Table of Contents

• Books
• Industry Information
• General Statistical Resources and Indexes
• Journal Indexes and Other Resources
• Electronic Journals
• World Wide Web
• Government Resources

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. Delivery of Health Care--United States
2. Health care reform--United States
3. Hospital care-United States
4. Hospitals--United States
5. Hospitals- Economic aspects-United States
6. Hospitals--United States--Business management
7. Insurance, Health--United States
8. Managed care plans (Medical care)--United States
9. Medical policy--United States
10. Medical Economics
11. Medicare
12. Pharmaceutical Industry-United States

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.

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 URL is 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-3-North. Analyzes specific industries on quarterly basis. Trends, financial information, and industry data are available. Earlier volumes are available in the stacks from 1976 to 2004.
7. Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage. This contains a wealth of company and industry information. It includes the S&P Industry Surveys.

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. Lexis Nexis Statistical. This is an index of statistics that were previously published in the print indexes that are listed above. Also this is a compilation of statistics from a variety of sources some of which are available in print and/or on the fiche at Fairchild Library.
5. Statistical Abstract of the United States. 317.2/U58s/FM-1-RRef. Latest edition is in Ready Reference with earlier editions in the stacks.
6. 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.
7. 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, Expanded (a.k.a. Infotrac). Covers over 1400 journals 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). Covers the environmental, health and agricultural issues. Coverage is from 1994.
9. Business Periodical Index. 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. This indexes the medical literature. Coverage is back to 1965.
20. Medline(PubMed). Abstracts journals and some books in medicine and some life sciences.
21. Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy. Each article describes a disease, its progression, and its treatment
22. PAIS International. Indexes articles and books on public affairs. Covers materials for the last 10 years. Also available in print from 1967.
23. Psycinfo. Covers the psychology and related areas. Available in print from 1927 and on the Web from 1967.
24. Research Library. Covers the popular journal literature with some articles available in full text.
25. 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
26. Web of Science and Knowledge. This resource indexes over 8500 research journals covering sciences, engineering, business, social sciences and arts and humanities.
27. 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. SpringerLink. Scholarly journals in all disciplines. This includes science, medical, economic and business journals.Full text is available beginning with 1997.
5. 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 Hospital Association. Its URL is http://www.aha.org/aha/index.jsp
2. American Medical Association. Its URL is http://www.ama-assn.org/ .
3. Canadian Medical Association. Its URL is http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/121/la_id/1.htm .
4. Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. This project brings together researchers in diverse disciplines - including epidemiology, economics, and statistics to exam how medical resources are distributed and used in the United States.
5. Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers in the World http://edirc.repec.org/healthecon.html
6. General Health Economics Discussion List (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.org/showRes.php?rfe_id=392&cat_id=26.
7. Google directory of sites related to Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. Its URL is http://directory.google.com/Top/Business/Biotechnology_and_Pharmaceuticals/Pharmaceuticals/Directories/
8. 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.
9. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation main web site. Its URL is http://www.kff.org/ .
10. Kaiser Foundation site for State Health Facts Online. Its URL is http://www.statehealthfacts.org/.
11. Kaiser Foundation site for Health Insurance and Cost. The URL is http://www.kff.org/insurance/index.cfm.
12. Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Its URL is http://www.kaisernetwork.org/ .
13. Kaiser Foundation site for prescription drugs URL is http://www.kff.org/rxdrugs/index.cfm.
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. Resources in Economics. This is a site with additional resources for health economics. The URL is http://rfe.org/.
17. WebMD. Its URL is http://www.webmd.com/ .

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. Medicare: Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare. Its URL is http://www.medicare.gov/.
6. National Institutes of Health. Its URL is http://www.nih.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.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. Science.gov. This site has information on health and medicine. It URL is Science.gov.