This resource guide is a starting point for your project research. Included here are  business, statistical, science, and government resources. **Familiarize yourself with the entire range of resources before starting your research.**

• Books
• Science Resources with Business Coverage
• Science Reference Shelf
• Industry Information
• Statistical Indexes
• General Statistical Resources
• Journal Indexes and Other Resources
• Electronic Journals
• World Wide Web
• Government Resources
• MyLibrary

1. ASA, The Library's Online Catalog. This lists all the items in the library and their location. This resource is available via the Network Server and the Web.
2. WorldCat. This is a catalog that lists over 51 million items including books, journals, audio-visual, CD-ROMs and software. These resources may be obtained via Lehigh's Interlibrary Loan.

Use ASA to locate the books on your topic. Remember: Journal articles are NOT indexed in ASA. These subject headings will provide a starting point for the research. They are:

1. Advertising--Drugs--United States
2. Delivery of Health Care--United States
3. Drug development
4. Drugs--United States--Marketing
5. Health care reform--United States
6. Hospital care-United States
7. Hospitals--United States
8. Hospitals-Economic Aspects-United States
9. Hospitals--United States--Business management
10. Insurance, Health--United States
11. Managed care plans (Medical care)--United States
12. Medical policy--United States
13. Medical Economics
14. Medicare
15. Pharmaceutical Industry-United States
16. Pharmaceutical services--Marketing

Remember: Use ASA to locate books, journals, A-V materials, and CD-ROMs. Generally, journal articles are not indexed in ASA. In WorldCat, there are now full text articles available on this database on a LIMITED basis.

Science Reference Shelf
These resources will give you background information about a disease or other biomedical concept.

1. Associations Unlimited. This is also available in print and its title is Encyclopedia of Associations. Its call number is 061.3/G152e/FM-1-R-REF.
2. Investext. Has information on industries from over 500 Wall Street and international stock brokerage firms.
3. Journal indexes list articles on industries. See the Journal Index section for a listing of indexes
4. North American industry classification system, United States. 317.3/U588sa/ FM-1-R-Ref. This is available in print or on the WWW. Its URLs are http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naicstab.htm or http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html.
5. Standard Industrial Classification Manual. 317.3/U5852/1987/Ref. This resource is available in print and on the WWW. The URL's for the manual is http://www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html.
6. Standard and Poor's Industry Surveys. 338/S781I/FM-1-Ref (On Reserve). Analyzes specific industries on quarterly basis. Trends, financial information, and industry data are available. Earlier volumes are available in the stacks back to 1976.
7. Standard and Poor's Market Insight. This contains a wealth of company and industry information. It includes the S&P Industry Surveys.

 

1. Lexis Nexis Statistical. This is an index of statistics that were previously published in the print indexes that are listed above. Also this is compilation of statistics from a variety of sources some of which are available in print and/or on the fiche at Fairchild Library. NOTE: Web version does not have all of the statistics that are available in print. Its URL is http://www.lexis-nexis.com/statuniv.

1. Business Statistics of the United States. 338.09/B976a/FM-1-Ref. This is a biennial publication with the cumulation of statistical data for series appearing the Survey of current business from 1947 to year prior to publication.
2. Demographics USA (ZIP ed.). 658.8/D383/FM-1-Ref. This provides statistics on population (including age and sex), effective buying income, employment by industry and retail sales. This is by Zip code.
3. Handbook of U.S. labor statistics: employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data. 331.05/U5bb ed.2/1998/FM-1-REF.
4. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 317.2/U58s/FM-1-RRef. Latest edition is in Ready Reference with earlier editions in the stacks.
5. STAT-USA. This is a compendium of government statistical information on the Web. It is available through the Article Abstracts and Databases on the Virtual Library. It gives information on general economic conditions in the United States, i.e., Consumer Price Index and Leading Economic Indicators. This compendium contains on the National Trade Data Bank. This gives information on foreign trade statistics of the U.S., trade opportunities and information on a foreign country's rules and regulations.
6. Survey of Current Business. C59.11/1. This is received monthly and is shelved at Fairchild Library.

 

1. ABI-Inform Dateline. Indexes resources with local and regional business news coverage of companies, business. and the economy.
2. ABI-Inform Global. Indexes over 1400 journals in management and business. Coverage is from 1987 for most journals. About 45% of the articles are available in full text.
3. ABI-Inform Trade & Industry. Indexes resources with a trade or industry focus.
4. Academic Index (Infotrac). Covers over 1400 journal going back to 1980. Some articles are available in full text.
5. Accounting and Tax Index. Available only in print and is shelved in Index Section, Reference, Fairchild Library. Formerly called the Accountant's Index, Supplement.
6. America: History and Life. This covers articles related to America since 1964. This is available in print and on the Web since 1964.
7. Applied Science and Technology Abstracts. Covers articles in the engineering, technology and business fields.
8. Basic BIOSIS (life sciences). For more information, please see Science Resources with Business Coverage.
9. Business Periodical Index. (650.016/B979/FM-2nd Floor North) This index is available in print from 1958 to 1994.
10. CQ Researcher. Your complete source on the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, all the pros and cons, bibliographies and more.
11. CQ Weekly Report. This is your weekly source covering Capitol Hill with legislative news and analysis of issues.
12. Econlit. A good index for the research journals that cover company and industry information from a business and economic perspective.
13. Factiva. It has over 8000 publications with some back to the early 1980's. (This is the replacement for Dow Jones Interactive.)
14. Faulkner Advisory for IT Studies. Covers the information technology area with reports, evaluations and general information.
15. GPO Monthly Catalog (U.S. government publications)
16. Historical Abstracts. This is an excellent source for European topics. It is a twin to America: History and Life. Coverage goes back to 1955 in print at Linderman Library and on the Web.
17. Lexis Nexis Academic. Provides full text of journals, newspapers, and wire services relating to business information. It also has full text legal materials such court decisions, legislation and regulations.
18. Lexis Nexis Congressional. This has indexing, searching capabilities and the full text delivery of a wide variety of information produced by and about the Congress.
19. Medline. For more information, please see Science Resources with Business Coverage.
20. Medline(PubMed). For more information, please see Science Resources with Business Coverage.
21. PAIS International. Indexes articles and books on public affairs with coverage back to 1972. Also available in print from 1967.
22. Psycinfo. Coverage is interdisciplinary including marketing psychology and biomedicine. Also, note that a keyword search on pharmaceutical* (* is a truncator) brings up over 1200 results. For more information, please see Science Resources with Business Coverage.
23. Research Library. Covers the popular journal literature with some articles available in full text.
24. Sociological Abstracts. Covers topics in sociology and related topics back to 1963 both in print and on the Web. Covers the psychology and related areas. Available in print from 1927 and on the Web from 1967
25. Web of Science and Knowledge. This resource indexes over 8500 research journals covering sciences, engineering, business, social sciences and arts and humanities. (For more information, please see Science Resources with Business Coverage).
26. WestLaw Campus. This resource provides search and retrieval online of Federal cases, State court cases, and Federal and State regulations .

 

1. Annual Review of Public Health online. This resource has information on a wide range of medical and health issues.
2. Emerald Library. This resource is heavily weighted in the management area.  It is a good source for supply chain management information.  (NOTE: Search Engine for Emerald Library is not a good one.)
3. JSTOR.  This is a good source for locating items concerning logistics and management of the items over a period of time.  (NOTE: this has a four to five year delay in mounting the articles.)
4. Wiley Interscience.  This has a number of economic and management journals that can be useful in locating material on your topic.

These sites have statistics on health, medicine and related issues. They are:

1. American Medical Association. Its URL is http://www.ama-assn.org/ .
2. Canadian Medical Association. Its URL is http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/121/la_id/1.htm
3. Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
4. Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World related to heath economics. Its URL is http://edirc.repec.org/healthecon.html.
5. Robert Johnson Foundations, based in Princeton, N. J. is the largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care in the United States. Its URL is http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp.
6. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation main web site. Its URL is http://www.kff.org/ .
7. Kaiser Foundation site for State Health Facts Online. Its URL is http://www.statehealthfacts.org/.
8. Kaiser Foundation site for Health Insurance and Cost. The URL is http://www.kff.org/insurance/index.cfm.
9. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Its URL is http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ .
10. Kaiser Foundation site for prescription drugs URL is http://www.kff.org/rxdrugs/index.cfm.
11. Google directory of sites related to Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. Its URL is http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals/Pharmaceuticals/Directories/
12. List serves,e.g., the Parma Marketing Network provide excellent opportunities to expand one's knowledge. One way is to place questions on the service. Hopefully, the answers will assist with resolving the question.
13. General Health Economics Discussion (healthecon-discuss). The purpose of healthecon-discuss is to give a (previously unavailable) forum for general discussion on health economics matters. Further information may be found at this URL http://rfe.wustl.edu/MailUsenet/MailLists/I/healthecondiscuss.html.
14. MedBio World This part of the web site lists medical associations. It URL is http://www.sciencekomm.at/home/lists/med-assoc.html .
15. Medical Associations Guide page. It lists a variety of medical associations. Its URL is http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/medassoc.htm.
16. WebMD. Its URL is http://www.webmd.com/ .
17. A site with additional resources is the WEBEC (World Wide Web Resources in Economics). The URL for the WEBEC is http://www.hkkk.fi/EconVLib.html (and the U.S. site is http://rfe.wustl.edu/EconFAQ.html.)

1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Its URL is http://www.ahcpr.gov/.
2. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (Formerly Health Care Finance Agency) Its URL is http://cms.hhs.gov/.
3. Department of Health and Human Services. Its URL is http://hhs.gov/ .
4. Food and Drug Administration (a.k.a. FDA). The URL is http://www.fda.gov/default.htm.
5. National Institutes of Health. Its URL is http://www.nih.gov/.
6. Medicare: Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare. Its URL is http://www.medicare.gov/.
7. Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is an independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and increasing access for all citizens regardless of ability to pay.

These are additional sites for statistics on economics, medicine and related topics. They are:

1. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Its URL is http://www.bea.doc.gov/.
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Its URL is http://www.bls.gov/.
3. Federal Statistics site. Its URL is http://www.fedstats.gov/.
4. Securities and Exchange Commission. Its URL is http://www.sec.gov/.
5. U.S. Census Bureau. Its URL is http://www.census.gov/.

Government Health Statistics and other information are available at these sites. They are:

1. AIDSinfo [electronic resource] / a service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its URL is http://aidsinfo.nih.gov.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention electronic resource]: data and statistics. Its URL is http://www.cdc.gov/scientific.htm.
3. National Center for Health Statistics [computer file] --monitoring the nation's health. Its URL is http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm.
4. This site has information on health and medicine. Its URL is Science.gov.
5. National Center for Health Statistics. Ambulatory Health Care Data. There are drug statistics at this site

 

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