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Collecting Secondary Data on a Community

Collecting Secondary Data on a Community. Nancy Schaefer University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries 392-1306 NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu. Search Engines/Web Directories. http://www.google.com/ http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/ http://www.dogpile.com/

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Collecting Secondary Data on a Community

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  1. Collecting Secondary Data on a Community Nancy Schaefer University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries 392-1306 NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu

  2. Search Engines/Web Directories • http://www.google.com/ • http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/ • http://www.dogpile.com/ • http://www.webcrawler.com/ • http://www.yahoo.com/

  3. Search engine search tips • Truncat* to get variations of words (truncate, truncated, truncation, truncations, truncatable???, etc.) • Enclose “multi-word phrases” in quotation marks • Don’t bother with capital letters (except maybe for acronyms like CDC) • Combine concepts per site’s instructions: health statistics health AND statistics health, statistics other?

  4. Advanced Searches Use Advanced search function if the site offers one.

  5. Internet searching Example: Searching for peer counties on Google

  6. Authoritative national sources (general) • General national websites: • http://www.firstgov.gov/ • http://www.fedstats.gov/ • Specific relevant government agencies: • DHHS http://www.hhs.gov/ • DOE http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml • DOJ http://www.usdoj.gov/ • DOT http://www.dot.gov/

  7. http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm Search by topic ….

  8. …or by state Table of Contents under page title shows all categories, even those not shown in detail below

  9. Authoritative national sources (specific - I) • Demographic statistics: • Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ • Health statistics: • CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/Default.htm • Kaiser Family Foundation’s State Facts http://www.statehealthfacts.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi

  10. http://www.census.gov/ • Under Special Topics: Fedstats • Under Geography: Gazetteer (census tract data in its left sidebar)

  11. http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/places.htm

  12. http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en Census - Fact Finder

  13. Authoritative national sources (specific - II) • Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ • National Transportation Safety Board http://www.ntsb.gov/ • Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov/ Check left sidebar’s Where You Live

  14. http://www.epa.gov/

  15. EPA - Where you live - http://www.epa.gov/epahome/whereyoulive.htm

  16. EPA’s EnviroFacts http://www.epa.gov/enviro/

  17. EPA’s Window to My Environment http://www.epa.gov/enviro/wme/

  18. State: http://myflorida.com Site Map = easiest way to navigate this site.

  19. Scan index/map for relevant links

  20. http://www.floridacharts.com/charts/chart.aspx

  21. Community Toolbox http://ctb.ku.edu/index.jsp= an online Community needs assessment etc textbook

  22. http://fred.labormarketinfo.com/default.asp Click on Analysts/Researchers, then on Area Profile for most useful page. For Florida labor/economic data

  23. http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/

  24. For campus crime info, contact UPD’s PR officer: Lt. Joe Sharkey

  25. If you cannot find campus/county incidence/prevalence stats on specific diseases/conditions……tell me exactly what you need. I will ask my contacts and pass the info back to you.

  26. Writing a Bibliography in APA Consult the print manual: Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. 5th ed. Washington, DC : American Psychological Association; 2001. 439p. Z253 .A517p 2001 At Health Science Center Library: 2nd floor--Reference area = 5th edition 1st floor—Circulation desk = 5th edition. Circulating collection = older editions with very little info on citing online sources

  27. Online APA style guides • APA Style Guide on Healthlinks (grid of examples) • Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format (Updated to 5th Edition) from Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) • Capital Community College (Hartford, CT) Library’s Electronic and Online Resources http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/apa/index.htm

  28. Online Formats • American Psychological Association’s Online References • Columbia (University’s) Guide to Online Style • Bedford St. Martin’s Guide to Citing Electronic Sources (bottom of page)

  29. More bibliography citation style guides • University of Wisconsin at Madison Internet Citation Guides • updated 2/4/04 • links to guides for Chicago/Turabian, National Library of Medicine [PubMed], Modern Language Association & American Psychological Association styles) http://memorial.library.wisc.edu/citing.htm • Dr. Mary Ellen Guffey (Sources obtained online) http://www.westwords.com/guffey/apa.html

  30. In-text citation guides APA: In-text Parenthetical Citations From Duke University p. 7 of APA Documentation from St. Mary’s University, Texas, includes information on citing sources especially for verbatim quotes within the text of a paper (updated 3/30/05)

  31. Good luck!Happy hunting! Enjoy exploring! Contact me: Nancy Schaefer NancyS@library.health.ufl.edu Phone: 392-1306 Office: Communicore Bldg C2-26E

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