Provider sub-system (Physicians, Nurses, Dentists, Hospitals, Skilled Nursing facilitities)

Buyer sub-system (Employers (purchasing health insurance; health insurance purchasing cooperatives (HIPC)

Payer sub-system ( (Managed care(HMO, PPO, POS), Indemnity health insurance, Health insurance purchasing cooperatives)

Government sub-system (US Public Health Service, Veterans Hospital System, LA County Dept. of Health Services, Medicare, Medicaid (Medi-Cal)

Government sub-system (LA County Dept. of Health Services)

1. Research Strategies 
2. University Library Research Resources 
3. Online Catalog 
4. Electronic Periodicals 
5. Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) database guide 
6. Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost) database guide 
7. About Medline  and About PubMed
8. About FirstSearch database guide for Medline, CINAHL, ArticleFirst, WorldCat and more. Can request items we do NOT own using its ILL (Interlibrary Loan) form

• Health Administration from the Health Information Resources section of the Michigan Electronic Library (MEL)
• AHRQ:Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• California Health & Human Services Agency
• World Health Organization
• Pan American Health Organization
• American College of Health Care Administrators

Ask at the reference desk if you have any questions about how to cite your sources for your paper. There are books there that tell you how to cite printed material, personal interviews, and web or other Internet materials correctly. You may also use the Style Guides available on the internet. 

Call Marcia Henry, 818.677.3012
or
email mhenry@csun.edu