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Last Updated 8/2005. Direct feedback on this page to lawlib@umn.edu.

Searching Library Catalogs

MNCAT is the University of Minnesota's online catalog and includes holdings from the Law Library, as well as all other university libraries. You can search MNCAT to find books, periodicals and other resources.
If you do not know the precise terms used by the Library of Congress for a topic, use a keyword search with terms you think may be relevant. After finding an appropriate work, search again under the Library of Congress subject headings used for this work.

 
WorldCat is an online database of libraries all over the world. If you find a book though WorldCat that is not held by the University of  Minnesota or by another library in the Twin Cities, you may be able to request it through Interlibrary Loan.

Books & Treatises

Here are some suggested Library of Congress subject headings for works on health policy. Use these terms as specific topics when you do subject searches in  MNCAT  and WorldCat. For place, use the country, state or continent you are interested in - i.e. United States, Minnesota, Africa, etc.

Health policy or health policy--[place]
Medical policy or medical policy--[place]
Public health or public health--[place]
Health care reform or health care reform--[place]
Health planning or health planning--[place]

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

To find available encyclopedias on health policy, search MNCAT under the following subject search: [specific topic]--encyclopedias.  To find available dictionaries on health policy, search MNCAT under: [specific topic]--dictionaries.

Here are some examples of health policy encyclopedias held by the University of Minnesota:

Encyclopedia of Bioethics (3rd ed. 2004) TC Bio-Medical Library Reference QH332 E56 2004

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology (2000) Law Library Reference: TP 248.16 .E53x 2000

Encyclopedia of U.S. Biomedical Policy (1996)
Wilson Library Reference: RA395 .A3 E545 1996

Bibliographies

To find available bibliographies on health policy, search MNCAT under the following subject search: [specific topic]--bibliography.

Here is an example of a health policy bibliography held at the Law Library:

U.S. Health Law and Policy, 2001 : a Guide to the Current Literature (2001) Law Library: KF 3821 .A1 C35 2001

Also, the National Library of Medicine's Current Bibliographies in Medicine series can be found online (from 1992 on) at the NLM's website: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/resources.html

Periodicals & Indexes

Periodical Indexes

Government Publications

To find recent federal government publications related to health policy, use the Monthly Catalog of Government Publications. This source is available electronically on CD-ROM in the law library's reference office, on the Internet at  http://catalog.gpo.gov/F?RN=196623548, and on WESTLAW as GPO-CTLG (this version covers 1976-date). For earlier publications, refer to the bound volumes found in the U.S. Documents collection on the second floor of the law library under GP3.8

Many scientific publications, not covered in the Monthly Catalog, are listed in the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) online database available at:  http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/ntis.cgi

Congressional publications, starting with the first Congress, are indexed in LexisNexis Congressional, http://www.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/cong.cgi.  It is also available on LexisNexis as CISINX.

Current Awareness

The following looseleafs contain up-to-date health policy information:

BNA's Health Law Reporter.  (1992- )  Law Library Looseleaf Services KF 3821 .A15 B53x

BNA's Health Care Policy Report. (1993-)  Law Library Looseleaf Services  KF 3821 .A15 B54x

To search for other looseleafs on health policy or other topics, consult:

Legal Looseleafs in Print  (1981-)  Law Library  Reference Office   KF 1 .L43

Related Web Sites

Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy   http://www.academyhealth.org/

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Policy   http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/health/index.htm

Duke Health Policy Gateway http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange/

National Health Policy Forum   http://www.nhpf.org/

National Institutes of Health  http://www.nih.gov/

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research   http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/


Links verified 4/30/2008

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