Health Statistics
Where Do I Find the Right
Resources?
Jane Long, MA, MLIS
Periodicals and Government
Documents Librarian
Al Harris Library
About the Library
When You Need HELP!
Off-Campus Access
Credo Reference
•Need background information? Try Credo.
•Credo is a resource that contains hundreds of
reference books covering every major subject.
•Credo is a great place to go for background
resources as well as books from the catalog and
database articles.
•The link to Credo is located in the Fast Facts column
and in the General Topics listing.
Credo Reference
Use this resource to locate
basic subject information
from:
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Biographies
Quotations
Bilingual Dictionaries
Crossword Solver
Measurement Conversions
Evaluating Information
Scholarly sources are concerned with academic study,
especially research for individuals such as students,
teachers, professors, or any other professionals who
need current information to stay informed of changes in
their profession or area of expertise. Many scholarly
journals are peer reviewed or refereed, that is, these articles
have been subjected to a rigorous approval and editing
process by other scholars in that discipline.
It is easy to search for scholarly resources by using
databases to find articles.
Finding Articles
Keyword vs. Subject
 Natural language--words
and phrases you would use
in everyday conversations
 Flexible terminology:
 Synonyms—words with
the same or similar
meanings—can be
substituted
 Less accurate when
searching in article
databases
 Use with Boolean operators
(AND, OR, NOT)
 Predetermined terminology
(created by the Library of
Congress or LCMeSH)
 Terms like those found in a
thesaurus (with narrower and
broader terms)
 More precise when searching
(most article databases have
their own predetermined
terminology)
Boolean Operators
Must be placed between keywords
 AND
 Narrows your search
 OR
 Expands your search with synonymous terms
 NOT
 Excludes words from your search
EBSCO databases implement Boolean searching.
Searching for Articles
 Health & Medical
 CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied
Health Literature with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
 Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
(EBSCOhost)
 MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
 SPORTDiscus with Full Text (EBSCOhost)
Why are sources important?
 To provide statistics (i.e., NIH estimate of % population who donate
blood). Statistics establish a level of credibility regarding your subject.
 To provide specific information (i.e., coin composition, hand
washing techniques, background on Staphylococcus). Looking at what
others have done will aid you in understanding of your subject better.
 To provide background and information about the problem from
related studies (i.e., the article’s authors found ___% of their sample of
college students are insured). Again, this detail aids you and your
readers’ understanding of the subject.
 To help you to design your project (i.e., there is a
questionnaire/protocol in the article). Good ideas will be found in the
sources you examine.
Abstract
Scholarly
Article
Summary
Paper
Popular
Press
Other (stats
& credible
websites)
 It will be necessary for you to record information about the sources you find.
(EBSCO databases make this information easily accessible.)
 Identify sources using the types listed above. Include the following
appropriate information for each of your sources.
 Article / Chapter Title:
 Author(s):
 Source Title:
 Year (and date) published:
 Inclusive Page number(s):
 Source Volume (and issue), if applicable:
 Publisher (if applicable):
 Editor (if applicable)
 Database (if applicable):
 Link:
 Date Accessed:
 DOI
APA Citation: Purpose for
Documentation
 Need help with using APA?
 Use this link for assistance:
http://libguides.swosu.edu/apa
APA Citation Information
White, C., Kolble, R., Carlson, R. & Lipson, N. (2005). The
impact of a health campaign on hand hygiene and upper
respiratory illness among college students living in
residence halls. Journal of American College Health, 53(4),
175-181. doi: 10.3200/JACH.53.4.175-181
A digital object identifier (DOI) should be included in
the reference if one has been assigned.
APA Citation Information
Olivier N., Legrand R., Rogez J., Gamelin F. X., Berthoin S.,
&WeisslandT. (2007). Heart rate variability before and
after knee surgery in amateur soccer players. Journal of Sport
Rehabilitation, 16(4), 336-342. Retrieved from
http://journals.humankinetics.com/JSR
If there is no DOI assigned and the reference was retrieved online, give the
URL for the journal’s home page.
First Step: Setting up an EBSCO
folder
Next Step: Create a New
Account
Next Step
Now you are ready to save documents
as you begin searching for sources.
Questions??

Contact me:

Jane Long
774-3030
jane.long@swosu.edu
http://faculty.swosu.edu/jane.long/

To help us improve our instruction please take the following
survey at the end of today's September 7, 2011: Click here
to take the survey