In Books - There are approximately 406 books, Government Document, and/or videotapes [as of 2005] in our library with the Subject of "AIDS Disease." Choose Subject Keywords like:
| AIDS (Disease) |
AIDS vaccines |
AIDS virus |
| HIV infections |
HIV positive |
HIV (Viruses) |
Or Browse our shelves at:
| HV 4999.3 |
QR 201 |
R 606.6 |
| RA 643.8 - RA 644 |
RJ 387 |
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In Subscription Databases - find periodical articles in subscription databases listed on the library's web page for Online Databases: Health and Medicine. There are many databases you can choose. You can start with a multi-subject database like Academic Search Premier or the ProQuest database collection. If your topic falls wholly within a special field, such as health, try to locate a database that focuses on that field. Our Online Databases page is organized by subject to help you in this process. Use similar search terms as the ones above for locating articles in the subscription databases. Look in:
In Government Information - Many government documents are available free online. Please check the catalog for URL: location then click for access to the document. Many are in .pdf and require Adobe Acrobat for access. Free Adobe Acrobat is also available on the internet. Don't be impatient. It may take a while for the documents to download. Browse our Gov Docs at:
HE 20.3152:M 29 -
HE 20.8102: |
PREX 3.21: |
VA 1.2: |
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| Y 4.C 43/2: - Y 4.C 44: |
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Government Journal or Magazine Subscriptions -
HIV/AIDS surveillance / Centers for Disease Control. HE 20.7011/38:
HIV/AIDS prevention newsletter / CDC. HE 20.7038/2:
HIV/AIDS surveillance report. HE 20.7320:
Annual report [microform] / National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Y 3.AC 7:1/
NCHSTP news & notes : a newsletter from CDC's National Center for HIV, STD & TB Prevention. HE 20.7320/2: online
Reports on HIV/AIDS / Centers for Disease Control. HE 20.7009/5:
Update--HIV/AIDS in correctional facilities / U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. J 28.23:AC 7/3/
HIV in prisons / Bureau of Justice Statistics. J 29.11:P 93/3/ online
HRSA careaction HE 20.9516: online
For Web sites - start with the library's resource guide for
Best Information on the Net -MedlinePlus from the National Library of Medicine
Aids.org Educating - Raising Awareness - Building Community
Aids Education Global Information System
The Body: /The Complete HIV/AIDS Source. States it covers physical, spiritual, social issues of HIV/AIDS.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration site on AIDS/HIV
About.com's AIDS/HIV resources
Healing Well Site
HIV/AIDS treatments, symptoms, and testing
Narrow Your Topic Use time periods or places or age groups or particular aspects of your topic to make it manageable. Example: AIDS (Disease) is a very broad topic.
You can focus your paper on:
government policy or:
immunological aspects or:
social aspects
Locate More Information For books and government documents - use the Library Catalog. Start with a "Keyword anywhere" search; identify "Subject" keywords to improve your results.
Evaluate what you find
Especially if you are using materials from the free and open Internet, evaluate them for:
Authority - who is the author? What is the sponsoring organization of the website?
Coverage - is the material covered adequate to the subject?
Currency - how old is the information? Does the age of the data matter?
Suitability - even if everything is fine, the material may not be appropriate for you (it may have been written for children, or for scientific researchers)
