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• Learning Outcome
• Finding a College
• Career Information
• Creating Searching Strategies
• Finding Books

• LibX
• Locating Articles
  Best Indexes
  Other Indexes
  UW-P Periodicals List
• Finding Web Resources
• Citing Sources

Print Resources:

Both of the items listed below contain information on a number of jobs relating to the Allied Health professions. Entries will usually include details on working conditions, employment outlook, training and other certifications needed, earnings, and sources of additional information.

• Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance (REF HF5381 E52 2003)
• America's Top Jobs for College Graduates: Detailed Information on 112 Major Jobs Requiring 4-Year and Higher Degrees (REF HD6278 U5 F37 1999)

Electronic Resources:

The resources list provided below does not include any links to specific job listings. Instead, look for job listings by using search methods employed in class, by heading to nationally known job search engines like Monster or HotJobs.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online
• Career Guide to Industries
• WISCareers (get a registration code from the Career Center to store your information OR take a guest tour)
• O*Net
• UWP Career Center

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Creating a Search Strategy

1. State your topic idea as a question

2. Identify the main concepts or keywords in your question

Click here for information about creating a sound search strategy and a search preparation worksheet. Search builder from University of Arizona Library

Boolean Logic

BOOKS IN THE UWP LIBRARY

Use the Library Catalog to identify and locate books owned by this Library.

• General strategy (simple search)

Use the simple search option. Start with a keyword (And/Or/Not) search

Carefully review the records you retrieve. What alternative keywords do you find? What subject headings are used for this topic? Revise your search, incorporating keywords you come across, especially those in subject headings. As you do more research, it will get easier because you will learn to let what you find help you find additional sources. The hardest part is always the beginning of a search for information on a new topic, so do not get frustrated if you do not get immediate results.

• Finding reference materials: Use the simple search option.

Enter: " your search terms" and "any other additional search terms" in the search box. Remember to enclose any phrases in quotation marks! Select reference material from the Quick limits drop-down menu. You may not find a reference book on your specific item but you will be able to find one on your general field of interest (e.g., communication).

No library has every book that will prove useful to your research! Even so, you need not be limited to books in this library. Because all of the libraries in the University of Wisconsin System (UWS) have cooperative borrowing agreements, it is easy and to request books from other UWS libraries. Search for books in other UW libraries using the "MultiLibrary Search" link at the top of the Library Catalog screen.

If you wanted to borrow any of these items you retrieve, click on the Patron Requests link at the top of the screen. The system will prompt your through the borrowing process. Make sure your have/know your RangerCard number (the P# on the bottom of your ID card). Items usually arrive within three working days (Monday through Friday) at the UW-Parkside Check-out Desk. Click on the Patron Record link to check on the status of your requests. Be advised that while most campuses will also lend audio/video items, UW-Madison sometimes will not.

For a step-by-step look at requesting items from other UW libraries, see our tutorial here.

REQUESTING BOOKS FROM LIBRARIES OUTSIDE OF THE UW SYSTEM:

Although it is fastest to retrieve a book from another UW System library, you are not limited to books from these libraries. There is another system, called Interlibrary Loan, which permits patrons at any library in the country to request books from any other library. Although most libraries participate in this exchange, a few do not. To receive items not available from another UW system library, you'll need to place an Interlibrary Loan Request. You can place a request online. The Interlibrary Loan office will notify you via your Parkside email account when your items are available for pickup. You can pick up your books at the Circulation Desk. These books MUST be returned to the Interlibrary loan window, not with other books to the circulation desk.

Please note: all article requests must be placed through Interlibrary Loan.

For a step-by-step look at using the Interlibrary loan system, see our tutorial here.

BOOKS IN OTHER LIBRARY CATALOG:

1. To find out about books available in libraries worldwide, use WorldCat.

2. To find out about books available in Wisconsin public and academic libraries including but not limited to the UW System, use BadgerCat.

If you find an item you'd like to have, look to see who owns it by clicking on the Wisconsin Libraries link. If another UW library owns it, request it through UW System Search (see above for instructions). If a public library or academic library outside of the UW system owns it, simply request a copy through Interlibrary Loan (remember, it will take longer to receive items through ILL than through UW System Search!).

Both WorldCat and BadgerCat have special features including the ability to limit to specific format types (books, visual materials, etc.) by marking the checkboxes in the limit type to: area of the search screen.

E-book collection

Netlibrary :

1. Go to Worldcat

2. Enter your search term(s)

3. limit type to "Internet Resources"

4. Check "Items in my library" and then hit search.

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Step 1: Use an index to find citations to journal articles on your topic.

The periodical indexes listed below will help you find citations to journal articles and other publications. You may search for articles by subject headings, keywords, or by author. Note that many citations are NOT full-text. Therefore, you'll need to go on to step 2, below, once you have selected some citations.

Best Indexes:

PubMed / Medline with full text
The National Library of Medicine's premier bibliographic database, PubMed covers the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences. Medline contains bibliographic citations and author abstracts from more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. The database contains over 12 million citations dating back to the mid-1960's . Coverage is worldwide, but most records are from English-language sources or have English abstracts. Medline may also be searched via Lexis Nexis Academic Universe and SciFinder Scholar.

Cinahl Plus with Full Text
The Database of Nursing and Allied Health Literature is an index to English language nursing journals and journals in allied health disciplines. CINAHL indexes the literature of nursing and allied health from 1982 to the present. Articles from more than 1000 journals are covered, as well as books, pamphlets, dissertations, audiovisuals, software, etc.

Cinahl support center is available whenever you need support in learning how to use CINAHL .

SPORTDiscus

SPORTDiscus is the most comprehensive, bibliographic database covering sport, physical fitness, exercise, sports medicine, sports science, physical education, kinesiology, coaching, training, sport administration, officiating, sport law & legislation, college & university sport, disabled persons, facility design & management, intramural & school sport, doping, health, health education, biomechanics, movement science, injury prevention rehabilitation, physical therapy, nutrition, exercise physiology, sport & exercise psychology, recreation, leisure studies, tourism, allied health, occupational health & therapy, public health and more. SPORTDiscus is provided by the Sport Information Resource Centre.

Physical Education Index
Provides accurate and scholarly information on topics ranging from physical education curricula, to sports medicine, to dance. The focus is on the academic and teaching aspects of physical education. Other coverage includes sport law, kinesiology, motor learning, recreation, standardized fitness tests, sports equipment, business and marketing, coaching and training, and sport sociology/psychology. Health education and physical therapy are also covered.

PsycINFO

Indexes journal articles, books, dissertations and technical reports from the world literature on psychology and related fields. Provides abstracts and indexing for 1,000,000 articles in 1,300 journals from nearly 50 countries. Also includes abstracts for dissertations, books and book chapters.

Other useful indexes and online resources available:

Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
Coverage of more than 10,100 journals in general academic, business, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multicultural fields. There is full text for over 6,000 journals.

Health Source Plus (Consumber Edition)

Health Source Plus (Nursing/Academic Edition)

Provides full text from over 270 periodicals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care and drugs and alcohol. In addition to the full text, indexing and abstracts for nearly 440 periodicals and full text for over 1,100 pamphlets and 20 books

SocINDEX with Full Text

is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of extremely useful information encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study. The database features more than 1,600,000 records with subject headings from a 15,600 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This product also contains informative abstracts for more than 720 "core" coverage journals dating as far back as 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 530 "priority" coverage journals as well as from over 2,800 "selective" coverage journals.

Reader's Guide Full Text
Covers popular periodicals published in the US and Canada and covers current events and news, fine arts, fashion, education, business, sports, health and nutrition and consumer affairs.
Coverage: 1983 - present.

Step 2: Now that you have a citation to an article, does the Library own the journal?

After you've found a citation to a journal article in which you're interested, click the FindIt! button to see if the library has the journal in either print or electronic form.

Conversely, you can check either the UWP Periodicals List to see if the Library subscribes to the journal in either print or electronic format.

Hollon, M. (2009, July). When a Patient's Chronic Pain Gets Worse. American Family Physician, 80(1), 77-77.

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Although you can search the World Wide Web by keyword using a search engine, browsing the Web sites below can help you find more authoritative information.There are a lot of web sites out there, ranging from excellent to completely unreliable. The following is a brief list of starting points for health and fitness research that have been selected for being reliable, current, and useful. Many include full-text versions of original documents, while others serve as springboards to additional web sites.

The A B C Ds of Evaluating Internet Resources from Binghamton University Library, lists criteria one uses to evaluate Internet Resources.

Academic Info attempts to improve access to online educational resources by developing an easy to use subject directory covering academic disciplines. The site is intended for use by college level students.

Internet Public Library provides library services to Internet users. Included on this site is a directory of websites organized by subject.

Librarian's Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 7,400 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. It's meant to be used by both librarians and non-librarians as a reliable and efficient guide to described and evaluated Internet resources.

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The Applied Health Science Department at UW-Parkside generally recommends that students use the APA format for bibliographies and in-paper references. Always check with your professor, however, to make sure you are using the approved citation format.

These publications and Web sites can be used to determine the proper format for an APA Style reserach paper.

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (Reference Desk BF76.7 .P83 2001) presents the APA style.

How to Cite References Using APA Style. This online guide, prepared by the UW-Parkside Library, is also available in paper format the Guide Rack near the Reference Desk.

APA Documentation This online guide to the 5th edition of the APA manual was prepared by UW-Madison's Writing Center.

Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association This APA Web page updates the Publication Manual above. Use it if you need to cite a journal article found in one of the Library's full-text databases.

The MLA handbook for writers of research papers (Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 1999) provides the recommendations of the Modern Language Association for formatting papers and references.

How to Cite References Using MLA Style This online guide, prepared by the UWP library, is also available in paper format in the guide rack near the Reference Desk.

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