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Web Resources:

Unlike library databases, these Web resources are available wherever you have web access; they do not require that you access them via the UW Connectivity Kit or the UW Libraries Proxy Server for authentication. When using web resources, be sure to evaluate the credibility of these resources. For a subject index to web resources, see Business Resources on the Web on the Foster Business Library homepage.
• Washington State Mental Health Division:   This Washington state agency, part of the Washington state Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary mental health organization in the state, which is organized into fourteen Regional Support Networks and operates several State Hospitals. See also their Community Based Care Plan and Public Mental Health Services. See also the very long report entitled Projecting the Need for Inpatient and Residential Behavioral Health Services for Adults Served by the Mental Health Division, dated September 2002 (67 pages in a Microsoft Word document) as well as their report on the Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness in Washington State.

• King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division:   This county agency is one of the fourteen Regional Support Networks noted above. See their Mental Health Services Overview.

• Washington State Psychiatric Association:   This organization is the state chapter of the American Psychiatric Association. "The Washington State Psychiatric Association (WSPA) is a professional, non-profit corporation serving psychiatrists in Washington State. It is organized for the purpose of supporting professionalism in the practice of psychiatry and promoting top quality mental health care." See their Links section.

• NAMI:   "Founded in 1979 as the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, NAMI today works to achieve equitable services and treatment for more than 15 million Americans living with severe mental illnesses and their families. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers participate in more than one thousand local affiliates and fifty state organizations." See their FAQ and Washington State Affiliates.

• U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration:   This Department of Health and Human Services agency is the home of the National Mental Health Information Center. See their State Mental Health Resources for Washington where you can modify your search by categories such as Community Residential Organizations. See also their links for Statistics.

• U.S. National Center for Health Statistics:   This center, part of the Centers for Disease Control, is a good source for statistics on health care, including Mental Health Disorders.

• U.S. National Institute of Mental Health:   See their Statistics and their 2001 publication The Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America , a summary of statistics describing the prevalence of mental disorders in America. See their link to State Statistics.

• American Hospital Association:   "The American Hospital Association conducts an annual survey of hospitals in the United States. The data below, from the 2003 annual survey, are a sample of what you will find in AHA Hospital Statistics, 2005 edition. The definitive source for aggregate hospital data and trend analysis, AHA Hospital Statistics includes current and historical data on utilization, personnel, revenue, expenses, managed care contracts, community health indicators, physician models, and much more." See their Fact Facts for Psychiatric Hospitals.

• GuideStar:   "During the past decade, GuideStar has become the primary on-line public research library for the entire nonprofit sector." See their information on one example of a local nonprofit mental health care provider Seattle Mental Health. Access to more complete information requires free registration.

• National Center for Charitable Statistics:   "The National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) is the national repository of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States. Its mission is to develop and disseminate high quality data on nonprofit organizations and their activities for use in research on the relationships between the nonprofit sector, government, the commercial sector, and the broader civil society." See the Washington Nonprofit Profile.

• Independent Sector:   This organization acts as a "trade" organization for the more than one million charitable, educational, religious, health, and social welfare organizations. The organization website includes research and member information. See their Research Overview and free Research Publications.

• National Council of Nonprofit Associations:   "The National Council of Nonprofit Associations is a network of 38 state and regional associations of nonprofits representing more than 17,000 nonprofits throughout the country." The association website provides information about council publications for sale but no research. See the link to the Washington state nonprofit association the Executive Alliance and the section on Financial Accountability.

• The Executive Alliance:   This organization is "a membership association whose mission is to promote a powerful nonprofit sector supporting a healthy community and a thriving economy. Our current membership of over 170 Chief Executive Officers and community leaders represent many of the most recognized and effective organizations in the Puget Sound Region." See their Members and Resources & Links.

• Idealist:   Idealist, a project of Action Without Borders, includes over 43,000 nonprofit and community organizations in 165 countries, which can be searched or browsed by name, location or mission. The site also offers a career opportunities database for the subscribers to the site. See their Tools for Managers.

• Milano Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub:   "The Milano Nonprofit Management Knowledge Hub provides high-quality, current information that nonprofit managers, leaders, students, researchers, teachers, and anyone else interested in the subject can find quickly and easily." The site offers nonprofit research archives, a toolbox for nonprofit managers, sector links, and organizational links. See their Research Archives.

• Community Wealth Ventures:   "Community Wealth Ventures, Inc. is a consulting firm that assists in all aspects of entrepreneurial wealth creation for the social sector. Our objective is to teach our clients how to best leverage the Community Wealth concept to meet their mission and revenue objectives." Their website includes case studies, news, resources, job opportunities in nonprofits, and links to books and periodicals about the nonprofit sector. See their Resources for links to more information about nonprofits, including an Online Compendium of Federal and State Regulations for U.S. Nonprofit Organizations.

• Internet Nonprofit Center:   "The Internet Nonprofit Center is a project of The Evergreen State Society of Seattle, Washington. It offers information for and about nonprofit organizations in the United States." Their website maintains a list of nonprofit Bulletins, a nonprofit document Library, and a very extensive nonprofits FAQ Site. See the link to the I.R.S.'s Tax Information for Charities & Other Non-Profits.

• The Nonprofit Times:   This publication describes itself as the "leading business publication for nonprofit management," with jobs ads, special reports, salary surveys, and lists of top nonprofits. Some articles from the magazine, by no means all articles, are available at this website. The UW Libraries does not subscribe to this publication (also unavailable in any of the Libraries' periodical databases). See their special report on Top 100 Nonprofits and their Top 50 Nonprofits in Power and Influence (five PDF pages).

• Bplans.com:   Maintained by Palo Alto Software, a company that sells business plan software, books and newsletters, this site offers an extensive amount of free information on business and marketing plans for small business including sample plans for startups and for established businesses. The plans were developed by existing companies or new business start-ups as research instruments to determine market viability or funding availability but names, locations and numbers may have been changed, and substantial portions of text may have been omitted. See the business plan for a Nonprofit - Trade Association.

The Foster Business Library Reference Collection is located behind the Reference Desk in Foster.
• Seattle metro yellow pages.
  An excellent and easy to use source for local business information, this directory is also a link to resources often more valuable than web and print resources: people working in business and industry.
  Foster Business Library Reference Desk

  See page 830 for Mental Health Services.

• Statistical abstract of the United States.
  Information about many industries as well as demographic information; check index for references to tables. The sources for each table are often a valuable source of additional information.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HA202 .U56 2004-2005.
  (Also available Online)

  See the Mental Hospitals in table 157 on page 111, table 160 on page 113, and table 173 on page 118.

• D&B million dollar directory.
  Annual five volume listing of the 160,000 largest U.S. companies (including 136,000 private companies), including companies with more than 180 employees or over $9 million in annual sales. Company listings may include company name and address, phone number, subsidiary relationships, date founded, bank and accounting firm, annual sales and number of employees, SIC code, type of business, one or more contact names and whether the company is public or private. Volumes one to three include the companies, arranged alphabetically by company name; volume four is an index to companies by industry and SIC code, arranged by state and within state, by city; volume five is an index by state; within state, by city; within city, by company name.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC102 .D8 2004.

  See SIC code 8063 in volume five, page 9593, for Washington state, with just five organizations.

• Encyclopedia of American industries.
  This heavy two-volume set provides essays on over 1,000 industries, with manufacturing industries largely in volume one and service and other non-manufacturing industries in volume two, arranged by Standard Industrial Code, with an index at the back of volume two.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC102 .E53 2005.

  See Psychiatric Hospitals in volume two, on pages 1370 to 1373.

• Standard & Poor's industry surveys.
  This three-volume set provides 30-page profiles on 52 industries with a focus on the current economic environment, trends, regulation and outlook for each industry. Major companies in each industry are profiled, with references to sources of additional industry information.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC106.6 .S74 (Quarterly)

  See the industry survey for Healthcare: Facilities in volume two.

• Puget Sound Business Journal book of lists.
  This annual publication is an invaluable source of information about public and private companies in the Puget Sound area, culled from lists that appeared weekly in the Puget Sound Business Journal. Besides lists of the largest and fastest growing public and private companies in the area, this reference work includes commercial real estate deals, banks and securities firms, contractors, education and employment, etc. There is an index to companies and topics in the back of this volume.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HC108 .S77 .P83 2005.

  See Hospitals on page 74 and Nonprofit Organizations (including 20th ranked Seattle Mental Health) on pages 92 to 95.

• The business plans handbook.
  This multi-volume set is a compilation of over 200 actual business plans developed by entrepreneurs seeking small business funding. See the Cumulative Index in the latest volume to locate business plans by type of business.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD62.7 .B865

  See the business plan, in volume one, for an elder care facility.

• Encyclopedia of global industries.
  Twelve-page descriptions of 125 global industries, with background and development information, current conditions, industry leaders and further reading.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD2324 .E53 2003.

  See Hospitals on pages 681 to 692.

• HDMA industry profile and healthcare factbook.
  This spiral bound paperback, published by the Healthcare Distribution Management Association (formerly the National Wholesale Druggists' Association), provides a wealth of data about the drug, biotech, and related distribution industries, as well as copious health care and drug data, demographics, trends, etc.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD9666.1 .N92 2002.

  See the Healthcare Factbook, starting on page 70, for demographics and more.

• Washington state services directory.
  This directory is designed as a business contact tool, with a statistical summary of businesses in the state, geographic, industry and services indexes, and an alphabetical listing of companies in the directory, with brief profiles of each company.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HD9981.7 .W2 .H37 2002.

  See Psychiatric Hospitals on page 380 (with just eight listings).

• RMA annual statement studies.
  Norms and ratios for many industries and sizes of business, itemized by asset size, and categorized by four digit SIC code.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5681 .B2 .R6 2003-2004.

  See SIC code 8063 on pages 1368 to 1369.

• Industry norms and key business ratios.
  Key business ratios for 800 S.I.C industry categories, a publication of Dun & Bradstreet.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5681 .R25 .I525 2002-2003.

  See page 167 for SIC code 8063.

• Almanac of business and industrial financial ratios.
  This annual publication, edited by Leo Troy, offers a different take on ratios than the title above. The arrangement of more than 190 industries is by NAICS code.
  Foster Business Library Reference, CALL NUMBER: HF5681. R25 .T68 2004.

  See pages 367 to 368 for NAICS code 626000, for Hospitals, Nursing, and Residential Care Facilities.

The Foster Business Library maintains a collection of over 70,000 books on all business topics. To identify relevant books, go to the UW Libraries Catalog on the Foster Business Library homepage (under Business Databases). Try searching by keyword; use the Modify Search feature to restrict your list of books to the Foster Business Library and in order from newest book to oldest. To do so, use the pulldown menu under Location to specify Foster Business Library. Clicking on the titles in the resulting list will bring up the full catalog record, indicating which Foster area has the book (general stacks, reference, reserve, etc.), the call number and the circulation status.

Circulation status is indicated on the right of each online catalog record, on the right. Available indicates that the book should be on the shelves under that call number and available for you to check out. Due and a date indicates that the book is already checked out to someone and is due back on the date indicated. You can have the Request/Place Hold feature to recall the book for your use.

The Foster general stacks collection is located south of the main part of the Foster Business Library, through the two pass-throughs into the basement of Balmer. The arrangement is by call number, from A (at the east end, near the Copy Center) to Z (at the far west end).

A subject search for Community Mental Health Services -- United States produced over 100 records in the UW Libraries, with most titles located in the Social Work Library. See also the subject Community Mental Health Services -- Washington State, with nine records in the UW Libraries (the newest dating from 1992). See also materials on the subject Mental health services -- Washington (State), with over two dozen records in the UW Libraries.

A subject search for Psychiatric Hospitals retrieved over 340 records in English. A keyword search for Psychiatric Hospitals and Nonprofit produced no records.

A subject search for Nonprofit Organizations produced a list of over 800 records throughout the UW Libraries, including over 170 records in the Foster Business Library. Recent titles include:

• Starting and managing a nonprofit organization: a legal guide  (2005)
• The Jossey-Bass handbook of nonprofit leadership and management  (2005)
• Capital campaigns from the ground up: how nonprofits can have the buildings of their dreams  (2004)
• Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: a guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement  (2004)
• Begging for change: the dollars and sense of making nonprofits responsive, efficient, and rewarding for all  (2004)

Foster Business Library Articles:

In addition to the 800 journals in the Foster Business Library Periodicals Collection, the Foster Business Library offers access to 11,000 full text periodical articles through its full text article databases such as: ABI/Inform Global, Factiva, and Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe. These article databases may be found on the Foster Business Library homepage, listed alphabetically under Business Databases.

Of these three main sources, all but Factiva are available from any computer on the campus network (as well as from home) via the UW Connectivity Kit or via the Libraries' proxy server. The easiest of these databases to use is ABI/Inform Global. For more information about accessing Foster Business Library databases from off campus, click here. For more information about business databases, click here.

• ABI/Inform Global:

  This database offers full text articles from thousands of scholarly journals, magazines, industry and trade periodicals, and newspapers. To find articles on specific topics, search by word or phrase by keying your search phrase into the search box. ABI/Inform Global includes journals but not national or Washington state newspapers (though the Wall Street Journal is included). It also does not include valuable trade and industry and other periodicals. Your searches will span the widest possible array of publications by expanding your search to all databases in ABI/Inform. To expand your search to include all collections in this database, click on Select multiple databases, to the right of the search box. Click on all of the databases.

  Your search terms will be highlighted in red in each article. For tips on searching this database, click here.

  A search in all databases for Nonprofit Mental Health Facilities produced over 150 articles, including seven in scholarly journals, five in magazines, two dozen in trade and industry publications, and over 100 in newspapers. A more targeted subject search for SUB(Mental Health Care) and SUB(Nonprofit Organizations) produced over 40 articles, including eight in scholarly journals, two in magazines, eleven in trade and industry publications, and 17 in newspapers. Examples:

  • Crider Center celebrates help it gets and help it gives  (St. Louis Post - Dispatch, Jul 2, 2004.  pg. 1)
  • Devereux to start first capital campaign  (Orlando Business Journal, Jan 23, 2004. Vol. 20, Iss. 33;  pg. 8)
  • MAKING DO on MENTAL HEALTH  (Louisville, Jan 01, 2004. Vol. 55, Iss. 1;  pg. 41)
  • Mentally ill find safe haven  (Denver Post, Nov 10, 2003.  pg. B.01)
  • LifeSpring consolidates offices in downtown Jeffersonville  (Business First, May 02, 2003. Vol. 19, Iss. 40;  pg. 7)

  Another search, in all databases, for SUB(Mental Health) and SUB(Health Facilities) produced over 200 articles, including:

  • Four decades of community mental health   (Community Mental Health Journal, Oct 2003. Vol. 39, Iss. 5;  pg. 381)

The Foster Business Library Reference Desk is staffed nearly all of the hours that the library is open. The staff at the desk will be happy to help you find business research tools and resources, exploit business databases to the fullest or advise on research strategies. For e-mail questions, direct your query to balib@u.washington.edu. For assistance by telephone, dial (206) 543-8012 during library hours.

For research guides on a wide variety of industries, products, companies, issues and topics, see the Team Librarian Consultation archives.

• Team Consultation Course/Program Index      (ADMIN Assignments)
• Team Consultation Industry Index      (Health Products & Services)
• Team Consultation Quarter Index
• Team Consultation Title Index
• Team Consultation and Research Guide Index      (Business Plan Resources)      (Demographics Resources)      (Small Business Resources)

For many of the questions in this assignment, library sources are unlikely to provide much detailed information. For that information, you will need to contact insiders in the field under study.