Finding literature on health economics: databases

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Finding literature on health economics databases
e-journals
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Databases use them to.

• search for literature by subject or author
• find book reviews
• get ideas for your own research topics
• check bibliographic references
• particularly useful for finding periodical
  articles

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Periodical articles

• Contain recent research
• They are short
• They cant be borrowed for long

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How do I find out which databases I can use?

• The library database pages on the world wide web
• Library leaflets

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BIDS Bath information Dataservices

• is a group of databases, which includes
• IBSS - The International Bibliography of the
  Social Sciences

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BIDS-IBSS (the International Bibliography of the
Social Sciences)

• Covers books periodicals from 1951
• 2400 journals and 7000 books per year are indexed

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WEB OF SCIENCECovers all subjects, but is
divided into Arts Humanities, Social Sciences
and Science

• Altogether, 7500 journals are indexed
• The database contains references from 1981
• Its very up to date - updated weekly
• Available on the world wide web

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Connecting to BIDS and Web of Science

• You need an ATHENS personal username and password
• Access on or off campus
• Take links from the librarys webpages or go
  straight to the urls
• http//wos.mimas.ac.uk/ (for web of science)
• http//www.bids.ac.uk/ (for BIDS-IBSS)

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Searching tips for all databases

• dont expect miracles!
• plan your search in advance
• think of keywords to describe your subject ( eg
  health and income )- dont type in your essay
  title
• think of synonyms, wider terms, alternatives
• start your search simply and then refine it
• be prepared to experiment to get the best results
  in terms of numbers of references and relevance
• Use the HELP screens when you are searching

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What to do with your search results

• Check the QM catalogue or use the periodicals
  finding list
• Use the links to catalogues of other libraries on
  QM librarys web-pages
• Union List of Serials to find serials within
  London University libraries
• Check QMs list of electronic journals at
  http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/journals/alphabetica
  l/

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Newspapers full-text on the www from Proquest

• Financial Times
• Guardian
• Times
• Daily Telegraph
• Independent
• Sunday newspapers
• The Economist
• Each title has a back-file of at least 5 years
• You can email articles or print or cut and paste
• No password needed, but not available off campus

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Electronic journals

• Go to the librarys electronic journals web pages
  to see the full range of electronic journals
  available at QM
• http//www.library.qmul.ac.uk/journals/index.htm
• Many titles can be accessed from outside college
  using an ATHENS username and password

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SCIENCE DIRECT

• Provides electronic access to the full text of
  journals from Elsevier and Pergamon
• Covers last 4 or 5 years
• Titles like Journal of Health Economics, Social
  Science and Medicine and Health Policy are
  included
• http//www.sciencedirect.com/science? Or take a
  link from QM librarys web page
• No password needed on campus. ATHENS password
  allows access from outside

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JSTOR

• An electronic archive of journals
• Back issues not current
• Usually back to the start of publication
• Core journals such as American Economic Review,
  Economic Journal, Journal of Economic
  Perspectives, Quarterly Journal of Economics
• Available off-campus with ATHENS username
  password
• http//uk.jstor.org/ or links from the QM
  librarys webpages
• No password needed on campus. ATHENS password
  allows access from outside

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