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Lister Hill Library Resources for HSA Executive PhD Program

Lister Hill Library Resources for HSA Executive PhD Program. Lee Vucovich lvucovi@uab.edu 9/20/2013. Today’s Topics. U sing the Lister Hill Library website Finding targeted search tips and research resources on the HSA LHL guide Obtaining full text articles

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Lister Hill Library Resources for HSA Executive PhD Program

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  1. Lister Hill Library Resources for HSA Executive PhD Program Lee Vucovich lvucovi@uab.edu 9/20/2013

  2. Today’s Topics • Using the Lister Hill Library website • Finding targeted search tips and research resources on the HSA LHL guide • Obtaining full text articles • Building an effective search in PubMed, Google Scholar, & Business Source Premier • Understanding plagiarism & how to avoid it • Finding to help with citing in APA format • Getting Help

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

  4. A word about Googling…

  5. Lister Hill Library Website www.uab.edu/lister/ Tip: Always access resources through the LHL website!

  6. Finding Articles on a Topic • Identify appropriate database(s) • Search effectively • Select relevant articles • Access full articles

  7. Use PubMed to find biomedical articlesArticles tagged with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

  8. About PubMed • More than 23 million citations • Includes MEDLINE, biomedical & life sciences journals & some online books • Provided by National Library of Medicine (tax dollars) for free but most full text only available through subscription • Access through Lister Hill Library website get to library-licensed full text • Mostly peer-reviewed articles

  9. How PubMed Works

  10. Demonstration Find articles on the effect of incentive reimbursements like pay for performance on hospital costs?

  11. Tips for PubMed Searches • Check the Search detailsbox • 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

  12. 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

  13. PubMed Practice • Find some articles on effective safety checklist implementationor a topic of your choice. • Access the full text of 1 article.

  14. Google Scholar Set Library Links to Lister Hill & Bibliography Manager to EndNote

  15. 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)

  16. Demonstration Medical tourism

  17. Tips for Google Scholar Searches • Use quotes around author names, titles, or exact phrases • Use “any time” date range or “cited by” to check for current articles on topic • Use Advanced Search to help you: • Only search for words in title of document • Exclude words from your search Click this small down arrow to use Advanced Search

  18. Practice 1. Find articles on strategic change in healthcare 2. Can you find full text for the following reference? Thompson, I. M., & Anason, B. (2012). United States academic medical centers: priorities and challenges amid market transformation. World Hospitals and Health Services, 48(4), 25-27. .

  19. Business Source Premier

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Demonstration & Practice • Find a company profile and SWOT analysis for Kaiser Permanente  • What kinds of strategic planning initiatives are hospitals using? (Find scholarly articles from peer-review journals.)

  23. 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

  24. Plagiarism in the Real World • Retraction Watch Blog retractionwatch.wordpress.org

  25. Types of Plagiarism • Copy & Paste • Word Switch • Style • Metaphor • Idea From: Barnbaum A Students Guide to Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism • Learn more: UAB’s Ethics for Authors website www.uab.edu/ethicsforauthors/

  26. Avoiding Plagiarism Best Writing Practices The 3 -Step Rule • Write daily • Pace yourself • Take “citable notes” Do not wait until the last minute • Paraphrase, quote, or indent any original language/ideas • Cite the original source in the paragraph AND • Cite the original source again in the reference list; check style guidelines for details.

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

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