This Guide consists of a list of selected resources on
health care management and administration available in Auraria
Library and on the Internet. It also suggests a research
strategy or plan of action you can follow while doing intensive
research or simply looking for information on a topic.
Choose your topic
It is important to remember that you should choose a topic
which is not only interesting to you but also appropriate
to your capabilities and to the time available.
Looking through the Library's various collections of health
care management materials may help you decide on a topic.
This information can be found in several collections, i.e.,
reference, periodicals, government documents, media and
in the book collection on the second floor. Most materials
in government documents, and all of those in the second
floor book collection, can be checked out. Those in the
other collections mentioned above cannot. Within each collection,
materials are arranged and located by call numbers. The
call number refers to a subject. Most of the library's materials
in the areas of health care management and other related
areas are assigned the call numbers as listed:
- R Medicine (General)
- R 131-684 History of medicine
- R 735-847 Medical education
- RA Public aspects of education
- RA 5-418 Medicine and state
- RA 421-790 Public health. Hygiene.
Preventive medicine
Many of the healthcare management and hospital administration
books will be shelved in the RA section on the second floor.
For additional information, see the Library
of Congress Subject Headings , or ask our Librarians
at the Reference Desk for more information.
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Books |
how to
find books, videos and other materials |
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| Catalogs |
Skyline (Auraria Library
Catalog), Prospector (Colorado Unified Catalog), and
other local, national and international library catalogs
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TIP: Use Skyline
to search for books, dissertations, videos, audiorecordings
and other materials in the Auraria Libary. You may use Prospector
and WorldCat
to request materials that the Auraria Library doesn't own.
If the materials you want are not available through any
of the above sources, you can order them through ILL
(Interlibrary Loan).
Link to the Guide Find
(e)books, videos, DVD's to learn more about how to find
and request materials that are not available at Auraria
Library.
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Article databases and indexes
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subscription
databases (paid for by the Library) and print indexes
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DATABASES
Go to the following webpages for article databases related
to healthcare management and administration (in some instances
certain databases will be listed on more than one of these
webpages). Many of these databases contain full
text and/or scholarly, peer
reviewed articles which appear in leading journals.
TIP: For databases that do not contain full text of an
article, remember to check Skyline,
Auraria Library's online catalog, to see if Auraria owns
the periodicals you are looking for! You may also use Goldrush
to search for full text of these periodicals in other databases,
or use ILL
(Interlibrary Loan) to order journal and magazine articles
that Auraria Library doesn't own..
The Find
Articles Guide provides additional information on
locating journals and magazines.
PRINT INDEXES
To search for articles and/or periodicals more than 10
- 20 years old, use the following print periodical indexes.
The Index section of the Library is located on the first
floor.
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature.
v. 22 (1977)-v. 46 (2001). LOCATION: INDEX RT41.C8
Hospital Literature Index. v. 37 (1981)-v. 50 (1994).
LOCATION: INDEX A963 .H67
TIP: If the Auraria Libary does not have the materials
you are looking for, ask at the Reference Desk. The Librarians
at the Reference Desk can often help you locate other suitable
information on your topic.
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Internet sources |
free
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Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (formerly HCFA)
Dartmouth Atlas
of Health Care -- Brings together researchers in diverse
disciplines and focuses on the accurate description of how
medical resources are distributed and used in the United
States.
Healthcare Financial Management
Association
HealthGrades.com --
Health care report cards covering hospitals, health plans,
and physicians.
Health Hippo --
A collection of policy and regulatory materials related
to healthcare.
Health Services Research
Journal
Health
System Information Page -- From Medline, at the National
Library of Medicine.
Hospital Connect
-- Links together the internet sites for dozens of organizations
serving health care providers.
Joint Commission on Accreditation
of Healthcare Organizations
Medical Group Management
Association
Medicare.gov
National
Centers for Health Statistics
To
Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
