HEALTH CARE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (HSA 4170)
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish

The selected sources listed below are useful for finding information about the financial management of health care providers, facilities and organizations.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Electronic databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at (http://www.fau.edu/library) by selecting “Indexes/Databases" under the heading "Quick Links." Remember to select the link "Off Campus Connect" for the EZproxy server when accessing the databases remotely. 

ABI/INFORM Complete
Gives references to journal articles on private and public companies, industries and health care management issues from several ABI/INFORM databases including Dateline, Global, Archive and Trade & Industry. It contains some full text articles.

Business & Company Resource Center
This is an excellent starting point for conducting a SWOT analysis of a private or public company. This database includes detailed information about companies, such as the history and financial data.

Health Reference Center - Academic
Gives references to articles on various health care topics and issues, including health care financial management.

LEXIS-NEXIS Academic
Includes current articles from newspapers, newswires, magazines and journals.  Most effective way of searching for company information is via the "Business" or "General" sections in the database.  

MarketLine Business Information Centre (MBIC)
This database is helpful for finding information on global issues that would impact international and domestic companies and industries. 

Mergent Online
This database is especially useful for locating detailed financial information on public companies. There is also a section of the database that includes the SEC filings.

Plunket Research
The most useful feature of this database is the access to reports dealing with “Marketing Research and Trends.” These reports include information on domestic and international markets for various industries. Another useful feature is the glossary of business terms.

Standard & Poor’s (S & P) Netadvantage
Provides reports on public companies and the industries in which they operate. Information includes industry trends, company rankings within an industry, and industry statistics.

Wall Street Journal 1984-Present
Provides full text access to articles on various business topics, including health care financial management issues.

WEB SITES AND OTHER RESOURCES

Bigcharts <http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/>
This WEB site provides information for investing purposes such as stock quotes and industry commentaries.  The interactive charts are the main feature.

EDGAR Database of Corporate Information (SEC)
This is the official WEB site of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The latest and historical filings can be located by selecting the link “Search for Company Filings.”

The Motley Fool <http://www.fool.com/>
Gives stock market recommendations and commentaries for investing purposes.

Million Dollar Directory (REF HF5036.D82)
This paper directory is located on Reserve and contains basic information on both private and public companies.

NASDAQ <http://www.nasdaq.com/>
This is the WEB site for the NASDAQ Stock Market.

NYSE< http://www.nyse.com/>
This is the WEB site of the New York Stock Exchange.

EVALUATING INFORMATION

If you are not using one of the “Electronic Databases” listed above or other databases via the FAU Libraries Electronic Collection, you need to consider some of the following questions when evaluating information from the Internet:

1. How authoritative is the source of the information?
2. How accurate is the information?
3. How reliable is the information?
4. How current is the information?
5. How relevant is the information to my topic?

CITING REFERENCES

BF76.7.P83 2001 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.
5th ed. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association, 2001.

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