Health Management and Policy
This is a general research guide for the undergraduate and graduate courses in OSU's Health Management and Policy program. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information. If further assistance is needed, please contact the subject librarian for Health Management and Policy: Alison Bobal, ph# 737-7274, alison.bobal@oregonstate.edu
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Finding Books
OSU Libraries Online Catalog: OSU Libraries Online Catalog is the primary finding tool for locating books, journals, conference proceedings, government documents and reports in the library. You can search by author, title, and subject. Keyword searching is also available, as are other searches, such as call number, government document number (SuDoc and OrDoc), and ISSN/ISBN.
- Useful Subject Headings:
- Health services administration
- Health planning
- Public health administration
- Public health administrators
- Public health personnel
- Medical personnel
- Clinic managers
- Health officers
- Hospital administrators
- Managed care administrators
- Nurse administrators
- Nursing home administrators
- Physician executives
- Health services administration - employee participation
- Health maintenance organizations
- Hospital administration
- Medical care -- Needs assessment
- Medical statistics
Summit (Orbis): OSU is part of Summit, a combined online catalog for many academic libraries in Washington and Oregon. Links from the OSU Libraries Online Catalog allow you to duplicate a search in Summit, and if the item is available at another library, you can request it and it will be delivered within three days to The Valley Library Circulation desk.
WorldCat: Index to over 30 million records cataloged by most North American and European libraries. Materials indexed include books, journals, conferences, films, videos, recordings, musical scores, computer software, maps and manuscripts. Materials date back to the 11th century.
Finding Journal Articles
Journal indexes: To find individual articles in journals, you will typically use periodical indexes/databases which can either be in printed form or online. Most indexes allow you to search by author or title of the article, as well as subject or topic. Many online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract with a keyword or free text search.
Locating journals: With the exception of journals that are full-text online, you will need to locate the actual journal to read the article. You can search the OSU Libraries Catalog for the Journal Title (name of the journal) to determine if we own the journal. If not, you can get copies of journal articles through our Interlibrary Loan service at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/.
Electronic Journals: Search or browse the E-Journal list to see if a journal is available online.
Basic searching
- Health Source - Available as an academic or a consumer edition. Provides full text for nearly 550 health periodicals, including almost 450 peer-reviewed journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Also includes over 1,000 health pamphlets and over 130 health reference books. Coverage is from 1975-present.
Comprehensive
searching
For a complete listing of electronic databases see The Valley Library Alphabetical List of Research Databases.
- Business Source Premier - Provides full-text from over 1,100 peer-reviewed journals covering business, management, economics, banking, finance and accounting. In addition to the full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals. Coverage is from 1965-present.
- CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature) - Covers nearly 900 nursing, allied health, biomedical and consumer health journals. Coverage is from 1982-present.
- Dissertation Abstracts - Indexes the complete range of academic subjects appearing in dissertations accepted at accredited institutions. Coverage is from 1861-present.
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) - This government information source indexes educational related research reports and journals. Includes materials on the topics of health education and promotion, community and public health services, school health services and allied health occupations. Coverage is from 1966 - present.
- GPO Monthly Catalog - This is an index to publications of U.S. federal agencies. Publications are indexed in various ways including personal author, government agency or conference name; title; subject; report number and series statement; and Superintendent of Documents numbers. It is good for locating government publications related to health, especially information about government health care programs. Coverage is from 1976 - present.
- MEDLINE - NLM's biomedical bibliographic database of over 15 million citations. Contains information related to clinical and experimental medicine; health care administration; microbiology; nursing; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; reproductive biology; psychology; toxicology; and veterinary medicine. Coverage is from 1950-present.
- Science Citation Index - A comprehensive index of citation from science and engineering journals. Subject searching is limited to keywords from article titles. Citations from over 3000 major journals covering about 100 scientific disciplines. (1996-present) online / (1985-1995) - only on Valley CD network / (1955-1991) - print, Ref Z7402.S35.
- Social Sciences Citation Index - Provides in-depth, multidisciplinary coverage of the social sciences. Search indexes include cited author, subject and corporate entries. (1999-present) online / (1969 - 1996) - print, Ref H1 .S62.
Reference Sources
Government information // Statistics
Government information
- Federal Government
- Congressional Universe (see LexisNexis Congressional) - This is a searchable index of congressional publications that go back to 1970. Most notably, it contains the Congressional Record and Federal Register. This database allows you to track bills as they move through the House and Senate, locate information about members and committees, find testimony from congressional hearings and search the National Journal.
- Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet - This site allows you to search the text of the Congressional Record, as well as the Congressional Record Index
- Federal Register Online via GPO Access - This site contains online access to the Federal Register from 1994 - present. Older print editions of the Federal Register are located in The Valley Library in the Government Publication Department DOCS: J1 .A2
- State of Oregon
Statistics
- American Statistics Index - This reference source is published by the Congressional Information Service. It is a bibliography of statistics produced by the U.S. This index is located in the Government Documents area of The Valley Library. Doc/HA154 .A431
- Hospital Statistics. American Hospital Association. Ref: RA981 .A2 A6234
- Statistical Abstracts of the United States - A compilation of statistics from U.S. governmental agencies. Contains a keyword index. Most statistical tables indicate the source that the statistics were derived from. Located in the Reference area of The Valley Library. HA202. This resource is also available via the web at Statistical Abstracts of the United States.
- Health, United States, U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Health Resources Administration, National Center for Health Statistics. This publication contains a summary of Healthy People 2010; statistics on Medical personnel, Health facilities and Medical Care. RA395.A3 U64
- WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)
- National Center for Health Statistics
Other Useful Internet Sites
Associations
- American College of Healthcare Executives
- American College of Health Care Administrators
- American Academy of Medical Administrators
- American Health Information Management Association - contributes to quality medical care be securing, analyzing and integrating information that steers the healthcare industry.
- American Medical Informatics Association - is dedicated to the development and application of medical informatics in the support of patient care, teaching, research and health care administration.
- Healthcare Financial Management Association - seeks excellence in the financial management of integrated health systems and other healthcare organizations.
- International Medical Informatics Association - promotes informatics in healthcare and biomedical research, advances international cooperation, stimulates research,development and encourages education and responsible behavior.
- Society of Medical Decision Making - is dedicated to promoting rational and systematic approaches to decision making that will improve the health and clinical care of individuals and assist health policy formation.
Other
- Medical Group Management Association
- Association of University Programs in Health Administration
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- The Milbank Quarterly
- NIH Consensus Development Program
- HealthWeb/Health Care Administration
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
- MedWeb: MedWeb, is a catalog of health related web sites, maintained by the Emory Health Sciences Center Library.
- National Center for Health Statistics: The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. To meet priority data needs for public health, NCHS works closely with other Federal agencies as well as researchers and academic institutions.
- NLM's Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
- Martindale's Virtual Medical Center
- UW School of Public Health and Community Health Services Library Information Center
- For authoritative information about doctors' locations, backgrounds, specialties, and credentials, try the American Medical Association's Physician Select, Association of State Medical Board Executive Directors' DocFinder, http://www.docboard.org/ and the American Board of Medical Specialties' Certified Doctor, http://www.abms.org/.
Other Useful Subject Research Guides
Return to the Alphabetical or Subject index of the Subject Research Guides.
