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Healthcare and Healthcare Reform  Tags: ugl_subject_guide healthcare health_insurance ugl  

An Undergraduate Library Subject Guide providing suggested resources and other information for beginning research on the topic Healthcare.
Last update: Nov 11th, 2009 URL: http://uiuc.libguides.com/healthcare  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Using Articles

Articles are a valuable resource in any research paper or project. Articles (as opposed to books) generally possess the following characteristics:

  • Shorter length
  • Currency of information
  • Focus on a specific aspect of a topic 
 

Suggested Keywords

Universal Healthcare
Health Insurance
Medical Care
Medical Policy
Healthcare reform
Public Health

Try different combinations of these keywords as you search for information.

Check the subject headings/descriptors for individual articles in your searches and repeat your search using these terms. Please note, subject headings are not consistent across databases.

 
 

Recommended Article Databases

General Interest Databases (cover a variety of subjects/topics)
Discipline Specific Databases (focus on a specific discipline or collection of related disciplines)
  • Health Source (EBSCO Host) - To search for consumer health literature including scholarly journals, general health care magazines, reference books, and pamphlets select "Consumer Edition". For refereed materials choose the "Nursing/Academic Edition."
  • PubMed - Identifies articles in basic and clinical biomedical research as well as in psychology other allied health fields.
  • MEDLINE Plus - Identifies consumer information about health-related topics.
  • SocINDEX (EBSCO Host) - Identifies articles in all areas of sociology including anthropology, criminology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, and urban studies.
 

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