Health Information Management Human Resource Management: HIM 3297

Diseases and Conditions (clinical topics)

Technology, engineering (design and devices)

Health policies, administration (business angle)

Platform-wide thesaurus and subjects

The ProQuest and EBSCOhost interface or platforms (multi-disciplinary database aggregators) provide full-text access, each has a platform-wide thesaurus that applies to ALL of its databases.

• ProQuest Thesaurus on ProQuest Social Science Premium and ProQuest Central (all collections).
  • Learn more with ProQuest platform thesaurus video and Proquest transcript.
  • Browse ProQuest list of databases or select change databases within the platform
  • ABI/INFORM database collection also uses the Proquest Thesaurus
• EBSCOhost thesaurus.
  • Learn more with  Browse Subject Terms Tutorial video, and EBSCOhost advanced search video

Gale has platform-wide subjects (located top right). There is also Topic Finder.  Its multi-subjects database is Academic OneFile.

Specialized thesaurus

These thesauri are useful for Social Work and may be viewed on the website or platform.  Temple AccessNet ID is required to access ProQuest databases.

• Social Services Abstract - ProQuest:  Sociological Thesaurus
• PubMed: Medical Subject Headings (MeSH).
  • MeSH tutorials and videos
• ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • ERIC Thesaurus FAQ and ERIC Thesaurus video

In addition to Library Search and talking with Subject Librarians, use the library research guides (or LibGuides), databases and resources listed on this page to search and identify journal articles, books, book chapters and other publications for health management information.

1. Use all relevant terms or keywords and, if available, the database controlled vocabulary ( thesaurus, subject headings, descriptors) in advanced search. Subject dictionaries, thesauri, and Credo Reference can help identify concepts and words for searching.  These guides maybe useful:
   • PubMed has Automatic Term Mapping, matching user terms to the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
   • Web of Science has subject categories and meso topics.
   • Search for Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) to use in Library Search and identify synonyms and variant terms.
      
2. Search one concept at a time and then combine them using "AND" or "OR".  Parentheses can be used to specify the search order for operators in a search string.  If not, for example, in ProQuest, the order is PRE, NEAR, AND, OR, NOT.
    
3. Use database fields and filters, such as Date, Peer-Reviewed, Source Type, and Methodology  to focus and narrow your search.
    
4. Use database guides, tutorials, search tips, tools, and help to efficiently search, filter, save/download, cite and more.
   • Main database platform guides:  ProQuest, EBSCOhost, PubMed,  Embase, Web of Science, Gale, ERIC, GovInfo
   • JSTOR Text Analyzer uses the text of your document to suggest more articles.
   • For Temple Libraries tutorials and upcoming workshops:  Enter the database name or other search term in Library Search and look at results under Library Website.
   • Use library research guides for courses and subjects to identify relevant databases and resources.
      
5. Follow linkages, such as subject, keyword, author, title or series, organization links and links to Similar Titles, Citations or Cited By, References, and More Like This.
   • Use tools like Google Scholar and Web of Science Cited Reference Search 
      
6. Register/Create account and login to save your search history and create alerts.
    
7. Select the Find Full Text links to get the entire source for non-full text indexing databases.
   Link Google Scholar to Temple libraries so that the Find Full-Text @ Temple links will always appear. Go to our customized settings screen, check off Temple University Libraries link, and click Save.
    
8. To save time, search the entire ProQuest Central collection, which includes the Public Health database.
   Some database specific advanced filtering capability and thesaurus terms may not be available.
    
9. Use Browzine to browse and read Public Health scholarly articles.
   To create an account with the Browzine App, select Temple University and login with your AccesNet ID.
    
10. Target Core Journals and search all relevant databases.

• Use Library Search and Ulrich's Periodical Directory to look up journal titles and the databases to access them.
• Use Scimago Journal & Country Rank or Web of Science Journal Citation Reports to view rankings and journals impact factor.