CQ Researcher: Health Care Reform

A recent report from CQ Researcher addresses the national debate over reform of health care and health insurance. The introduction and key questions asked appear below:
“Is universal coverage too expensive?
For the first time in 15 years, health-care reform has moved to the top of Washington’s agenda. A new Democratic president and Democratic majorities in [...]

Swine Flu (now called 2009 H1N1 flu)

Find some up-to-date information by clicking on these “Hot Searches” in LexisNexis Academic database:
In Major US Newspapers  (explore the “People” group at left menu)
In Healthcare News (Worldwide)  (explore the “Subject” group at left menu)
In Major Papers (Worldwide)   (explore the “Geography” grouping at left menu)
In another database (Health Source – Consumer Edition), a report:
details the discovery of an [...]

APA Style Guide, updated with new guidelines

The American Psychological Association has issued new guidelines related to electronic sources, including wikis, blogs, video clips, podcasts, as well as e-journals and articles from library databases.
Mahoney Library has developed a guide that reflects the new guidelines for online sources, as well as the general guidelines for print sources. To access the guide, click Instruction [...]

Wilson Web Database Trials

The following databases from H.W. Wilson are available as free trials through the end of May. If you get a chance to evaluate one or more of these databases, please let us know what you think by submitting a reply below this post.
Art Full Text
Database Information: http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artindex.htm
Reviews: http://www.hwwilson.com/reviews/artFT_review.htm
Access the Trial
Art Museum Image Gallery
Database Information: http://www.hwwilson.com/databases/artmuseum.htm
Reviews: [...]

New Books: Business, Economics, Communications, Education, Military, Nursing & Health Care

Mahoney Library at the CSE Health Fair

If you missed us at Wednesday’s campus Health Fair, you can still pick up handouts and view our poster on Research Heart Disease in the library lobby area.
For general health information try these library databases:

Health & Wellness Resource Center (articles, videos, reference & other tools)

Health Reference Center Academic (articles)

Health Reference Center (encyclopedias, videos)

Health Source: Consumer Edition (articles)

and these [...]

New E-Journals Collections from Sage and ACS

Mahoney Library has 2 new collections of full text journals online.
The first is quite large – around 450 scholarly and trade journals – and offers content across all disciplines. Sage Premier Journals is a great collection, with full text from 1996 through the present. Sage covers the following areas:
Humanities: Area Studies, Language Studies, Music, Religious Studies
Life Sciences: Biochemistry, Endocrinology, [...]