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- Susan Jackson, Business Librarian
- Email: sjackso4@csulb.edu
- Eileen Wakiji, HCA Librarian
- Email: ewakiji@csulb.edu
- Use subject line: HCA student needs help
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- Find out how to Connect From Home
- Access the Library’s Electronic Resources
- Find Books: which leads you to COAST, our online catalog
- Find Articles: or click on Research Databases By Topic or By Title
- Research Guides
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- Contains material that the CSULB Library owns (e.g., print &
e-journals)
- COAST tells you where an item is located and if it is checked out
- Create your Library password on COAST and View Your Library Account
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- Link+ (books only): allows you to search about 38 other libraries’
catalogs. You can electronically request books from Link+. It takes 3-5
working days to arrive at the CSULB Circulation Desk.
- ILLiad (InterLibrary Services): allows you to request journal articles
or books from other libraries. It takes 7-10 days so plan ahead.
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- ABI Inform Complete: is a comprehensive business database with over
3,200 journals (over 2,460 full-text titles) covering business and
economic conditions, corporate strategies, management techniques, as
well as competitive and product information.
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- MEDLINE
- PubMed
- No SFX, but links to publishers’ websites
- Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT must be in upper case
- Includes MEDLINE, plus more
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- Note: If a database (like PubMed) does not have an SFX button or you
already have a citation –
- search COAST, using journals
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- Mergent Online: company records, annual reports and EDGAR files for over
11,000 U.S. public corporations and 17,000 non-US public companies.
- Factiva: click on Companies/Markets then click on Company located on the
top of the screen. Type the name or ticker symbol in the search box.
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- IBISWorld: Industry Market Research reports covers about 680 U.S.
industries written at the 5-digit level of NAICS. Each report contains
key statistics, market characteristics, segmentation, industry
conditions, performance and outlook. These reports are written by
industry specialists.
- Datamonitor Industry Reports: Datamonitor's reports are based on primary
research with industry panels and consumers. They include information on
market segmentation, market growth and pricing, competitors and
products, and forecasts. This series provides over 5000 industry reports. These
profiles provide the important qualitative and quantitative summary
information you need - including predictions and forecasts. This
database is international in scope.
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- Snapshots Market Research Reports-North America: includes over 1,100
market reports from North America. It is a unique source for market
research data, offering market data for a broad range of industries and
regions. The Snapshots Series reports provide concise business
information including market size, market segmentation, market shares,
market-share weblinks, market distribution, market forecasts, and
socio-economic data provided by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Much of
the information is available in graphs and charts.
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- State Health Facts Online
- Kaiser Family Foundation's
resource that contains current state-level data on demographics, health,
and health policy
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- Who wrote this? Is there contact information for the author?
- Where does the document you found on the Internet live? Is it attached
to a government agency, university, or library?
- If the document contains research, does it include data and an
explanation of the research methods(s) used to gather the data? Is there
a bibliography attached to the document?
- Is the information timely? Does the document include the date the
information was gathered? Is there a “last updated” date or a copyright
date?
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