Biology 2910

Microbiology

 

 

 

REFERENCE SOURCES

 

The Cambridge World History of Human Disease.  1993.  Ref. R131 .C233

Gives a disease history, geographic distribution, epidemiology, pathology, etiolgy, and treatment for each disease. A bibliography follows each entry.    

 

Conn’s Current Therapy.  Volumes for 1978- current year  Ref. RM 101 .C87

This source discusses the most current therapy used for listed diseases.              You may need to look in more than one volume to find a disease.                   

 

Encyclopedia of Immunology.  1999 (4 volumes)  Ref. QR 180.4     .E53

Offers good, current information about immunology.  If there is not a main  entry for your topic, check the index at the end of the final volume.

 

Encyclopedia of Microbiology.  2000 (4 volumes)    Ref. QR 9 .E53

Looks at each disease for the perspective of microbiology.  The articles are relatively brief and are followed by bibliographies.  Use index at end of last volume.

 

Encyclopedia of Virology.  1999 (3 volumes)  Ref. QR 358 .E53  1999

Similar in format to the Encyclopedia of Immunology.

 

Mandell, Douglas and Bennett’s Principles and Practices of Infectious Diseases.  2000 (2 volumes)   Ref. RC 111  .P78    

Offers etiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathology, manifestations, diagnosis, prognosis, therapy and prevention for each disease.  A lengthy bibliography follows each article.

 

FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES

 

Go to the library home page at http://www.northpark.edu/library

Click on Databases/Articles.

Click on Databases A-Z

 

Use one of these databases to find articles on your topic.

 

·         Academic Search Premier (interdisciplinary; popular and scholarly journals)

·         Biological Abstracts

·         WilsonSelectPlus  (interdisciplinary; popular and scholarly journals)

·         Lexis-Nexis (full-text newspapers, including New York Times; magazines and journals)

 

Some results will be abstracts (summaries) of articles from journals that we may or may not have in the library.   Some articles will be full-text.  You can request articles through interlibrary loan if North Park doesn’t own the  journal (see library webpage for form). 

 

INTERNET RESOURCES

 

As always, be selective when using the Web. Some rules to remember:

·         There are no mandatory qualifications on the Web; anyone can write a web page.

·         The more reliable information you have on your topic before you turn to the Web, the better you will be at selecting quality information.

·         Choose sites that have been created and maintained by reputable organizations or government agencies.

With these in mind, here are a few sites on microbiology:

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

            http://www.cdc.gov

Department of Heath and Human Services

            http://www.os.dhhs.gov

National Center for Infectious Diseases

            http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm

National Library of Medicine

            http://www.nlm.nih.gov

World Health Organization

            http://www.who.int

 

 

CITING INTERNET SOURCES

 

The following format is taken from the APA (American Psychological Association) guidelines for citing sources in the natural and social sciences.  This is the standard scientific bibliographic format.  To cite information from the Internet in a bibliography or a list of references, list in this order:

·         Name of author or institution (last name first, followed by initials).

·         Date of publication (this is often found at the very end of the document).

·         Full title of article or item (in italics if it is not followed by the name of a journal).

·         Full title of journal in italics (if this is an online article from a journal; see 3rd example).

·         Full URL (address).

·         Date of access (when you found the site).

 

SAMPLE  CITATIONS

 

WEBSITE:

American Psychological Association (1995, September 15). APA public policy action

alert: Legislation would affect grant recipients. Retrieved January 25, 1996 from APA Web site: http://www.apa.org/ppo/istook.html

 

ARTICLE:

Autran, B. et al. (2004). Therapeutic vaccines for chronic infections. Science, 305(5681),  205-208.,

 

ENCYCLOPEDIA ARTICLE:

Thomas, H.C. and Waters, J.A. (1998). Hepatitis B Virus, Infection and Immunity. In   Encyclopedia of Immunology (Vol. 2, pp. 1075-1081). San Diego: Academic Press.