The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.

A catalog of books, journals, and other materials held by libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings from works published before 1,000 BC-present.

If you need a book that is not available from Tripod, request it from E-ZBorrow. These books arrive in 2 -3 days from other Pennsylvania area libraries. If you cannot find a book in E-ZBorrow, then use Interlibrary Loan.

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Contains single-themed, 12,000-word reports, written and researched by seasoneds journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

Each issue of CQ Weekly looks forward and back with in-depth reports on issues looming on the congressional horizon, plus a complete wrap up the previous week's news.

Provides abstracts to economic journals, books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers. Topics include economic theory and history, monetary theory, labor economics, international, regional and urban economics. Coverage 1969-present.

Provides full-text and page images from many of the top economics journals. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.

Full-text of thousands of newspapers, magazines, news transcripts, reference works, and legal materials. Includes NY Times (1980-current)

Provides online access to abstracts and full-text articles on public policy research and analysis from think tanks, university research programs, research organizations and publishers.Covers a wide range of topics from international trade to health care reform, from telecommunications regulation to terrorism. Coverage varies.

Includes over 15 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. Includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.

Access statistical research data published by the Centers for Disease Control, as well as reference materials, reports and guidelines on health-related topics. You can search public-use data sets about mortality (deaths), cancer incidence, HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis, vaccinations, natality (births), census data and many other topics. Register to save queries and results.

One of the agencies under the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Excellent resource for an overview of major issues facing the US.

Links to the individual agencies in the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Library of Congress maintains Thomas with the mission to make federal legislative information freely available to the public.

The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. that conducts high-quality, independent research.

Funds research and provides technical assistance to improve the delivery of health care services for America's low income and special needs populations.

The Kaiser Family Foundation provides comparative state data on selected health issues in its State Health Facts Online section.

Funds and publishes research on issues related to health care access, substance abuse, and chronic care.

Stateline.org is an independent arm of the Pew Research Center. Staffed by professional journalists it was originally envisioned primarily as a resource for newsmen and newswomen who cover state government.

Researches domestic policy issues and evaluates government programs; health policy topics include the medically uninsured, Medicare and Medicaid, managed care, state initiatives for health care reform, and acute and long term care.

This manual, written by Kate L. Turabian, is easier to use than the Chicago Manual of Style which is really for individuals who are preparing to publish.

An IN-TEXT citation would look like this:

 

In a New York Times article on contaminated sushi (January 23, 2008) Marian Burros warns consumers of the dangers of mercury poisoning.

In a recent overview on public health and mercury in tuna (Dean 2007) it was found that …

 

This is an example of a BOOK citation in your reference list:
            Dean, J.  Mercury and Public Policy.  NewYork: Cornell University Press, 2007.

This is an example of a NEWSPAPER citation:

 

             Burros, Marian. "High Mercury Levels Found in Tuna."  New York Times, January 23,
                2008.

        Hlatky, Mark A., Penny Sharp, and Mary A. Whooley. 2002. Quality-of-life and   
             depressive symptoms in women receiving hormone therapy: Results from the
             Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study (HERS) trial. Journal of the
             American Medical Association 287, no. 5 (February 6),
             http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n5/rfull/joc10108.html#aainfo.

WEB SITE citation:

 

Web sites may be cited in running text (“On its Web site, the Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees states . . .”) instead of in an in-text citation, and they are commonly omitted from a bibliography or reference list as well. The following examples show the more formal versions of the citations.

 

(Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees)

 

Evanston Public Library Board of Trustees. Evanston Public Library strategic plan,
     2000–2010: A decade of outreach. Evanston Public Library.
     http://www.epl.org/library/strategic-plan-00.html.

 

ONLINE NEWSPAPER:

This is an example of an unsigned online newspaper from the American Public Health Association. Unsigned articles are best dealt with in text, but if you need to add a note, the name of the newspaper stands in place of author.

The Nation’s Health. 2007. Unemployed women at higher risk for cardiovascular    
    disease. December.     
    http://www.apha.org/publications/tnh/archives/365.htm