Industry Definitions

Databases for Industry Research

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage

1. - Industry surveys
2. - Bond ratings
3. - Company profiles and corporation records
4. - Stock, bond and fund research

1. - Industry sector analysis and research
2. - Industry trends and statistics
3. - Market research and trends
4. - Company profiles

1. - Real-time full-text investment research
2. - Reports cover companies and industries
3. - Over 750 contributing firms

1. - Aggregate data and analysis on industries
2. - Reports, articles, and company highlights

ABI/Inform (via ProQuest)

1. - Indexes over 1000 business periodicals
2. - Trade journals, business magazines, academic journals and other news sources
3. - Most articles full text

IBISWorld

1. - Over 700 full-text industry reports
2. - Over 700 US industry risk rating reports
3. - Information on over 8000 Publicly Traded Companies
4. - Hundreds of economic and demographic profiles

For additional database choices, see:

1. Database Descriptions
2. Database Comparison Chart

Industry Data

SELECTED Companies

Resources for Identifying Companies in the Industry

Hoover’s Online

1. - Proprietary company overviews
2. - Industry breakdowns and explanations
3. - Competitor listings
4. - Financial synopses

Lexis/Nexis Corporate Affiliations
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A219

1. - U.S. corporate directory
2. - Holding company directory

Mergent Online

1. - Information on 11,000 U.S. public companies and 17,000 non-U.S. public companies
2. - Detailed, standardized financial statements
3. - Searchable by company name, industry codes, revenue levels, and other characteristics
4. - Comparative analysis among companies
5. - Access to SEC reports

Ward’s Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
Business Library, Reference: HG4057.A56

1. - Listings organized by NAICS code
2. - Ranks public and private companies by revenues/sales

Library Collections

Selected Reference Titles

AHA guide to the health care field
Life Sciences Library, Reference: RA977.A1A46
Includes information on health care networks and alliances, geographic listings and individual hospital statistics.

Encyclopedia of global industries
Business Library, Reference: HC102.E333
Includes chapter on Medical Equipment and Services

Quality management in healthcare: principles & methods
4th floor Paterno: RA399.A1L54

Strategic management of health care organizations
4th floor Paterno: RA971.S924

American Hospital Association hospital statistics
Life Sciences Reference Desk: RA981.A2A6234
(previous editions: 4th floor Paterno stacks)

Testing for ownership mix efficiency : the case of the nursing home industry
3rd floor Paterno: HB141.N2 no. 11115

Selected periodicals: 4th Floor Paterno

Healthcare Financial Management			Journal of Health Care Finance RA410.A1T59
Health Care Manager			Managed Care Business Week
Health Care Strategic Management RA1.H4			Marketing Health Services RA410.A1J86
Healthcare Executive RA971.H45			Medical Economics RA410.A1M3
Healthcare Informatics			Modern Healthcare RA421.M78101
Hospital Material$ Management			Research in Healthcare Financial Management
Hospitals & Health Networks RA960.H6

Search the CAT

SAMPLE subjects (To narrow fields, add geographic terms or other limiting terms. Combine terms such as "Long term care" and "Financing".)

Aged - medical care - economic aspect
HFMA Health care financial management series
Health facilities - administration
Health facilities - business management
Health Maintenance Organizations - administration
Health (or hospital or physician) management companies
Health Care AND vocational guidance (or careers)
Health services administration
Hospitals - administration
Hospital - business management
Hospitals diagnostic services
Hospitals - finance
Hospital mergers
Long term care
Medical care
Medical economics
Medical instruments and apparatus industry
Medical technology
Nursing homes
Nursing homes - economic aspects

Call # Ranges

4th Floor Paterno:

R855-859.7 Medical technology, electronics, instrumentation, informatics
RA410 Medical economics
RA645 Home health care and emergency medical services
RA 960-1000 Medical centers, hospitals, long term care facilities, etc.

Related Penn State Links:

• Department of Health Policy and Administration
• Life Sciences Library - Health Sciences
• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center - College of Medicine

Trade Associations

Additional Selected Websites (including governmental agencies):

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Department of Health and Human Services

Healthcare Intelligence Network

Health Resources Online

U.S. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project's HCUPnet
    through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

The Managed Care Information Center

National Center for Health Statistics

National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation

• See also Associations Unlimited for association listings by subject or keyword.
• See also ABI/Inform for articles reporting trade association data.

Career Information

Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce

Health Promotion Career Network

Vault Online Career Library (Currently, Vault Guides are facing problems opening in Adobe Reader 8.x. Please see here for using FREE Adobe Digital Editions to access these guides)

1. - Vault provides full-text career and industry guides
2. - Includes company profiles, occupation descriptions, and career-related articles

Career Guide to Industries  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Business Library, Reference: HF5382.5.U5 C3162

Occupational Outlook Handbook  (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
CAT record for print copies
Business Library, Reference: HD8051.A623

Career Resources Page

Economics Department | School of Hospitality Management | Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Management | The Smeal College of Business | Text-only Version

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