HIA Library Guide

In this Guide

Core Resources

AccessMedicine - Content types: books, videos, reference. Contains the full text of more than 130 medicine-related books, as well as more than 900 cases, 1,000 videos, and 11,000 Q&As.

CINAHL Ultimate - Content types: articles. Provides full text of more than 900 nursing and allied health journals, and also includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, and CEU modules.

Consumer Health Complete - Content type: articles, books, reports. Provides consumer-oriented health content including the full text of more than 550 journals and magazines, hundreds of health reference books and encyclopedias, and thousands of evidence-based health reports.

eMO Ebooks - Health Information - Content type: books. Contains more than 500 full-text electronic books related to HIA.

MEDLINE - Content type: articles. Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.

PubMed - Content type: articles. PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature. Learn More.

Stephens Library Quick Search - Content types: articles, books. Search across most all of Stephens Library holdings as well as millions of additional books and articles using the EBSCOhost Discovery Service. Learn More.

Librarian for the HIA Program

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Finding Books

Library Resources

AccessMedicine - Contains the full text of more than 130 medicine-related books, as well as more than 900 cases, 1,000 videos, and 11,000 Q&As. Note that you must create a personal account with AccessMedicine in order to access cases, the self-assessment, download bulk images, and to create favorites/folders.

eMO Ebooks - Health Information - Listing of available eMO Ebooks resulting from a keyword search on "health information."

Stephens Library Catalog - Search the traditional catalog for Stephens College books, videos, and more.

MOBIUS Library Catalog - Search the MOBIUS Consortium catalog and request physical/print books be sent to Stephens for pickup. Books are generally ready to be picked up in two to three work days.

Physical Book Locations

Health Information Administration books are generally located in the following sections (the second floor of the Stephens Library):

  • Q - Science (General)

  • RA - Public aspects of medicine

Please don’t hesitate to ask for assistance.

Search Tips

Search the Stephens Library Catalog to find physical materials and eBooks held at Stephens Library. The MOBIUS Catalog is also a good option to broaden your search for print books to libraries across Missouri.

Try using the phrase “health administration” to get started, or use more specific terms for the field you’re researching.

Use the advanced search function and search for these phrases as subject terms to find materials about that term (rather than narrowing to a specific title).

Here are some other examples:

  • Healthcare systems

  • Hospital network

  • Public health

In addition, use the filters on the left hand side of the catalog to narrow or broaden your search.

  • Availability (Online vs. At The Library)

  • Found In (Subject, Title, Author, etc.)

  • Format (E-Book, Book/Print. DVD, etc.)

  • Language (English, Spanish, etc.)

  • Publish Date (use the sliding bar to create a timeline)

  • Place (U.S., Canada, etc.)Use the filters on the left hand side to narrow or broaden your search.

Finding Articles

Library Resources

CINAHL Ultimate - Provides full text of more than 900 nursing and allied health journals, and also includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, and CEU modules.

Consumer Health Complete - Provides consumer-oriented health content including the full text of more than 550 journals and magazines, hundreds of health reference books and encyclopedias, and thousands of evidence-based health reports.

MEDLINE - Created by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and includes citations and abstracts for more than 5,200 biomedical and health journals.

PubMed - PubMed contains more than 30 million citations and abstracts of biomedical literature.

Search Tips

Break your research question into essential key words and connect with AND.

  • Use synonyms and connect them with OR

    • adolescents OR adolescence OR teens OR teenagers OR young adults

  • Use truncation (*) to get plurals and alternative endings.

    • educat* = educate, education, educating, educated, etc.

  • Put quotes around a term that’s a phrase to keep the words together.

    • “body image”

  • When you find a good article, look at the works cited or reference list at the end to help identify other useful resources on the same topic.

All About Consumer Health Complete

Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive database for consumer-oriented health content, and designed to help users gain an overall understanding of key topics across the health and wellness spectrum — from mainstream medicine to complementary, holistic and integrated medicine.

Offers an intuitive search interface that allows users to filter search results by source type. In addition to full-text journals, magazines, health reference books and evidence-based health reports, the database includes:

  • Medical images and diagrams

  • Animations with audio narration and transcripts

  • Consumer health pamphlets and leaflets from the CDC, FDA, NIH and others

  • Magill's Medical Guide, an easy-to-use compendium of medical information

  • Drug information in English and Spanish

  • Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary

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