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Scholarly or Non-Scholarly?

How do you know if a source (article, book, or website) is scholarly or not?

Check out this helpful guidance from CQUniversity in Australia.

Downloadable Resources

Webinar recording - July 6, 2017
View a recording (approx. 40 min.) of the webinar "Getting started on your literature review," given by Rosie Hanneke on 7/6/17.

Slides from webinar - July 6, 2017
View slides only from webinar. Recording (above) includes slides + live searching demonstration.
Literature Search Workbook
You may use this Excel workbook to organize and document your search. If you don't like this system, remember to keep research notes in some other way.

Library Resources to Remember

InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad)
Use InterLibrary Loan to request any article or book that the library does not have access to. You will receive a copy (for free!), usually within a few business days.
Chicago Formatting/Citation Style Guide
Resources to help with formatting papers and references in Chicago Author-Date format (16th ed.).

Find Articles

Where can you find articles for your literature review? Here are some best bets:

ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM is an extensive business research database with full-text articles from business journals, business and trade magazines and newspapers.
PubMed
PubMed contains over 24 million citations, focusing on scholarly journals in the health sciences. Look here for scholarly/peer-reviewed articles.
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. Pub Med includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Google Scholar
This link to Google Scholar is "proxied" for remote UIC users. Google Scholar will recognize your UIC affiliation and provide links to download articles & more from the UIC Library collections.

Find many more recommended databases on the Public Health Research Guide, or contact Rosie or another librarian for help searching.

Information Resources on the Web

Advisory Board
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project: HCUPnet
From AHRQ, "a tool for identifying, tracking, and analyzing national hospital statistics."
Health Resources and Services Administration - Data Warehouse

Have you found a helpful website that you'd like to share with your colleagues? E-mail me at rhanneke@uic.edu to suggest that it be added to this list.