This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of general biology topics.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library’s reference area:
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing & Allied Health
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REF RT 21 .G353 2007 V. 1-5
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The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders
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REF RB155.5 .G35 2005 V.1 & 2
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The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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REF RC41 .G35 2002 V.1-5
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Encyclopedia of AIDS
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REF RA 644 .A25 E53 1998
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Obesity Epidemiology
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REF RA 645 .O23 H8 2008
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Encyclopedia of Women’s Health
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REF RA 778 E5825 2004
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The Cancer Handbook
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REF RC 263 .C29168 2007 V. 1 & 2
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Pathophysiology
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REF RB 113 .P67 2009
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Handbook of Eating Disorders and Obesity
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REF RC 552 .E18 H362 2004
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HIV/AIDS
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REF RA 643.8 .W47 2008
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Books
Search the online library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below:
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer
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RC280.B8 B6655622 2009
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Tamoxifen and breast cancer
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RC280 .B8 D39 1994
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Obesity
Obesity and the Family
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RC 628 .O228 1994
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Dieting, Overweight, and Obesity: Self- regulation in a Food-rich Environment
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RC 628 .S829 2008
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Generation Extra Large: Rescuing our Children from an Epidemic of Obesity
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RJ339 .C6 T37 2004
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle Cell Disease
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RC 641.7 .S5 S54 1989
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HIV and AIDS
HIV/AIDS Education of Adults
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RA 644 .A25 H55 2005
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HIV and AIDS: Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality
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RA 644 .25 H57855 1999
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AIDS
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RC 606.64 .A335 2008
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Databases
- PubMed Central :The U.S. National Institutes of Health's free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.
- Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition: Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Coverage of nursing and allied health is particularly strong. In addition, this database includes the Lexi-PAL Drug Guide which covers 1,300 generic drug patient education sheets with more than 4,700 brand names.
- Health Reference Center Academic: Select this database from the list of Gale databases. This database provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals, plus a wide variety of personal health information. Health Reference Center Academic is also available off campus.
- AccessScience: Full-text access to articles and research updates in all areas of science and technology — updated daily.
- LexisNexis: Large database of current and archived newspaper articles.
Newspaper, Magazines, and Academic Journal Articles
- New York Times
- Boston Globe
- Lancet
- Science
- The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- Scientific American
- New England Journal of Medicine
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for Biology/Science.