A journal core list for health administration libraries

Health administration is an interdisciplinary profession practiced in various settings. This paper presents a core list of journals for libraries responsible for supporting the study or practice of health administration in any of these settings. This paper initially examines and defines the parameters of the field of health administration to guide in the selection and organization of the list of core health administration journals. The organization of the list is based on the definition of the field as presented in the paper. The most important journals have been indicated, and sufficient information is given to facilitate ordering.     

A recommended core book list for public health libraries.

Public health is a multidisciplinary field ranging broadly across the health care spectrum. In light of this diversity the selection of basic reference books and textbooks in the field is a complex task. This paper first defines the components of what is public health and then presents such a list to serve as a guide to the librarian faced with this task.     

Searching for the holy grail: A core collection for undergraduate libraries

How realistic is the attempt to identify books that should be held by every undergraduate library? The authors of this article review past efforts to develop a core list of books for undergraduate libraries and examine several collection overlap studies. They then present findings from analyses of overlap among several groups of libraries, and discuss the implications of these findings.     

A core list of periodicals for health–care management libraries

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