Visible Hand

Consumer-Driven Health Care : Implications for Providers, Payers, and Policymakers

The Encyclopedia of Men's Health   

The Encyclopedia of Women's Health

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Encyclopedia of Psychology

E. CITING YOUR SOURCES

Citation Styles
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/format/citation.htm

F. The CAT (PSU Online Catalog)

Guide to using the CAT
http://www.libraries.psu.edu/instruction/CAT_guide/catguide.pdf

Selected titles of interest: