USP 143: The U.S. Health Care System: Places to Search

Not sure how to find your topic at one of these sites?  Or, maybe, you don't like their search capability?  You can let Google help.  Now that you know about these organizations, use part of their URL and search with your topic.  For example, Google:

health-care reform site:rwjf.org

This will bring up results for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation specifically dealing with health care reform. 

If you search here, be sure to use good search technique.  For example:

• Include words like:  statistics OR data 
• Use site:gov for government sites
• Use tip above -- use a more specific URL to search a site

Remember to adjust for the correct span of years -- on the results page, set a custom range of years if the preset ones aren't quite right.

Each database will have a tool to limit to just the past few years, but each one will have it in a different place. 

• PubMed has it on their limits page
• Web of Science has it on their main search page
• Business Source Premier & CINAHL have a slider tool you can see of the results page. 
• PAIS & PsycINFO has a date entry option on the left side of the results.

Check out some of the different ways to refine your search too.

The following are selected reference sources.  For more options, see our special list.

I am available to meet with you to help you use these tools and refine your search.