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Contact

Nancy Henry
Title: Health Sciences Librarian



phone: 814-865-3713
Life Sciences Library
408 Paterno Library

Articles and Databases

Health Policy and Administration information resources may be found using several research guides, depending on which aspect you need to research.

Other research guides include:

Core Resources for Health Administration:

  • PubMed (Medline) includes biomedicine, health care administration, health care systems, health care delivery, facilities and personnel management.
  • CAB Abstracts covers global health, public health and comparative health systems.
  • CINAHL search for nursing and allied health information in journals, book chapters, dissertations, conference proceedings, standards of practice and research instruments.

Other Relevant Resources...

  • Journal Citation Reports look for journal and category data to determine the status/impact of a journal in the global research community.
  • Web of Science locate new articles which cite an older article by using the "cited ref" search mode.
  • Dissertations & Theses to locate dissertations from most U.S. institutions.

 

Don't forget: Try These First if you want general popular interest magazines and newspapers or pro and con debate information.

Already have a citation?  Use Citation Linker to see if Penn State has it online or in print!

Article Search Tips

Finding the best articles on your topic requires a number of steps.

  • Select an appropriate database.
  • Enter and combine terms appropriate to your topic
  • Look at the best references you retrieve and determine the subject terms used for those articles. Then revise your search using these new terms.
  • Save, write down or print off all pertinent information (called the 'citation') including the journal title, volume, date, and page numbers.
  • Explore other databases and subject terms (which vary between databases) for more information.

Get the full text

Once you find the citation, try the Penn State Get It Button button to see if Penn State has the electronic or print version of the article you need. If the electronic version is available, it will appear as the first link on the Get it! menu. If the article is not available electronically, click on The CAT link to automatically search our catalog and see if Penn State has a print copy. If no other copy is available, you use the InterLibrary Loan link to request it from another library.

Books

Use The CAT for finding books owned by Penn State.

CAT Search Tips:  The CAT is the list of what is owned by Penn State Libraries.

Go to the Browse function if you are looking for a specific title or author (type last name first).

Go to the Keyword function and combine terms to search on a topic then use the subject headings from relevant books for additional search terms.

Write down the call number and location for any book you want.

For electronic books, click the words "online content" to access the full text.

Quick Guide to Searching the CAT (HTML version) or Quick Guide to Searching in the CAT(easy-print PDF version).

Learn how to refine your search with Savvy Searching in the CAT (html) or easy-print PDF version: Savvy Searching in the CAT.

Suggested CAT Search Terms: health facilities, health maintenance organizations, health planning, health services administration, hospitals, medical policy, right to health care, health care and reform.

Call Numbers: At University Park, most materials in the life sciences are located on the 4th floor of Paterno Library. General call numbers and subject areas are:

  • R - Medicine and RA - Public Aspects of Medicine

Click on the letters above to view more specific call number and subject areas.

Full-text books online: Annual Reviews, MD-Consult, Online Reference Shelf, SpringerLink

Books Elsewhere: WorldCat

Libraries Borrowing Policies: Once you have the books, check them out at the nearest lending desk or self check-out station. Loan periods are usually four weeks but books can be recalled for another user, so respond promptly to library notices. For more information see the University Libraries Lending Code.

Reference

Internet Sites

Evaluating Resources

Evaluating Resources for Content

To evaluate print sources and web sites, you should ask a series of questions concerning the source’s currency, authority, validity, intended audience and bias. See this How to Evaluate Information site for details.

Citing Sources

See Citing Your Sources for details on how to reference (cite) the authors and resources you have used to write a paper.

Plagiarism, whether you copy a paragraph from a book or cut and paste someone else's words from an e-mail, is a violation of Penn State's academic integrity policy. See this Statement on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty.