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Library Resource Guide for ECON 4999 Section 001
Economics in Action: Health Economics

1. Country & Background Information
   • World Bank e-Library (click on advanced search and type in your searches in full-text search field)
   • SourceOECD
   • Access UN (primarily publications)
   • Government Finance Statistics both paper and CD-ROM are available in Goverment Publications Department in Norlin Library.
   • UN Common Database (data)
   • UNICEF
   • World Health Organization
   • Health Systems Resource Guide (Institute of Development Studies , UK)

      

   • World Development Indicators
   • Development Gateway (links to regional development agencies are listed near the bottom of the webpage).
   • Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development

    

   • Some EIU Country Profile and Country Report are available in Business Source Premier

      

    

   B. Empirical/In-Depth Policy Analysis

    

   1. Subject Specific Journal Indexes
      • general search techniques:
        • use broader/narrow terms within the same concept blocks
        • combine search terms from different concept blocks
        • use synonyms within the same concept blocks
        • use database specific subject terms for more focused search results
        • apply field searching (such as abstract, title, descriptors, publication type) to search terms
        • combine search terms with logical operators, truncation, and nesting
          eg, (countries or nations) and econom*

      • Medline or PubMed
      • Web of Science (Social Sciences Citation Index)
      • for additional indexes, go to Databases by Subject or contact librarian for recommendations

       

   2. Policy/Think Thank
      • CIAO: Columbia International Affairs Online
      • PAIS International

         

   3. Multi-Disciplinary Journal/Magazine Indexes
      • Alternative Press Index
      • InfoTrac OneFile
      • Academic Search Premier
      • Social Sciences Abstract/Full Text

       

   4. Newspaper
      • LexisNexis Academic (need to search World News, Wire, Transcripts sections seperately) (Commands-at-a-Glance)
      • ProQuest Newsstand
      • Factiva (Search Quick Reference Guide)
      • World News Connection (translation of newspaper from native languages into English with 24- 48 hours) *contact librarians for password*

       

   5. Full-Text Access
      • Click on the "Find it at CU" link on the result screen or use Chinook E- Journal Finder to locate "hidden" full-text from aggregated databases we subscribe to
      • Periodical Title search in Chinook for journals we subscribe to
      • Chinook and Prospector (for books and documents in print format) [Chinook Recall/Hold--3 weeks; Prospector request--3-5 business days]
      • ILLiad (interlibrary loan) [allow for 2 weeks to 6 months processing time]

       

Last Update: February 16, 2007/JY