Lister Hill Library Resources for HSA Executive PhD Program

Presented by: Susan Smithsusanc@uab.edu

Today’s Topics Become comfortable using the Lister

Hill Library website to find information Understand how to find targeted search

tips and research resources on the HSA LHL guide

Know how to find full text of articles Learn strategies to build an effective

search, specifically in the databases PubMed, Google Scholar, & Business Source Premier

Today’s Topics (cont.) Understand types of plagiarism & gain

tips for avoiding it Know how to find resources to help with

citing in APA format Know how to get help after today’s

session

HSA Guide http://libguides.lhl.uab.edu/HSA

A word about Googling…

LHL Homepagewww.uab.edu/lister

Tip: Always access resources through the LHL website!

Finding Articles on a Topic1. Identify an appropriate database2. Search effectively3. Select relevant articles 4. Access full articles

PubMed

About PubMed More than 22 miillion citations (some

books), 1946 to present Provided by National Library of Medicine

(tax dollars) for free but most full text only available through subscription

Articles tagged with MeSH terms (Medical Subject Headings)

Demonstration Topic Find articles on the effect of incentive

reimbursements like pay for performance on hospital costs?

How PubMed Works

Click here to view MeSH Terms assigned to this article

Tips for PubMed Searches Check the Search details box Apply filters (date, language, publication

type) View “Related articles” for relevant

results Link to full text with Consider searching by MeSH terms to

focus search

My NCBI Personal account in PubMed where you

can: Save searches Save citations Set up e-mail alerts Choose filters to group search results Highlight search terms in results

PubMed Practice Find some articles on effective safety

checklist implementation.

Access the full text of 1 article.

Google Scholar

Don’t forget to set Library Links to Lister Hill & Bibliography Manager to EndNote

About Google Scholar Interdisciplinary, scholarly literature Not just published articles: papers,

theses, books, pre-prints, etc. Searches all the words in these sources Sorts results by relevance (so watch

dates or you can limit by date range)

Demonstration Topic Medical tourism

Tips for Google Scholar Searches Use quotes around author names, titles,

or exact phrases Use Advanced Search to help you:

Limit to specific date range Only search for words in title of document Exclude words from your search

Click this small down arrow to

use Advanced Search

Practice1. Find articles on strategic change in

healthcare

2. Can you find a full text copy of this article?

Sikka, V. (2009). The efficiency of hospital-based clusters: evaluating system performance using data envelopment analysis. Health care management review, 34, 251-261.

Business Source Premier

About Business Source Premier Good resource for company information Also includes full text and citations from

regional, national and international business and trade journals

Multiple search options offered Offers limiters (date, peer-reviewed, etc.) and

expanders (search within full text articles, apply related words)

Includes full text PDFs and links to UAB Article Linker

Tips for Business Source Premier Searches Put phrases in quotes Use AND and/or OR between terms Use * at the end of a root word to

include all derivatives (comput* searches for computers, computing, compute, computation, etc.)

Find company profiles using the right sidebar

Demonstration & Practice Find a company profile and SWOT

analysis for Kaiser Permanente 

What kinds of strategic planning initiatives are hospitals using?

What is Plagiarism? Claiming as your own ideas, words, data,

computer programs, creative compositions, artwork, etc. done by someone else

Involves, for example: Citing improperly Failure to cite someone else’s ideas, words,

etc. Claiming all or part of someone else’s paper

as your own

Professional Consequences Retraction Watch blog: http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com

Types of Plagiarism Copy & Paste Word Switch Style Metaphor Idea

Plagiarism: A Student's Guide to Recognizing It and Avoiding It

Avoiding Plagiarism Write daily Pace yourself Take “citable notes” Do not wait until the last minute

APA Guidehttp://libguides.lhl.uab.edu/APA

Questions?