This guide provides a general overview of where to find books, articles, and data on the healthcare industry. If you need more information, please Contact Us at the C.B. "Bud" Johnston Library.

Finding Books in the Catalogue

Searching the Library Catalogue

The library catalogue indexes books and the location of journals, but not the articles within the journals. The catalogue points to information both in print and in electronic formats.

From the Western Libraries website, select "catalogue" which is on the grey horizontal bar. From the catalogue, you can search by:

Keyword - searches words throughout the entire record
Title - searches the title only, and must be precise
Journal Title - searches for journal titles, and must be precise
Author - searches for authors only
Subject Heading - searches through subject headings
Medical Subject Heading - searches medical subject headings
Call Number - searches the call number only
ISBN - searches the International Standard Book Number
ISSN - searches the International Standard Serial Number
Publisher Number - searches the publisher number
Gov't Doc Number - searches the government document number
Other Number - e.g. National Bibliography Control Number

Unless you know specifically what book you are interested in, you will probably mostly use the Keyword search or the Subject Heading search.

The keyword search searches the entire record, including the Table of Contents
Subject headings provide categories that you can browse through, to find other related books. If you type in a concept into the Subject Heading search, you can browse that subject or related subjects to find books.

The catalogue has the following features:

You can limit your search to a specific library
You can sort by date
You can limit your search by clicking on limit/sort search
You can request books that are already being borrowed by another patron
You can request a book be delivered to the Western Libraries library of your choice
You can drop off a Western Libraries book at any Western Libraries library

Tips for Searching the Catalogue for Healthcare Industry Books

Note the spelling of the word health care versus healthcare. Both variations of this word might be used in items in the catalogue. If you do a keyword search, you need to try both variations because the results will only retrieve exactly what you type into the search box. Therefore, searching for health care will not retrieve results with healthcare in it, and vice versa.

If you do a subject search, you will notice that healthcare is not a subject category. However, the catalogue points you to medical care, which is the used subject term in the catalogue. This is a good illustration of the benefit of subject terms. The use of synonyms (e.g. healthcare versus medical care) or spelling differences (e.g. health care versus healthcare) means that you search might capture relevant books you might not have otherwise found.

Some Subject Heading search terms that you might find useful include:

Biotechnology
Biotechnology Industries
Biotechnology Industries - Canada
Biotechnology Industries - Canada - Directories
Health (you'll notice several related subjects here)
Hospital care
Medical care
Medical care, cost of
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Industry
Pharmaceutical industry

Some Healthcare related Books in the Catalogue

Biotechnology and industry

Canadian Trends in Biotechnology

Direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs in Canada

The emergence and growth of biotechnology

From alchemy to IPO: the business of biotechnology

Kellogg on biotechnology

The pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical industry : a guide to historical records

Pharmaceutical industry highlights.

Prescription games : money, ego, and power inside the global pharmaceutical industry

Statistics and research notes based on HCUP data.

Trials & triumphs : the remarkable story of Canada's generic pharmaceutical industry

Finding Articles and Reports in Databases

Databases that Index Business Related Articles

The C.B. "Bud" Johnston Library has several databases where patrons can find journal, newspaper, and magazine articles on the healthcare industry. All of these databases are on our website.

Go to: www.lib.uwo.ca/business and click on the first drop down men 'Please Select a Business Database'. If you are off campus, be sure to log in to Off Campus Access (top left corner) before selecting any databases.

Alternatively, go to: www.lib.uwo.ca and select Databases by Title. Select the database you wish to search from the list of databases in alphabetical order.

Some databases that might have relevant articles on the business of Healthcare (or related) industry include:

ProQuest ABI Inform Global, Trade and Industry, Dateline
LexisNexis
Factiva
Scopus
Web of Knowledge
PsychInfo
EconLit

ProQuest

ProQuest is likely your best bet, and a good starting point.

The three ProQuest databases (ABI Inform Global, Trade & Industry, and Dateline) indexes a wide variety of business news articles, journal articles, and magazine articles.
If you want scholarly information, check off the Scholarly Information check box to limit your results to only Scholarly articles.
Use the search features, meaning - take advantage of the drop down menu beside the text box to help focus your search.

LexisNexis

LexisNexis is a popular choice for searching for non-scholarly information such as newspaper articles.

Select the news tab from the horizontal bar across the top.
In the Sources menu, you can select which type of publication you would like to search.
LexisNexis provides access to newspapers from around the world.

Factiva

Factiva is a popular choice for searching for a wide variety of non-scholarly business information such as newspaper articles.

The search engine in Factiva facilitates searching. You can limit your search by Source, Company, Subject, and Region.
Factiva provides access publications from around the world, from Dow Jones Newswires, Major News and Business Publications, Press Release Wires, and Reuters Newswires.

Scopus

Scopus is a database that provides access to scholarly journal articles, from a wide variety of areas.

You might want to only select Social Sciences in the subject areas category on the main page, to limit your search to only the social sciences. This will ensure you get more of business perspective on your search, instead of a scientific search.
If you are interested in the science of healthcare, searching the scientific subject areas would be useful.

Web of Science

Web of Science is a database that provides access to scholarly journal articles, from a wide variety of areas.

You might want to only select Social Science Citation Index in the Citation Databases category, to limit your search to only the social sciences. This will ensure you get more of business perspective on your search, instead of a scientific search.
If you are interested in the science of healthcare, searching the scientific citation datbases would be useful.

PsychInfo

PsychInfo is a database that provides access to scholarly journal articles, from a psychological perspective.

If you are interested in searching for articles about the healthcare industry from a psychological perspective, such as from an Industrial/Organizational perspective, PsychInfo might have relevant articles.

EconLit

EconLit is a database that provides access to scholarly journal articles, from an economics perspective.

If you are interested in searching for articles about the healthcare industry from an economics perspective, EconLit might have relevant articles.

Databases that Index Science Related Articles

Even though you may be working on the business of the Healthcare Industry, you might need to develop an understanding of the scientific or technological aspects of healthcare. There are databases that index scientific articles that may be of use.

Go to: www.lib.uwo.ca and select Databases by Title. Select the database you wish to search from the list of databases in alphabetical order. If you are off campus, be sure to log in to Off Campus Access (top right corner) before selecting any databases. Some databases that might have relevant articles on the science of healthcare include:

PubMed
BIOSIS Previews
EMBASE
SciFinder Scholar
Scopus
Web of Science

PubMed

PubMed provides scholarly information about the biomedical field.

BIOSIS Previews

BIOSIS Previews provides scholarly information about life science and biomedical research.

EMBASE

EMBASE provides scholarly information about health related research.

SciFinder Scholar

SciFinder Scholar links to Chemical Abstracts, which is a scholarly resource with a focus on chemistry. Use your UWO username and password to login when prompted.

Scopus

Scopus is a database that provides access to scholarly journal articles, from a wide variety of areas.

You might want to only select Health Sciences in the subject areas category on the main page, to limit your search to only the Health Sciences. This will ensure you get more of health science on your search.

Web of Science

Web of Science is a database that provides access to scholarly journal articles, from a wide variety of areas.

You might want to only select Science Citation Index Expanded in the Citation Databases category, to limit your search to only the sciences. This will ensure you get more of a scientific perspective on your search.

Databases that Index Industry Reports

The C.B. "Bud" Johnston Library has several databases where patrons can find reports on the healthcare industry. All of these databases are on our website.

Go to: www.lib.uwo.ca/business and click on the first drop down menu 'Please Select a Business Database'. If you are off campus, be sure to log in to Off Campus Access (top right corner) before selecting any databases.

Some databases that might have relevant reports on the Healthcare (or related) industry include:

Business Monitor Online
DataMonitor 360 (formerly MarketLine)
Freedonia Focus
Passport GMID (Formerly Global Market Information Database)
Thomson One Banker
MarketResearch.com
Mergent Online
Mintel
OECD
Standard and Poor's NetAdvantage

Business Monitor Online

Business Monitor Online has Industry information for Pharmaceuticals, available for many different countries.

Business Monitor Online (BMO) is a database with global information.
The Pharmaceutical heading is on the left hand column from the homepage of this database. If you expand this heading, you will see that BMO has pharmaceutical related reports on biotechnology, business environment, epidemiology, generics, healthcare, industry data, medical devices, OTC, patented drugs, R&D, regulatory, supply chain. To browse these reports, click on the link of interest.
You can also browse by country first. Geography is listed horizontally on the blue bar. You can select your geographical area first, then select an industry.
You can also search by typing in a term into the search box on the top right of the page.

Freedonia Focus

Freedonia Focus provides industry reports for the Life Sciences (Pharmaceuticals & Medical) industry.

Freedonia Focus is a database that provides detailed reports containing information such as market size, product & market segmentation, product & market forecasts, industry composition, market leaders, and business trends. These reports are not on the health industry as a whole, but rather, are on narrow topics that are categorized within the health industry.
You can search in Freedonia Focus by searching in the search box.
You can browse in Freedonia Focus by selecting the Life Sciences subject heading on the right hand side of the page.
As a student at UWO, you get access to most of the reports within Freedonia Focus. Some however, are not available with our subscription and thus are only available for a fee.

Passport GMID

Passport GMID provides information about the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Healthcare Industry, worldwide.

GMID has reports on different aspects of the OTC healthcare industry.
If you select Industry, from the horiztonal bar across the top, a list of all industries available in GMID appears on a drop down menu. Select "OTC Healthcare".
Reports show on the right hand side of the page, from around the world.
Report topics cover a broad selection of OTC Healthcare issues such as cold remedies, sleep remedies, birth control, smoking cessation aids, etc.

Thomson One Banker

Thomson One Banker provides company and industry analyst reports.

There are many reports on the health care industry and companies in this industry.
Do a search on a specific company, or simply type in health to get a sense of what is available.

MarketResearch.com

MarketResearch.com provides some reports on the Life Science Industry, including

biotechnology, diagnostics, healthcare, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals.

MarketResearch.com reports are specific reports, within the category of Life Science
To search for a specific report, use the search box at the top of the page
To browse for reports, select the industry of interest, and look at the results. You can sort the results by clicking on the headings.

DataMonitor 360

DataMonitor 360 provides industry profiles on Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare, which includes the categories of biotechnology, healthcare, medical devices & diagnostics, and pharmaceuticals.

These reports are published by Datamonitor, are global in nature, and are broad industry level reports.
To browse industries, select the industries tab, then click on one of the links in the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare category.
To search for industries, simply type in your search in the search box.

MergentOnline

MergentOnline provides industry level reports on Biotechnology as well as Pharmaceuticals.

These reports are global in nature, and are broad industry level reports. In the biotechnology and pharmaceutical areas, reports are available for the North American, European, and Asia Pacific regions.
To find these reports, select the Industries tab. Scroll down the alphabetical list until you find the industry you want. Select the geographical region you are interested in.

Mintel

Mintel has industry reports under the category of Health & Wellbeing.

These reports are specific reports under the general category of health and wellbeing. They are mostly on general healthcare issues such as contraceptives, smoking, weight loss, vitamins, and cold remedies.
Select "reports categories" on the top left horizontal bar.
Scroll down the page and look on the left hand column for the report category you are interested in. The healthcare category is called, "health and wellbeing".
Note that as a student, you do get access to Mintel, however you have to register first. Registration is free.

SourceOECD

SourceOECD, developed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, provides economic and social data, social change information, captures patterns in trade, technology, taxes, agriculture, and health.

While the focus of this database is not explicitly on healthcare, health is an important metric used to examine the development of a country.
There is information in this resource about global health related issues, and global policy issues related to healthcare.
Enter in your search term into the search box on the top right.

Standard and Poor's Net Advantage

Standard and Poor's Net Advantage provides broad industry reports on Healthcare -Facilities, Healthcare - Managed Care, Healthcare - Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Products & Supplies, and Biotechnology.

These broad industry level reports have a US focus, and are updated twice a year.
Click on the Industries link on the blue horizontal bar. Under, "industry survey's", click on the drop down arrow, then select the industry you are interested in seeing.
The most current industry report is the default report that is displayed.

Databases that Index Company Information

The C.B. "Bud" Johnston Library has several databases where patrons can find information about biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or other healthcare related companies. All of these databases are on our website.

Go to: www.lib.uwo.ca/business and click the first drop down menu 'Please Select a Business Database'. If you are off campus, be sure to log in to Off Campus Access (top right corner) before selecting any databases.

Some databases that might have relevant information about healthcare related companies include:

Hoovers
DataMonitor 360
ProQuest (ABI Inform, Dateline, Trade & Industry)
LexisNexis

Hoover's Company Records

Hoovers provides access to company information including a fact sheet, an overview, a company history, people, products & operations, competitors, as well as financials.

In the search box, enter the company name.
To be precise, change the drop down menu (to the right of the search box) from the default "citation and document text" to "company/org". This way the search string will only retrieve documents in the "company/org" field instead of the whole document.
This is a valuable way to find competitors, in particular large publically traded companies.

DataMonitor 360

DataMonitor 360 provides access to company information including Facts & Overview, Business Description, History, Major Products & Services, Revenue Analysis, Key Employees & Biographies, Locations & Subsidiaries, Company View, SWOT Analysis, and Top Competitors.

In the search text box, enter the company name you are interested.
You can also browse companies by selecting the "Companies" tab.
This is a valuable way to find competitors, in particular large publically traded companies.

ProQuest

ProQuest ABI Inform Global, Trade & Industry, and Dateline, are databases that index articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers.

In the drop down menu beside the text box, there is a "Company/Org" option. If you do a search in these databases on the company you are examining, you will retrieve articles about that company.
This is also a valuable search mechanism to find what competitors are doing.

LexisNexis

LexisNexis provides access to a multitude of databases. If you select the Business tab on the horizontal bar at the top of the page, you can search a variety of business databases.

In the Sources box, scroll through and examine the databases of interest. You can retrieve company reports, global company information, links to company information on webpage's, stock reports, executive compensation, as well as many other company related databases.
You can search by company name, or by keyword.

Finding Journals on the Healthcare Industry

Several journals are specifically relevant to the Healthcare Industry, that you might want to browse.

Canadian Social Trends

Canadian Social Trends is available via the library catalogue.

This monthly e-Journal published by Statistics Canada provides articles on social trends in Canada. Some of these trends are health and well-being related.
These are articles, but there are data to back up these social trends.

Signals

Signals is an online magazine available through a resource called RECAP. RECAP is a standalone database that the library subscribes to. This is not available remotely; you have to come into the library to use RECAP.

PharmacoEconomics

PharmacoEconomics is a journal that publishes information on the economic aspects of pharmaceutical industry.

This journal is available via the library catalogue.

Health Care Management Review

Biotechnology Advances

Finding Statistical Information on the Healthcare Industry

The C.B. "Bud" Johnston Library has several databases, books, and other resources where patrons can find market research or statistical data on the healthcare industry.

Before you use any library tool and if you are off campus, you need to log in to Off Campus Access (top left corner).

Some resources that might have relevant data about healthcare include:

Databases
Internet Data Library System
Statistics Canada PDF's
Web Pages

Databases

Some useful databases that contain data include:

Business Monitor Online
Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) World Data
Passport GMID
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Source OECD
World Development Indicators (WDI) Online
World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)

Business Monitor Online

Business Monitor Online provides access to comparative data on the pharmaceutical industry. Data includes drug expenditure, prescription drug sales, over the counter drug sales, births, hospital beds, as well as many other related indicators.

Select "Pharmaceuticals" on the left hand column.
Once in the Pharmaceuticals page, there is a data and forecasts box on the top right of the page. Select "compare data and export".
Select the geography, and whichever pharmaceutical indicators you are interested in.

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU): World Data

EIU World Data is available from the EIU page. World Data is in the alphabetical list. This database provides access to worldwide economic indicators, which includes some health related indicators.

To get to World Data from the EIU page, scroll down to World Data.
This database provides data for a wide variety of topics. If you type in health into the search string, there are 242 series in EIU relating to health.
Many of these variables report consumer pricing related to health, for countries around the globe.

Passport GMID

Passport GMID provides data on health and wellbeing, including water and sanitation, abortions, infant mortality rates, dental health, infectious diseases, among other health indicators.

Select the Health category that is on the left hand column.
Select the health indicators you are interested in. Click on Next.
Select the geography you are interested in. Click on Run Search.
View the reports you are interested in.

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

IMF provides information on global health issues.

Type "health" into the search box at the top of the webpage.
The results include articles with references to various tables and data about global health issues and spending.

Source OECD

OECD is published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. They provide some health related statistics, especially

Select the Statistics tab that is at the top of the page.
Type ‘health' into the search box, and click on go.
This retrieves a database called Health Data, published in 2003.
Variables included in this database includes: health status, health care resources and utilization, pharmaceuticals, long term care, among other variables.

World Development Indicators (WDI) online

WDI online provides access to world development indicators. One component of the world development indicators is Social indicators, of which there are 247 variables. Indicators directly related to health account for 45 of these 247 variables. These variables include things such as frequency of HIV, frequency of tuberculosis, health expenditures, sanitation, maternal risk of death, smoking prevalence, among others.

On the top left of the webpage, you can select variables by country, series, and time.
Country: Select the geography you are interested in
Series: Select the indicators you are interested in. There are 247 "social indicators", of which 45 of them are health related.
Time: Select the year or years you are interested in ranging from 1960-2007.
WDI generates a report, that can be exported into excel.

World Health Organization Statistical Information System (WHOSIS)

WHOSIS provides over 70 health related indicators for over 193 member countries.

Searching this database is fairly clear from the description on the web page.

Equinox Data Delivery

Equinox Data Delivery is a portal page that links to a wide variety of statistical information, much of which includes health related data.

To use Equinox, you either need to be 1) logged in on campus, or 2) need to be logged in via Off Campus Access.
You can access Equinox here: http://equinox.uwo.ca/
It is through Equinox that you can access Statistics Canada information including: Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System Database as well as Canadian Business Patterns.
Much of the data available via Equinox requires a specific program: Beyond 20/20, which is straightforward to use and download.
From within the Equinox page, you can download Beyond 20/20 by clicking on Advanced File Search on the blue left hand column. Type in Beyond 20/20, and follow the directions.
Also from the search page, you might also want to try doing a search on the term "Health" as there are other statistical data available via Equinox on health.

CANSIM

CANSIM can be accessed through the CHASS system from UofT (see above).

On the right hand side of the webpage, there are subject headings. To see all the tables from CANSIM on health, select the health subject heading.
Alternatively, you can type in a table number or a search term into the search box.

Canadian Business Patterns

Canadian Business Patterns can be accessed through Equinox (see above).

Canadian Business Patterns provides information about the numbers of establishments in a particular geography (e.g. city), by industry, and includes the number of employees per establishment.
Note: you will need a program called Beyond 20/20 to read these data. It is EASY to download (see above).

Statistics Canada PDF's

Both of these electronic books are available via the library catalogue. Be sure you have logged in through Off Campus Access if you are not on campus.

Market Research Handbook

Market Research Handbook is available in the library catalogue.

This electronic product available in pdf format, provides market research for Canada, by geography, including by city

Spending Patterns in Canada

Spending Patterns in Canada is available in the library catalogue.

This electronic product available in pdf format, provides spending patterns in Canada, by geography, including by city.

Web Pages

Community Profiles

Community Profiles, published by Statistics Canada, provides Canadian community demographics.

This is from the 2006 Census.
Community Profiles are for entire communities.
You can also select Census Tracks, which are stable areas within communities that have a population of about 2,500 to 8,000. Therefore, you can examine population demographics by small units, not just by city.

Canadian Government Web Resources on Healthcare

Here are some Canadian Government web resources that might have relevant information on the Health Care Industry.

Health Canada

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Public Health Agency of Canada

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

Federal Healthcare Partnership

National Research Council . Select institutes.

Industry Canada. Do a search for biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, etc.

Global Web Resources on Healthcare

Here are some web resources from an international perspective that might have information on the Health Care Industry.

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization (WHO) is the public health component of the United Nations.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The CDC is a US government public health related resource.

Pharmaceutical Industry Profile.

Pharmaceutical Industry Profile provides some information on innovation in pharmaceuticals. Select Publications. This is a US based resource.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ provides US based statistics on the cost and utilization of healthcare in the US.

Statistical Websites by Country

The National Bureau of Statistics of China has provided a webpage that links government Statistical Websites by Country.

Logins

Off-Campus Access

Related Links

Healthcare Industry Guide

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