Journal Title Abbreviations

http://www.library.ubc.ca/scieng/coden.html

BOOLEAN

Boolean logic is a complete system for logical operations. It was named after George Boole, an English mathematician at University College Cork who first defined an algebraic system of logic in the mid 19th century. Boolean logic has many applications in electronics, computer hardware and software. In 1938, Claude Shannon showed how electric circuits with relays were a model for Boolean logic. This fact soon proved enormously consequential with the emergence of the electronic computer.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean_logic

How it works!!
http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html

Databases 2/20/07

• CINAHL
• Cochrane Library
• NLM Gateway
• PubMed (listed in NLM)
• Wiley (some deceptive full-text)
• ScienceDirect
• Mental Measurments Yearbook

Search Terms
aged or elderly
public health
gender specific
emergency medical services
heart disease

Tools

Ask-A-Librarian 24/7 chat and email
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/ask_a_librarian.html
Catalog
http://panther.scranton.edu/search/
Databases by Title and Tool Bar
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/databases.html
Subject Lists of Databases
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/datasubject.html
Journal Search
http://hw5qa2pq2s.search.serialssolutions.com/
ILL
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/wmlerf.html

World Wide Web

•Extensions
–Edu, com, gov, org, mil, net…
–Authority
–Date
–Host
–Bias – is it always a bad thing?
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/webquality.html
Check the library website for recommended sites by content area
http://academic.scranton.edu/department/wml/webresources.html

Lexis Nexis - the exception

•News
–Current is primary
•Health
–News and scholarship
•Business
–Reports and analysis
•Reference
–Bios, state and country profiles, polls and surveys, and World Almanac
•Legal
–Get case law and legislation

Database Families

•Proquest
–Newspapers, Criminal Justice, Education, Research Library, ABI
•WilsonWeb
–Social Sciences, Legal Periodicals, Business
•FirstSearch
–Eco, Fact Search, BusManagement, WorldCat, ArticleFirst, Factsearch, GPO
•Ebsco
–CINAHL, ERIC

Electronic Databases

•Content specific databases will have more scholarly content over Name Brands like WilsonWeb, Ebsco or ProQuest
•PsychInfo
•PsychArticles
•Emerald Library
•Contemporary Women’s Issues

Locating a Journal (example)

“Health Affairs”
–Journal search >> indicates holdings in ProQuest Research Library and ABI
Abstract
Keywords
Content indicators
You can often consult a journals website to determine its level of scholarship.
http://www.hrps.org/publications_journal.html

Types of Journals

•What are the clues to scholarly
http://www.marywood.edu/www2/libweb/journal.htm
•Databases – filters as to type of material
–Scholarly
–Trade
–Magazine
–Newspaper
–Dissertation

Journals

Can you tell the difference?
http://www.umsl.edu/services/scampus/PeerReview.html
•Scholarly
•Peer Reviewed
•Trade Journals
•Magazines
•Newspapers
http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/handouts/scholchart.pdf

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Health Care Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004.
CALL # REF RA971 .E52 2004.

Pennsylvania County Data Book. Luzerne, Pike, Monroe and Lackawanna County
CALL # REF HA607.L33 P46. (current at reference desk)

Pennsylvania Abstract (1992-1994-1996-1998-2000-2002-2005)
CALL # REF HA607 .P4. (2005 at reference desk)

Health, United States. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Statistics ; Washington, D.C. (volumes dating back to 1987)
CALL # REF RA407.3 .U57.

Hospital Statistics (American Hospital Association) Chicago: American Hospital Association, 2001.
CALL # REF RA981.A2 A6234.

Portrait of health in the United States. Lanham, MD: Bernan, 2001.
CALL # REF RA407.3 .P67.

Health Care State Rankings. Lawrence, KS : Morgan Quitno Corp., (1993-1996-1997- 2006)
CALL # REF RA407.3 .H42.

AHA Guide to the Health Care Field. Chicago, Ill. : Healthcare Infosource, Inc., (1999/2000 and 2002/2003)
CALL # REF RA977 .A44.