Women's Health Subject Guide Subject guides are designed to help students begin the research process, find reputable sources, and save time. Searching the Library Catalog for Books & Other Materials To locate books
and other materials in CCSF Libraries, select the Library
Catalog from the Library's Homepage. You will notice
many ways to search, such as Title, Author, Subject, Subject Keyword,
etc. Reserve Materials include books, sample tests, class notes, and other items that instructors put at the library for class use. The check out time is shorter than regular circulating books. To search for a book on reserve in the Library Catalog, select either Reserves by Course or Reserves by Instructor. When you have located the materials, write down the Call Number and Title and present this to a staff person at the Circulation Desk. Browsing the Library Collection Materials in
the Library are shelved by call number according to the Library
of Congress classification system. Books are arranged on
the shelves by subject. Relevant areas in the collection to find materials on women’s health include:
Reference books provide background information and overviews on a given topic. Relevant reference books for women’s health include: Reference Sources American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide. 2nd ed. New York: DK Publishing, 2003. Ref RC 81 .A5386 2003 Carlson, Karen J., Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Teraa Ziporyn. The New Harvard Guide to Women’s Health. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard, 2004. Ref RA 778 .C2164 2004 Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary. 30th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003. Ref R 121 .D73 2003 Kramarae, Cheris, and Dale Spender, eds. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge. New York: Routlege, 2000. Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000 Minkin, Mary Jane, and Carol. V. Wright. The Yale Guide to Women’s Reproductive Health: From Menarche to Menopause. New Haven, Conn.: Yale, 2003. Ref RG 121 .M667 2003 Sutton, Amy L. Pregnancy and Birth Sourcebook. 2nd ed. Detroit, Mich.: Omnigraphics, 2004. Ref RG 525 .P676 2004 Searching for Articles in Periodical Databases Periodical databases group together journal, magazine, and newspaper articles by subject. They also usually provide abstracts (brief summaries) and the full text of the articles. Do you need help identifying the differences between scholarly journal v. popular magazine articles? Note: Most periodical databases are part of the private, passworded Web, so you will need to have a current CCSF ID card with a barcode to access those that CCSF subscribes to. All current CCSF Student ID cards should already have a barcode. More information about obtaining a library bar code. Infotrac Web
a. Body Image CQ provides lengthy research reports written by the editorial staff of the Congressional Quarterly Co. Examples of reports related to Women’s Health: “Women’s Health” 11/7/2003; “Eating Disorders” 2/10/2006; “Domestic Violence” 1/6/2006; “Birth Control Debate” 6/24/2005; “Sexually Transmitted Diseases” 12/3/2004. Comprised of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America, this unique body of materials covers a wide range of current topics and countless other social, political and educational subjects. More than 200 publications covering 1995 to the present are represented, and searchable in both English and Spanish. Below are some examples of academic/scholarly web sites helpful for research on women’s health. If you use a search engine, such as Google, remember to evaluate the quality of the results. Web Resources for General Reference Our Bodies Ourselves Companion Website. http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book Resources are organized according to the chapters in the book. This site offers additional information on related topics and links to recommended websites and other resources. WomensHealth.Gov. http://www.4woman.gov. National Women’s Health Information Center. This website collects information on health topics of special interest to women and links to other sites. Medline Plus. http://medlineplus.gov This site is sponsored by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. You can start your research here with the Online Medical Encyclopedia and Dictionary, the Health Topics directory to basic information, and links to websites. Medline Plus provides many links to pages from other U.S. government agencies and from national health organizations. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this site provides and A-Z index of health conditions and topics. Basic statistics and fact sheets are provided for many topics. Like Medline Plus, there are links to other helpful governmental and organization websites. National Women’s Health Network. http://www.nwhn.org This website provides links to non-governmental organizations. There are excellent fact sheets on some topics in Women’s Health. HealthySF. http://www.healthysf.org This actively growing website is focused on health issues for San Francisco. San Francisco Department of Public Health. http://www.dph.sf.ca.us Look here for information about local health services and resources. Links are provided to locally created health studies, including statistical studies. National Center for Health Statistics. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs This website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a great starting place for finding statistical information. PubMed. www.pubmed.gov At this website the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health maintains an extensive database of citations to journal articles in medicine and health sciences. Most of the citations come with abstracts (summaries) but very few have links to the actual text of the articles. Evaluating
Sources For additional
help you may contact the Reference Desk by phone at (415)
452-5543 or stop by the East and West reference desks at the Rosenberg
Library. eRef Several useful sources for evaluating the quality of web pages, how to prepare citations for a "Bibliography" or "Works Cited" list, and how to avoid plagiarism. Purdue's Online Writing Lab One of the most thorough and easy to navigate writing labs avaialble! A+ Research and Writing Hosted by the Internet Public Library. Writing Process @ CSU Colorado State University developed these guides which "focus on a range of composing processes as well as issues related to the situations in which writers find themselves."
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