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Electronic Databases

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
Largest scholarly multi-disciplinary full-text database with the most peer-reviewed journals.

ABI/INFORM (ProQuest)
In-depth coverage of business. Full-text articles from more than 1,330 journals published in the U.S. and over 350 international titles.

CINAHL-Allied Health/Nursing Index (EBSCOhost)
CINAHL is the authoritative resource covering nursing and 17 allied health disciplines with indexing of journals, books, dissertations, etc.

Academic Universe
Covers U.S. and International news from newspapers and wire services. Updated daily. Includes full-text of the New York Times. Also includes business information, medical and health topics and law reviews, federal case law, U.S. Code and state legal research. Most sources are available full-text.

MEDLINE - PubMed 
PubMed contains journal citations on health services research including clinical and non-clinical (emphasizing health care administration, economics, planning, and policy) aspects of health care. Provides links to many sites with full text articles. 

ScienceDirect
Science Direct provides full-text coverage of over 600 scientific, technical, and medical journal titles published by Elsevier Science from 1995 to the present. 

EBSCOhost  
Use this link to search one or more EBSCO databases simultaneously. You can choose to search any combination of these databases: Academic Search Premier, ERIC, CINAHL, PsycINFO and BasicBIOSIS. See descriptions of each database for detailed information on contents and coverage. Select Search Multiple Databases to use this feature.

Web Resources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
DHHS is the federal government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services.

• AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
  AHRQ sponsors and conducts research that provides information for better decisionmaking by health system leaders.
• Health Care Financing Administration 
  HCFA is the federal agency that administers Medicare, Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance.
• NLM Gateway
  The Gateway provides an overall search of the National Library of Medicine's information resources.
  • NLM's LOCATORplus
    LOCATORplus is the National Library of Medicine's online catalog of books, book chapters, technical reports and conference papers.

CSHP - Center for State Health Policy at Rutgers
CSHP is a guide to health policy related web sites, with an emphasis on New Jersey.

LibrarySpot
LibrarySpot is a free virtual library resource center containing the best library and reference sites. It includes the Britannica and subject sites providing electronic books and articles.

Pam Pohly's Net Guide
This site provides management resources for healthcare, hospital systems, and managed care executives. It includes links and reference materials on medical legal issues, healthcare legislative and policy concerns, management strategies, etc.

RAND Health
RAND is a non-profit research and analysis institution that publishes their findings online. 


E-Books

National Academy Press
The NAP offers cutting-edge electronic books on science, health, etc.

netLibrary
This service offers access to a library of eBooks in a wide range of subject areas including business, health and wellness, education, and psychology. Although you can use some netLibrary features without logging in, to check out eBooks or access your account from outside your library, you must create a user account and log in to netLibrary.

Credo Reference (formerly Xreferplus) is an online reference library that provides access to 150 electronic reference books. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and books of quotations in range of subject-areas covering everything from art to accountancy and literature to law.

The On-Line Books Page
The University of Pennsylvania site provides more than 14,000 English books free in various formats. Books may be searched by subject.

HELP

• Prof. Beth Bloom (973-275-2035 or Bloombet@shu.edu) and Dr. Lisa Rose-Wiles (973-275-2047 or Rosewili@shu.edu), Health-Sciences Librarians--for advice and assistance with research, choosing the best database(s) for your topic, formulating search strategies, and advice on the best resources.
• Reference Desk 973-761-9437 or Ask a Librarian. For help accessing or using SetonCat or any online database, getting started on research, formulating search strategies, or any research question
• Information Technology Help Desk 973-275-2222. For problems with Email ID and password, or other technical issues.