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This guide will help you find resources and information for your disease project for HUM BIOL 217.
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Pick a topic and find background information
These reference books contain short entries about specific topics, and they can be a really useful starting point for your research. You can browse through them to get topic ideas for your project. Once you have a topic, read through the corresponding encyclopedia entry for background information and to view a list of related resources.
Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 9th ed.Call Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2019"Provides more in-depth coverage of epidemiology, etiology, pathology, microbiology, immunology, and treatment of infectious agents than any other infectious disease resource."
The Gale Encyclopedia of Emerging DiseasesCall Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2018"A guide to information on infectious diseases that have either lately appeared for the first time in a population or have recently rapidly increased in incidence."Infectious Diseases
Call Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2018Covers the history, politics, and ethical debate related to infectious diseases. Includes articles on how such diseases impact trade and commerce, travel, and the future of industrialized and impoverished nations.
Find scientific/scholarly journal articles
In addition to the resources listed above, these library databases may be useful for your research. They contain scientific (scholarly) articles and book chapters related to health and medicine. Start by searching for the name of the disease you're studying.
- Clinical Key This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly articles and books about medicine and healthcare, as well as clinical overviews that summarize a disease or condition.
- MEDLINE (EBSCO) This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly articles in the fields of medicine, nursing, the health care system, and more.
- CINAHL Plus With Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly articles related to nursing and healthcare.
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