Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC)
About HMIC
The Health Management Information Consortium (HMIC) database is a compilation of data from two sources, the Department of Health's Library and Information Services and King's Fund Information and Library Service. Brief summaries about the types of data that these two sources contribute to HMIC are included below.
DH Data is the database of the Department of Health's Library and Information Services and contains in excess of 174,000 records relating to health and social care management information. Coverage includes official publications, journal articles and grey literature on: health service policy, management and administration, with an emphasis on the British National Health Service; the quality of health services including hospitals, nursing, primary care and public health; the planning, design, construction and maintenance of health service buildings; occupational health; control and regulation of medicines; medical equipment and supplies; and social care and personal social services. The majority of records are from 1983 onwards, although coverage of departmental materials dates back to 1919. Over a quarter of the records have abstracts.
The King's Fund Information and Library Service database holds records of the material in the library of the King's Fund Information and Library Service, an independent health charity working to develop and improve the management of health and social care services. This library is open to the public. Its database contains over 70,000 records (1979 to date), mostly with a UK focus, on health management and services, social care, service development, and NHS organisation and administration. Records include books, pamphlets, government reports, abstracts of journal articles, and a wide range of grey literature.
Fields
AB Abstract [Word Indexed]
calendar.ab.
packages.ab.
The Abstract (AB) field contains a brief description of the information represented in the record. Approximately 50% of book and journal records have abstracts.
AU Authors [Phrase Indexed]
"smith j*".au
"smith je".au
"smith*".au.
The Authors (AU) field contains the authors of the article. This field requires a complete match, so use the format "smith j*" , "smith je" or "smith*" (include the quotes).
CA Corporate Author [Phrase Indexed]
age concern england.ca.
treasury.ca.
The Corporate Author (CA) field indicates a corporate name as the author. For example, an organisation, a government body, an association, or an institution can display in the Corporate Author field.
CF Conference [Word Indexed]
health.cf.
symposium.cf.
The Conference (CF) field indicates the title, location, and date of the conference. Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included.
CL Classification [Phrase Indexed]
chi reviews.cl.
press release.cl.
The Classification (CL) field indicates the modified Bliss Classification of the book. The classification number enables you to locate items on the library shelves.
CW Corporate Author Word [Word Indexed]
cabinet.cw.
network.cw.
The Corporate Author Word (CW) field enables you to retrieve every corporate author that includes a particular word or exact phrase.
DP Date of Publication [Display Only]
The Date of Publication (DP) field indicates the year in which the original document was published.
Data in this field displays in a variety of ways: year (1984), year abbreviated month (1984 Jun), year month day (1991 May 22), abbreviated month year (Jul 2002), month year (July 2002), and abbreviated month day, year (Apr 24, 1992). This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
ED Editor [Word Indexed]
alcock pete.ed.
mccarthy mark.ed.
The Editor (ED) field indicates the name(s) of the editors or compilers of the document.
ES Edition [Word Indexed]
2nd.es.
12th.es.
1989.es.
The Edition (ES) field indicates the edition of the original document.
FQ Frequency [Display Only]
The Frequency (FQ) field indicates the frequency of the journal, such as bimonthly, monthly, and quarterly.
HN HMIC Accession Number [Phrase Indexed]
"140578".hn.
"9992011432".hn.
The HMIC Accession Number (HN) field contains a one- to eleven-character identifier. When searching, you might find duplicate accession numbers. Duplicate accession numbers are included in this database because HMIC contains two databases in one: Department of Health's Library and Information Services and King's Fund Information and Library Service. The higher accession numbers represent records added to the database more recently.
HW Heading Words [Word Indexed]
bacteria.hw.
technicians.hw.
The Heading Words (HW) field allows you to retrieve every subject heading that includes a particular word or exact phrase.
IB ISBN [Word Indexed]
010008981x.ib.
9041101004.ib.
The ISBN (IB) field contains the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) of the book from which the record was taken. The ISBN number uniquely identifies the book.
IN Information Provider [Phrase Indexed]
dh.in.
kf.in.
The Information Provider (IN) field indicates the information provider of the record. The Issue/Part field will contain one of two entries: DH (Department of Health's Library and Information Services) or KF (King's Fund Information and Library Service).
IP Issue/Part [Word Indexed]
"1".ip.
"15".ip.
The Issue/Part field (IP) contains the issue and/or part for a particular volume of a journal. This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
IS ISSN [Phrase Indexed]
0140-0789.is.
1460-4582.is.
The ISSN (IS) field contains the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) as assigned by the publisher. This number uniquely identifies the serial or journal.
JH Journal Holding [Display Only]
The Journal Holding (JH) field indicates the holding of the journal by the Department of Health Library and Information Service or the King's Fund Information and Library Service.
JN Journal Name [Phrase Indexed]
"zoology analysis of complex systems".jn.
The Journal Name (JN) field contains the full name of the journal in which the article was published. This field requires a complete match so use the format "british journal of nursing", surgery (for a one word title) or surgery* (for titles beginning with...). You may find it more convenient to use the Journal Word field (.jw) instead. Journal names are indexed as phrases.. Stopwords such as "of" ARE included in the JN index, but when "the" is the first word of a journal, it has been stripped out.
JW Journal Word [Word Indexed]
adoption.jw.
pediatrics.jw.
The Journal Word (JW) field contains individual words from every journal name indexed in HMIC. Use this field to retrieve every occurrence of a journal that includes a particular word, such as "nursing." Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included.
LP Library Publication Type [Phrase Indexed]
article.lp.
microfiche.lp.
The Library Publication Type (LP) field contains the publication codes used specifically in Department of Health's Library and Information Services. The related Publication Type (PT) field offers publication types common across all HMIC databases.
Abstract
Annualrep
Article
Audiocass
Book
Ccplan
Cdrom
Chapter
Circular
Circulars
Dept Pubs
Deptseries
Diskettes
Euroinfo
Folio
Folio Pamp
Govt Pub
Govtdoc
Govtseries
Himp
Internatl
Journal
Kfgrants
Kfpub
Map
Marc
Microfiche
Multimedia
Pamphlet
Parly
Press
Press Rel
Reference
Report
Series
SSI Report
Standard
Statistics
Stratplan
Thesis
Trustdoc
Video
Videos
Webpubl
Website
NT Notes [Word Indexed]
ground.nt.
macmillan.nt.
The Notes (NT) field contains additional details about the original document. Stopwords such as "the" or "of" are not included.
OD Original Description [Display Only]
The Original Description (OD) field contains the pagination and other characteristics, such as videocassette, for the document. In some records, this information might instead display in the Original Publisher (OP) field or the Original Source (OS) field.
OP Original Publisher [Display Only]
The Original Publisher (OP) field contains the date of publication and publisher of the book or media. In some records, this information might instead display in the Original Description (OD) field.
OS Original Source [Display Only]
The Original Source (OS) field contains the name of the source in which the article displayed. The Original Source field might contain the journal name, location, year of publication, volume/issue, and pagination. In some records, this information might instead display in the Original Description (OD) field.
OT Other Title [Word Indexed]
pension.ot.
security.ot.
The Other Title (OT) field contains any other titles under which the document is known. This field displays only in the Department of Health's Library and Information Services records.
PB Publisher [Word Indexed]
health.pb.
disabilities.pb.
The Publisher (PB) field contains the name of the publisher of the article. This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
PG Pagination [Word Indexed]
"10".pg.
"10*".pg.
"10-13".pg.
The Pagination (PG) field indicates the initial and final pages of a document. This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
PR Price [Word Indexed]
"050".pr.
"100".pr.
free.pr.
sw fr 500.pr.
The Price (PR) field indicates the price of the document.This field displays only in the Department of Health's Library and Information Services records.
PT Publication Type [Phrase Indexed]
audiovis.pt.
circular.pt.
The Publication Type (PT) field indicates the kind of document across the HMIC databases.
Annual report HELMIS KF
Article
Audiovis
Book
CCPlan
Chapter DH Helmis
Circular
EJournal holding DH KF
EUROINFO
HIMP
Journal holding DH KF
Microfiche DH Helmis
MULTIMEDIA
Plan HELMIS KF
Statistics HELMIS KF
WEBPUBL
WEBSITE
PU Publisher Information [Phrase / Word Indexed]
abingdon.pu.
macmillan.pu.
The Publisher Information (PU) field contains contact information for the publisher of the article. This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
SH Subject Headings [Phrase Indexed]
adoption*.sh.
social work.sh.
The Subject Headings (SH) field contains controlled subject indexing terms that describe the key elements of the document. To search the SH field from the Main Search Page, use the truncation symbol. Using the truncation symbol, *, when searching, retrieves records with word variants. For example, searching "adoption*.sh." retrieves "adoptions," "adoption policy," and "Adoption Quarterly."
SP Supplement [Word Indexed]
bulletin.sp.
issue.sp.
The Supplement (SP) field contains the name of associated journals. This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
SR Statement of Responsibility [Phrase Indexed]
british standards institution.sr.
nhs estates.sr.
The Statement of Responsibility (SR) field further describes the role of the author or corporate author. This field displays only in the Department of Health's Library and Information Services records.
ST Series [Word Indexed]
action.st.
practice.st.
The Series (ST) field indicates the bibliographic series to which the document belongs.
TI Title [Word Indexed]
famil*.ti.
training.ti.
The Title (TI) field contains the full, original title of the document or journal article.
When searching the TI field, use the truncation symbol. Using the truncation symbol, *, when searching, retrieves records with word variants. For example, searching famil*.ti. retrieves "family," "families," and "multiple-family," among others. Stopwords such as "of" or "the" will display in documents but do not display in the Title index. However, the word "a," which is a stopword in other fields, can be searched in titles.
UP Update Date [Word Indexed]
20021024.up.
20030107.up.
The Update Date (UP) field contains the date the record was released into the database. The date consists of eight digits, in YYYYMMDD format, where YYYY is the release year, MM is the release month, and DD is the approximate day the record was released into the database. This field displays only in the Department of Health's Library and Information Services records.
UR URL [Word Indexed]
document.ur.
pdf.ur.
The URL (UR) field contains the URL (Uniform Resource Locator), where an online version of the document, a full-text version of the document, or additional information can be found.
VO Volume [Word Indexed]
"25".vo.
"103".vo.
The Volume (VO) field contains the volume of the periodical that contains the article. This field displays as part of the Original Source (OS) field.
YR Year of Publication [Phrase Indexed]
"1992".yr.
"2002".yr.
The Year of Publication (YR) field contains the year in which the original document was published.
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