Downloadable Resources
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Finding & Citing Public Health Information Video (~13 mins long)Though this video focuses on a public health research topic, not necessarily a health administration research topic, the advice and search strategies still apply.
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Search String ConstructionThis helpful handout explains how to use concepts, keywords, Boolean Operators, quotes, parentheses and truncation symbols to develop a search string for use within databases and search engines.
InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad) - Requesting Full-Text
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InterLibrary Loan (ILLiad)Use InterLibrary Loan to request any article, book chapter, or book that the library does not already provide immediate access to. You will receive articles and book chapters (for free!) usually within a few business days. Print book requests can be sent to the UIC Library of your choosing.
Chicago Formatting/Citation Style Guide
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Chicago Formatting/Citation Style GuideResources to help with formatting papers and references in Chicago Author-Date format (16th ed.).
Articles
Where can you find articles for your literature review? Here are some best bets:
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ABI/INFORM Global
ABI/INFORM is an extensive business research database with full-text articles from business journals, business and trade magazines and newspapers.
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Business Source Ultimate
Business Source Ultimate provides full-text to a large number of business sources, including business journals, trade publications and business magazines.
Our EBSCOhost databases moved to a new user interface during summer 2025.
For additional information about searching and managing results, please visit the EBSCOhost Transition Center.
Please send additional queries or comments to: ask@uic.libanswers.com
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PubMedPubMed contains over 24 million citations, focusing on scholarly journals in the health sciences. Look here for scholarly/peer-reviewed articles.
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Google ScholarThis 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, the Business Research Guide, or contact Prof Whalen or another librarian for research advice.
Grey Literature/Internet Content
Grey literature is data, reports, policy briefs, white papers, dissertations, and other high-quality sources of information published by organizations that do not produce traditional peer-reviewed information. Articles and information from most professional/industry publications related to health administration falls within the grey literature category.
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Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project: HCUPnetFrom AHRQ, "a tool for identifying, tracking, and analyzing national hospital statistics."
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Policy CommonsPolicy Commons provides almost 2.5 million fulltext think-tank, agency, and city publications, including policy reports, administrative documents, books, project and campaign documents, working papers and discussion papers, journal articles, press releases, briefs, and brochures.
Have you found a helpful website that you'd like to share with your colleagues? Email me at kwhale4@uic.edu to suggest that it be added to this list.
Compensation/Salary Data
Looking for compensation data for healthcare providers? The UIC Library has print access to MGMA Provider Compensation and Production Report.
Librarian
Librarian for Public Health
kwhale4@uic.edu