BHLTH 497B: The Ecology of Asthma Management
Guide Information
Guide Address:
http://libguides.uwb.edu/BHLTH497asthma
Description:
Professor Robin Evans-Agnew
Name:
Title:
Email Address:
Contact Info:
Julie Planchon Wolf
Research & Instruction/Nursing Librarian
jwolf@uwb.edu
Phone: (425) 352-3452, Office: LB1-210b
Name:
Title:
Email Address:
Contact Info:
Nia Lam
Research & Instruction Librarian
nlam@uwb.edu
Office: LB1-210C, Phone: (425) 352-3726
Contacting Julie for assistance:
 For help from Julie on this assignment, email jwolf@uwb.edu or call at (425) 352-3452,
with your topic, where you have already searched, and what you typed in when
searching.
 Julie is also available for individual or small group appointments in person or over the
phone. Email her at jwolf@uwb.edu to set-up dates and times.
Julie’s and Nia's Desk Hours during Summer Quarter 2011
 The desk is located on the first floor of the library
 The phone number to reach them at the reference desk is different, the phone number
is: (425) 352-3146
Julie’s Desk Hours
Nia’s Desk Hours
 Sunday July 8 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
 Saturday Aug. 11 from 11 to 5 p.m.
 Wednesdays: 12 to 2 p.m. (not on the
following date: July 4)
 Mondays: 4 to 6 p.m.
 Fridays: 3 to 5 p.m. (not on the following
 Wednesdays: 10 to 12 noon
dates: June 22)
Table of Contents for this handout:
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Excerpts from the Library Web Guide…………..…….………….2-9
PubMed - Introduction to Searching……………………………..10-14
CINAHL - Introduction to Searching..……………...……….…....15-18
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What’s in the online guide: Welcome to the BHLTH 497 Library Resources Guide. Use the
tabs (above) or the links (below) to navigate through the pages of this guide.
This library web guide is also linked in your BHLTH 497B Blackboard course. Click on
“Course Documents,” then click on “Library Web Guide for BHLTH 497B.”
Tabs
Links
Helpful Links
 Campus Library Home at http://library.uwb.edu
 Library Hours at http://library.uwb.edu/hours.html
 Find Articles at http://www.lib.washington.edu/types/databases/
 Interlibrary Loan (ILL) at http://www.lib.washington.edu/ill/
 Course Reserves at http://library.uwb.edu/reserve.html
 Subject Guides at http://libguides.uwb.edu/
 Ask Us! at http://library.uwb.edu/askus.html
 New Nursing Students Orientation Guide at
http://libguides.uwb.edu/newnursingstudents
 UWB/CCC Campus Library Online Tour at http://voicethread.com/share/145967/
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Find Articles
Keywords for Searching
Questions to help brainstorm for key words:
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What is the topic you will cover in your program? Example: asthma management
Who is the intended audience of your program? Example: college students
Goal of your program? Example: educational program
Example to type into an article database: asthma management and college students and
education* program
More key words (these may or may not help with your databases searching, depending on
your topic):
advocacy, health inequities, social justice, environmental health, environmental control, self
management, self care, health promotion, barriers to treatment, health status disparities, air
pollution
needs assessment, outcome assessment, statistics, program planning, program development,
program evaluation, program design, program assessment
Journal Article Databases
Use the database links below to find citations and sometimes the full text of articles (scroll down
to see the bulleted list).
Connecting to UW-restricted databases from home As a UW student, you have access to all the
"UW restricted" databases. To start a session click on the "Off-Campus Access" button which
appears in the upper right corner of this and many other pages on our web site, or click here, and
log in with your UW NetID and password. Video: Accessing CINAHL from off-campus.
Remember, if you can't find the full text of an article to check the UW Libraries Catalog for online
and print listings. Refer to the Locating Full Text guide for more information. If the material is only
available at the Seattle or Tacoma libraries, you can order a copy of the article using our
Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services.
*All of the databases that start with an *asterisk* below are EbscoHost databases, and look
similar to CINAHL. They can be searched all at once by going into one of them, and then clicking
on the "Choose Databases" link above the search boxes. Then select the names that you want
to search in, such as CINAHL, EconLit, PscyArticles, and PsycInfo.
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Health and Nursing Databases
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PubMed (Publicly accessible - but some full text is UW Restricted). Search for
medicine, health and nursing article citations. The National Library of Medicine's
search service to over 18 million citations in Medline and related databases. (Search
tips for this database)
*CINAHL [UW restricted] From EbscoHost, unlimited users. Cumulative Index to
Nursing & Allied Health Literature, indexing over 2,800 journals from 1982 to the
present. (How-to Guide.)
Web of Science citation databases [UW restricted]. Includes Social Sciences Citation
Index (SSCI), 1975-present; as well as the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIEXPANDED), 1900-present; and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), 1975present.
Databases that include Health Care Reform
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PAIS International [UW restricted]. Public and social policy literature from thousands
of journals, government reports, and books.
*EconLit [UW restricted]. Scholarly articles, conference proceedings and working
papers in economics.
Multi-subject Databases
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CQ Researcher [UW restricted]. Covers the most current and controversial issues of
the day with summaries, pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
CQ.com [UW restricted]. Comprehensive database that allows users to search
legislation, committee reports and news from the US Congress.
*EBSCOhost Databases [UW restricted]. Includes the databases of Academic
Search Complete, Business Source Complete, DynaMed, ERIC, GreenFILE, Health
Source: Consumer Edition and the Nursing Edition, Nursing Reference Center,
PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO and many more article databases. These databases
index and include many full-text articles covering multiple subject areas, including
health.
ScienceDirect [UW restricted]. Web database for scientific research that contains
abstracts, articles and full text of more than 1000 Elsevier Science journals in the
business, life, physical, medical, technical, and social sciences.
Psychology Databases
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*PsycArticles [UW restricted]
Provides full text access to articles from journals published by the American
Psychological Association and allied organizations. Covers general psychology and
specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology.
*PsycINFO [UW restricted]
Covers academic, research, and practice literature in psychology; from 1872 to the
present. Contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters and
technical reports in the field of psychology, and psychological aspects of related
disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education,
pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.
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More Databases
Guides for Further Research
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Education Library Web Guide -- from the Campus Library Education Librarian.
Health and Medicine Library Web Guide -- brought to you by Julie
News Library Web Guide -- from the Campus Library Media/Communications Librarian.
Nursing Library Web Guide -- brought to you by Julie
BNURS 409: Partnerships in Community Health. Click on the "Weblinks" tab or link to view
the community assessment links.
BNURS 526: Program Planning and Program Evaluation in Health Service Delivery
Business Library Web Guide -- from the Campus Library Business Librarian. Includes a
Management Information resource guide.
o Foster Business Library from the UW Seattle
Country Information Library Web Guide -- from the Campus Library Policy Studies Librarian.
Policy Studies and Political Science Library Web Guide -- from the Campus Library Policy
Studies Librarian.
Psychology Library Web Guide -- from the Campus Library Psychology Librarian.
UW Health Sciences Library
More Library Guides: from the UWB/CCC Campus Library and the UW Seattle Libraries
Connect to the complete list of UW databases
Website Resources
General Health Resources on Web
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YouTube: search for videos
UW Health Sciences Library: This comprehensive collection of health-related resources is a
collaborative project of the UW Health Sciences Libraries, health sciences schools, medical
centers and administration at the University of Washington. Health Sciences Library Toolkits
web guides including the Care Provider Toolkit, Public Health Toolkit, Nurse Toolkit and
more.
National Institutes of Health The steward of medical and behavioral research for the United
States.
National Center for Health Statistics from the CDC and the United States Department of
Health & Human Services.
Public Health Info Links Maintained by the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory
University.
Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links compiled by Ellen Bosman at New Mexico State
Univ. Library. Also try the general resources page.
Subject listing of web sites from Bastyr University Library.
Mobile Resources from the UW Health Sciences Library. Provides mobile optimized links to
resources and information as well as links to apps for specific mobile phones and devices.
Mobile Tools & Resources from the UW Libraries. Provides links to mobile-optimized tools,
apps, and resources.
Gapminder: An organization that has animated global statistics. You can view country data
within the global graphs and maps. Fun!
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Policy Organizations, Healthcare Resources, Nursing Organizations & Unions
Policy Organizations & Healthcare Resources
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Center for Studying Health Systems Change: http://www.hschange.org/
IHI: Institute for Healthcare Improvement: http://www.ihi.org/
AARP – policy section: http://www.aarp.org/politics-society/
Foundations
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RWJF:The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (home): http://www.rwjf.org/
Hartford Foundation for Geriatric Nursing: http://hartfordign.org/
Josiah Macy Foundation: http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/
Grantmakers in Health: http://www.gih.org/
Center for the Health Professions at UCSF:
http://www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/Public/Center-Home.aspx
HRSA – NSSRN: Health Resources Services Administration – National Sample
Survey of Registered Nurses:
http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/healthworkforce/rnsurvey/default.htmW
WAMI Center for Health Workforce Studies: http://depts.washington.edu/uwchws/
Health Workforce Information Center: http://www.hwic.org/
National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/
WA State legislature home page:
http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature/Pages/visitingthelegislature.aspx
The Joint Commission: http://www.jointcommission.org/
WSPHA: Washington State Public Health Association: http://www.wspha.org/
American Public Health Association: http://www.apha.org/
Government Agency Resources, Health Indicators
Asthma Resources Links:
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Asthma Resources from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Asthma page from the Environmental Protection Agency
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) - includes guidelines for treatment,
the National Asthma Control Initiative (NACI), and more (search for asthma on the site to
see a listing).
Asthma Resources from the Washington State Department of Health
Asthma Programs from the King County Department of Public Health, and asthma
community health indicators.
National, state, and regional counties health agencies links:
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National Institutes of Health The steward of medical and behavioral research for the
United States.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from the US Department of Health and
Human Services. The CDC has remained at the forefront of public health efforts to
prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards,
disabilities, and environmental health threats. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
(MMWR): To search this resource, use the search box in the upper-right hand corner of
the MMWR page. Also, the UW Libraries Catalog info page.
National Center for Health Statistics from the CDC
Health, United States, 2010 from the National Center for Health Statistics.
National Library of Medicine. Health Services Research & Public Health: Data, Tools and
Statistics page.
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Military Health System from the U.S. Department of Defense
Center for Health Statistics from the Washington State Department of Health. Includes
vital statistics about death, birth, abortions, marriage and divorce. Mostly county and
some city data.
Washington State Health Statistics This is a great collection of links from the UW Health
Sciences Library.
King County and the Public Health web sites. Public Health Data, Publications and
Reports page. Health services provided by King County government.
Skagit County and the Public Health web sites. Public Health Topics A-Z and Programs
and Services Guide pages.
Snohomish County Home Page and the Health District web sites. Health Statistics page.
Health Indicators
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Communities Count: Social and health indicators across King County. From a
collaborative of collaborative initiative of public and private organizations. This page
includes links to the 2008 highlights, executive summary, and full report.
World Health Organization: Global Health Observatory. Scroll down to see the themes
that provide data and analyses on global health priorities. Each theme page provides
information on global situation and trends highlights, using core indicators, database
views, major publications and links to relevant web pages on the theme.
World Health Organization: Statistical Information System. Includes current reports on
world health statistics for WHO’s 193 Member States.
UNICEF Core Indicators "UNICEF headquarters maintains a series of global databases
on key indicators for monitoring the situation of children and women."
Finding Films
Finding videos in the catalog
For information on finding specific films, use the guide "Finding Videos and Other
Media" located online at http://library.uwb.edu/media.html
Finding Films and TV Shows
Use the Finding Videos and Other Media guide linked above,
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or follow the steps below:
1. Use the Library Catalog, located online at http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search~/,
to find Films and Television programs such as Smradi, Green, and Children and
Asthma.
2. From the Catalog's main menu select Advanced Keyword, located online at
http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/search/X
3. Look for the Publication Type box, then scroll down a little in this box to locate and
click on the Videos, Slides, Media option.
4. Search by title, author, or keyword (topics, actors, directors, performers, etc.), for
specific programs.
5. Search by type of program, such as: (if your search results are too broad try these as
LC subject or genre searches)
o documentary films
o feature films
o film adaptations
o historical television programs
o television comedies
o television programs
o television advertising
o television mini series
If the film is available at a library other than the Bothell Campus Library, you can use the
Request button in the UW Libraries Catalog to have the film be sent up to the Bothell
Campus for free. How to request materials: On the information page about the film in the
catalog, click on the Request button located above the search box. You can choose which
campus library you want it delivered to, including the "Bothell/CCC Library."
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More TV links
Google Video Search
UW Seattle OUGL Media Center
More tips for finding films
Multicultural Films
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The UW Libraries Human Rights Film Directory is a great resource for multicultural
films that focus on human rights issues and more. All the films listed in the
Directory are available through the UW Libraries.
o At the top of the Directory, select the "Subjects" link and look for films using
the following Subjects:
 Right to Health Care
 Environment
 Environmental degradation
 Environmental rights
 Ethnic and national groups
 Media ethics
 Media techniques
 Medical ethics
 Patients' rights
 Pollution
 Social Change
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Indigenous peoples
Cultural rights
A great 2005 reference book on finding multicultural films is located online (UW Restricted),
and on the first floor:
Multicultural films: a reference guide, call # PN1995.9.M56 W45 2005
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Introduction to PubMed Searching
BHLTH 497 B – Summer 2012
How do I get to PubMed when this class is over?
1. Open a web page and type in the Library homepage address
http://library.uwb.edu/ in the address line and click ‘Go’ or press the
‘Enter’ key on your keyboard.
2. From the Campus Library homepage, look for the “Resources”
category and click on Research Guides by Subject.
3. Now you should be on a page titled “Welcome to the UWB/CCC
Campus Library Subject & Course Guides!” Look for the “Browse by Subject” box, the middle
column of the web page and scroll down to, and click on, the word Nursing.
Scroll down to, and click on, the word Nursing.
4. Now you should be at the Nursing Subject Guide page. This page contains a list of healthrelated databases, including a link for PubMed. (The web address of this page is
libguides.uwb.edu/nursing )
5. Click on either the Finding Articles tab or link shown in the Nursing Subject Guide illustration
at the bottom of the previous page. This will take you to the Find Articles page.
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6. Click on the off-campus access button located in the top right
corner of the web page. After logging in with your UW NetID and
Password you should be taken back to the Nursing page.
7. Look for the Nursing Databases box. Look for and click on the PubMed link.
If you cannot get into PubMed or another UW Restricted database please call us at
(425) 352-5340 and let us know so we can help.
Searching in PubMed:
PubMed automatically adds the word “and” between words (like Google does). So you
don’t have to type it in this database – unless you are doing a more complex search such as the
practice search on page 14, the fifth bulleted item.
1. Type search words into the empty search box such as asthma management barriers to
treatment, or asthma management advocacy.
2. Click on the Search button to the right of the search box to start the search.
3. Now you should have a results list.
To see which PubMed results are available ONLINE through the UW Libraries:
1. Click on the words DISPLAY SETTINGS located below PubMed.gov. (Located above the search
results.)
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2. Click on the word "Abstract" as illustrated below, then click on the APPLY button (see image
below).
3. The display will change. Abstract should now be the word displayed to the right of the Display
Settings link.
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Publication Types and Mesh Terms are usually located under the abstract or summary of
the article. Recent articles may not have publication types or Mesh terms assigned yet.
4. After the screen changes, look for either a “UW Article Online” button or a “Check for Full
Text - W” button to access the full text of an article. Click on one of these buttons.
a. If you have a choice, use the “UW Article Online” button,
as that should be a full text article link.
b. The “Check for Full Text - W” button searches the UW
Libraries Catalog for the full text, and may take you to an
information page about the holdings of the journal title by
the libraries
Another view:
1. Click on the on an article title link. Notice that the full text buttons are to the right, rather
than below the abstract.
2. Related Articles: Related articles, or citations closely related to the original citation, are
available when you click on the title of a citation. These citations are displayed by relevancy
and may be reviewed and added to the clipboard, saved or printed.
To Refine Your Search in PubMed – MeSH Terms and Publication Types:
1. Look for, and click on the
link below an abstract.
 MeSH Terms are the formal language that PubMed speaks. MeSH stands for medical
subject headings and they are generated by the National Library of Medicine.
 You can select a new search strategy from this list of MeSH terms to do a more focused
search.
o (Optional) The MeSH Database link is located on the advanced search page, and,
on the PubMed home page. Use this to search for MeSH terms.
o Try typing in your topic keywords (one word or phrase per search) into the Mesh
Database.
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If the fulltext of the article is not available in Pubmed, the next step is to see if the
journal title is available in the UW Libraries System by checking in the UW Libraries
Catalog
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Search in the catalog for the title of the journal, not the article title.
The journal titles are abbreviated in PubMed. Hover the mouse over the abbreviated journal
title in a PubMed citation to see a pop-up box of the entire journal title. Enter in the full
journal title into the UW Libraries Catalog.
Steps in tracking down full text in the UW Libraries Catalog:
1. Open a new web page. Go to the UW Libraries Catalog online at
http://catalog.lib.washington.edu/
2. If not on the Bothell campus, click on the Off-Campus Access link
located in the top right-hand corner of the web page. After logging in with
your UW NetID and Password you should be taken back to the UW
Libraries Catalog page.
3. In the UW Libraries Catalog, to search by the title of a journal, click on the left box and
change from “Keyword” to “Title”. (Search by Title instead of Keyword.)
4. In the middle box and type in the journal title (example of a journal title: Journal of Neonatal
Nursing, as seen below)
Click on the right box and change from “Entire Collection” to “Journals.”
5. Click on the Submit button. Online full text, print, and microfilm holdings will be displayed.
 There may be more than one link for the journal title in the catalog. Click on through
them to see if any online or print full text is available.
If the item is not available online or through the Bothell Campus Library you can request it
through the Interlibrary Loan service located online at http://duwamish.lib.washington.edu/
 Contact the library with your questions or for more information at (425) 352-5340.
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Practice searches for PubMed (Optional) How many results do you get?
Type in:
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"asthma management"[TI] self care (Note: The [TI] forces caring to be found in
the article title)
asthma (management OR treatment) AND nurs* theor*
(make sure the AND and OR are capitalized)
o The search strategy above includes multiple concepts connected with Boolean search
operators [AND, OR]. Nesting (parentheses) and truncation [*asterisks*] are also used.
This is an example of an intermediate level search strategy.
Additional Information:
The PubMed user guide from the UW Health Sciences Libraries
http://libguides.hsl.washington.edu/pubmed
Questions?
Please contact me if you have any questions about PubMed
Julie Planchon Wolf - Research and Instruction/Nursing Librarian
Phone: (425) 352-3452
E-mail: jwolf@uwb.edu
Office #: LB1-210B
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Introduction to CINAHL Searching
BHLTH 497 B – Summer 2012
Step 1: Follow steps 1 through 6 on the PubMed handout on pages 9 and 10
Look for and click on the CINAHL link.
If you cannot get into CINAHL or another UW Restricted database please call us at
(425) 352-5340 and let us know so we can help.
Step 2: Searching in CINAHL
What do you want to search for? What are your topic paper ideas?
Search samples and suggestions:
 asthma management and nurs* and program
 asthma management and self care and aged
 asthma management and program and child
 asthma management and disparities
 asthma management and Health Services Accessibility
 asthma management and access
 asthma management and rural
 asthma management and patient education and female
 asthma management and air pollution
1. Type a search into CINAHL. In this example I used asthma management and self care
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(Optional )“Limit your results” area.
You can limit to publication dates,
peer reviewed, English language,
Any Author is Nurse, and more.
2. Click on the Search button
near the search boxes at the top of the page, or at the
bottom of the page. Experiment typing in different keywords using ‘and’ to connect them to get
different results.
3. To view your results scroll down the page.
Step 3: Browsing through your Results
1. Click on the title of the citation to see more information about it, such as printing, emailing,
saving, citing in APA format and the publication type. See the image below for more information.
This is the
Publication Type
which can help
you identify what type
of resource the
citation comes from.
2. Most of the time, you will not have a full text link in your results list. The citation above is an
example of a citation with a full text article link in CINAHL (a rare and beautiful sight!). Click on
the PDF Full Text link to see the article.
3. Click on the title of the article to see more information about the citation, including the Cite
feature, as illustrated on the next page.
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Print
Email
Save
Cite
Create
Note
The citation below is an example of CINAHL citation that does NOT have a full text link.
4. Click on the “Check for Full Text - W” button to access the full text of an article.
5. A new tab or window will open* showing if the article is available online through the UW
Libraries, or not. We have a successful result! Sage Journals is the full text vendor we contract
for full text access to this journal. The vendor names will change depending on which company
is providing the full text, and we have many vendors.
For this vendor, the full
text links are located here,
for other vendors the
PDF link will be located in
different locations on the
page.
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*If you are having problems having this window or tab open, make sure that your pop-up blocker is
turned off in the web browser you are using; call (425) 352-5340 if you would like help with this.
Hover your mouse towards the bottom of the screen to view the Adobe options.
Print: Click on the Adobe icon to launch the toolbar that will include options to print, or to download.
Email: You can download the article to the desktop and then attach in in an email to your email
address.
Download: You can download the article to your flash drive.
6. To get back to CINAHL, click on the EBSCOhost tab or window.
Additional Information:
The Introduction to Using CINAHL guide from Julie is located online at
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/cinahl/CinahlGuide.pdf
Questions?
Please contact me if you have any questions about CINAHL
Julie Planchon Wolf - Research and Instruction/Nursing Librarian
Phone: (425) 352-3452
E-mail: jwolf@uwb.edu
Office #: LB1-210B
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