HEALTH PRACTICUM (HSA 4817)
LIBRARY RESOURCE PAGE
LIBRARIAN: Dr. Darlene Ann Parrish

The selected sources listed below are useful for finding articles and information, including statistics, about health care topics.

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Electronic databases are available from the FAU Libraries home page at (http://www.fau.edu/library) by selecting “Research Resources” and then "Indexes/Databases." When accessing the databases remotely, select the link for the “EZproxy” server.

ABI/INFORM Dateline (ProQuest Direct)
Contains information on local and regional business news topics, and public and privately held companies in health care and other industries.

ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest Direct)
This is a good source of information for finding articles about technological, regulatory and political issues that impact health care. It contains some full-text articles. Searches can be limited to “scholarly journals.”

Business and Company Resource Center (Gale Group)
Provides basic and detailed information on both public and privately held companies. The reports on companies usually include company histories and chronologies, rankings and financial information. Searches can be done using company name or by industry name or number (SIC or NAICS).

Health Reference Center – Academic (Gale Group)
Contains many full-text articles about such topics as public health, fitness, medicine, health insurance, and prescription drugs.

Lexis Nexis Academic
This database is a useful source for full-text articles on social, technological, regulatory and political issues. In addition to the “Business” news component, there is a component entitled “Legal Research,” which gives access to articles on legal and regulatory issues, and statutory laws and court cases.

Standard & Poor’s (S & P) NetAdvantage
Included in this database are surveys of health care and other industries and reports on public companies.

STATISTICS

The statistical sources are both in paper and on the WEB. Listed below are selected resources that provide demographic and economic data.

Florida Statistical Abstract (UF2:S8/YEAR)
This source is located in “Ready Reference” behind the Reference Desk, on the first floor of the East Wing of the Library. It is a compilation of various types of statistics arranged by county and city.

U.S. Census Bureau
The best way to search for demographic and economic information in this WEB site is to select “American FactFinder,” and then search by “geographic location” or “keyword.”

Statistical Abstract of the United States
This source is a compilation of statistics for various areas such as population, housing, economics, labor and education.

Office of Economic and Demographic Research
This WEB site is easy to search and has a lot of demographic and other statistical information about Florida and local areas.