This document provides an overview of resources for researching healthcare funding at UCL Library. It outlines how to search the library catalog and databases like Intute and WHO websites. Boolean logic tips are provided for effective searches. The databases Web of Science and COPAC are highlighted for locating articles. Inter-library loans and the WISE online training are described for accessing materials not held at UCL. Methods of citing references and avoiding plagiarism are also summarized. Contact information is given for subject librarians who can provide research assistance.

1. UCL Library
Lynne Meehan and Ruth Russell
lib-sciteam@ucl.ac.uk
http://delicious.com/LynneMeehan/eap

2. How and where to search
How:
Example search: Healthcare funding
Breakdown search
Key Concept 1 Key Concept 2
Health care Fund or funds or funding
Where:
Library catalogues, web gateways and
websites, databases

3. Library catalogue
• http://library.ucl.ac.uk
Useful for searching for books on topics and
for finding books on your reading list
• QUIZ:
• In which library would you find the book “Rationing
in the NHS” by Bill New, and what is the shelf
location?
• What is the earliest issue of “ Healthcare policy”
available electronically?

4. Intute
www.intute.ac.uk
A gateway to peer-reviewed academic
information on the web

5. WHO
http://www.who.int/en/
Useful for information on health policy across the
world
Quiz:
Find the factsheet “Paying for health services”

6. Current research:
Step 1: Define your topic
• Manufacturing potential therapies for AIDS
• Key concepts
• Alternative terms
Health care Funding or fund or funds
Healthcare Economic or economics
Finance or finances or
financing

7. Boolean logic for combining search terms
All foods with raspberries All flavours of ice cream
Raspberry ice cream
raspberries OR ice cream
Ice cream AND raspberries
Ice cream NOT raspberries

8. Current research:
Step 2: More hints and tips
• Phrase search
e.g. “Health care”
• Nesting
e.g. “Health care” and
(funding or finance)
• Wildcards
e.g. Wom?n
• Truncation
e.g. Financ*

9. Current research:
Step 3: Search the databases
• Database of engineering journals and conference
proceedings
• Go to the library website www.ucl.ac.uk/library
• Click on Databases
• Click on W
• Click on Web of Science
• QUIZ:
• Using Web of Science find three articles on Health care
funding using the tips shown in the previous slides?
• Use SFX to locate the articles?
• Email yourself the records for the two articles?

10. Material not held at UCL
• can be used in most databases to check
journal holdings at UCL and other universities
• Use the drop down menu in SFX to search
across library catalogues with COPAC or ULS
• Links to nearby university libraries here
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/otherlib.shtml
• Books and journal articles can be requested via
inter-library loan: http://
www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/ill.shtml

11. How to avoid plagiarism - Citing your
references

Citing styles: Harvard and
Vancouver

Systematic notes

Note the content
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/silva/current-
students/guidelines/policies/plagia
rism

12. Access to e-resources
• Most electronic resources can be accessed on or
off campus
• The best route to these is via the library website
• You will need your UCL userid to log in
• For further information go to
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/e-res.shtml#res-home

13. WISE
• Library Services’ online induction
• Includes training in various resources
• Go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/wise.shtml
• Click the link to WISE for beginners and log in
using your UCL computing username and
password
• Enrol yourself on the course

14. Help!

WISE: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/moodle

Ask at the Enquiry Desk
Ground floor, Science Library
Opposite the Issue Desk at the Main Library
Tel: 020 7679 7700
Email: library@ucl.ac.uk

Find your subject librarian listed at
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Library/who.shtml

15. Thank you
Please fill in the evaluation form at
http://tinyurl.com/ylgdpws
Lynne Meehan (Room 314, Science library)
Tel: 020 7679 2634 (ext 32634)
Email:lib-sciteam@ucl.ac.uk