Human Anatomy and Physiology (BIOL-570)
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Research Process/Assignment
- For guidance in the research process, look to the menu on the left hand side.
- Make sure you read the your assignment carefully. You can gain valuable insights into the research and paper writing process by understanding the expectations put forth in the assignment (length, sources required, etc...).
- Check your class PANET pages for more information
Each teacher has specific requirements for the assignment. Make sure you know what these are!
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Gaining an Overview with Reference Sources
Reference Sources are a great way to get overview information on your disease. These books can help inform you on putting your ideas into a larger context.
| Title of Reference Source | About the Resource | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|
| Human Body Systems | Consisting of about 20 books scattered around the 600 section, this series documents the body's individual systems including how they work, their purpose, and problems encountered. | Look carefully through the titles to find the appropriate one for your subject. |
| These books provide detailed views of the structures and systems of the human body. Soem incorporate detailed photography whiole others rely on artist depictions and renderings. All are excellent resources. | ||
| Facts on File Library of Health and Living | A Series of books with many individual titles on specific conditions and systems | Look carefully through the titles to find the appropriate title for your project. |
| Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine | Another excellent general medical guide covering the basics of medicine. A good source to get an overview of the more "popular" diseases. | Also Available Electronically |
| Magill's Medical Guide | A general medical guide consisting of five volumes. A good source to get an overview of the more "popular" diseases. | Also Available Electronically |
| Access Science | The complete text of the McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. This comprehensive encyclopedia offers detailed information on a variety of subjects including anatomy and physiology issues. | Only Available Electronically |
| If your projects focuses on a disease or disorder, either of these titles offer an excellent introduction. Information will includes diagnosis, outlook and treatment | ||
| Professional Guide to Diseases | Written for the medical professional, this guide includes a lot of basic information for many diseases. | |
| Diseases and Disorders: The World's Best Anatomical Charts | A visual guide to disease including excellent pictures and representations of the diseases. | If you want to use some of the pictures for your project/presentation, see a librarian. |
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Delving Deeper with Books
Plastination is the process of replacing the living tissues of cadavers with plastics and resins - thus making them easily available for viewing and studying. Gunther Von Hagens goes one step further by posing the corpses in unusual situations. Check out Body Worlds for more information.
Books offer a more complete look at a subject as well as give good ideas for other resources and references.
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Keyword and Subject Searching
Most people start with a keyword search of the library catalog. The computer will search for the keywords in a book's title, author, subject, table of contents or summary.
- Choose your keywords carefully. Start with the most popular name of what you are researching, but also think of other ways to refer to it.
- Subject Searches are an even more powerful way to search the catalog. They will focus your search using the exact terminology employed by librarians to describe the book. When you find a book you like using keywords, click on the subjects to find out more.
- Subjects can be found in the "more information" section of a book record. Simply click on the subject to execute the search..
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Getting Materials from Other Libraries
If you are not finding what you need, you can get materials from libraries other than OWHL. Please contact a librarian for help with this service.
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Finding Articles Using Databases
Information contained in articles is often way more up to date and specific than information found in the other sources.Article databases contain thousands of articles organized and searchable using keywords, specific journal titles, publishing dates, etc... * The primary method to access articles from magazines and journals is through databases.
- You can access these databases both on and off campus. If you're off campus, you may be prompted for your "library card number". This is simply your PA ID number, which is on your ID card.
- Below is a chart of some databases that you may find helpful in this assignment. To see a listing of all the databases to which the library subscribes, visit the Databases A-Z Page.
| Title of Database Click on to go to database | About the Database |
|---|---|
| Health Source Nursing/Academic Edition | Includes the full text of articles from over 550 journals in many of the medical sciences. |
| ScienceDirect | Includes articles from the world's leading scientific and medical journals. However, the articles can be quite intense and intimidating. The full text of journals are only available from the most recent 5 years. Use the advanced search to help limit your search. See Mr. Marzluft for help in using this database. |
| Highwire Press | Offers online versions of leading scientific and medical journals. It is primarily full of citations and abstracts (not full text), but some 1.5 million articles may be available in full text form. |
| MEDLINE | MEDLINE (and Pubmed) searches the National Library of Medicine's compilation of Biological Science Articles. This is a very thorough database and may require some effective use of keyword searching. Most results will contain only the abstract or citation for the articles. |
| Scientific American Archive | This database contains all the issues and special issues of this scientific magazine. It can be difficult to search, please see a librarian if you need assistance. |
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What if I only have the abstract or citation of an article?
If you want to get the entire article, try these next two steps:
- Use the Journal Finder Tool from the library website.
- Click on the link and enter the title of the journal from your citation.
- Your results will include all the databases that have that journal title as well as the dates of inclusion.
- Click on the database name and go to the journal's page.
- Use the tools of the database to find the journal's date, volume # etc...from your citation.
- Click on the article!
- Use Interlibrary Loan
- If you can't find the full text anywhere for your journal, you may be able to obtain it from another librarian (for free!)
- Most request take about a week.
- See a librarian for help with ILL.
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Exploring Internet Sources
Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man is said to represent a human body's perfect proportions.
You will probably find websites helpful for this project. Always remember to evaluate your sources when you are looking at websites.
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News Sources
Online sites for finding current Science Information and Stories
| New York Times Science Page | The Science Page from the New York Times |
| Science News | This biweekly magazine publishes the latest in scientific news and breakthroughs. The library also subscribes to the print edition. |
| 60 Second Science | A blog from Scientific American that explains scientific breakthroughs, discoveries and news in an easily digestible format] |
| Science Daily | Devoted to Science, medicine,and technology, this website is updated consistently. Use the menues on the top navigation bar to focus on issues relevant for this class. |
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Information Sources
Here are some sources containing more in-depth research and information:
| Website | What is it? | |
|---|---|---|
| Get Body Smart | Computer illustrations highlighting the different systems of the body. Very detailed and easy to use. An excellent tool for presentations. | |
| CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a federal agency that provides information on health, disease prevention and control, environmental health and education. Search for your topic using their internal search | |
| Public Health Image Library | From the CDC, this site contains thousands of images and diagrams. Most of the images are in the public domain and can be used without permission. | |
| Medline Plus | From the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, this site provides overviews on over 750 health topics. | |
| BioInteractive | Contains wonderful animations on Biology related concepts. | |
| Biology Browser | Search for trusted information on Organisms, Biology Subjects, or Geographical type of information. | |
| Access Excellence | Brought to you by the National Museum of Health, this resource is intended for teachers to share new information in Biology and the Life Sciences. Visit the Resource Center for help on specific topics. |
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Citations and Documentation
The menu on the left hand side includes a link to the citation section of the OWHL Website.
Some other good websites for citation and documentation help are:
- Diana Hacker's Guide to Citations and Writing
- Diana Hacker includes information on writing the paper as well as preparing the Reference list. After clicking, look at the left hand menu for guidance.
- UW Madison Writing Center
- Demonstrates citations and documenting sources for many different formats including MLA and CSE / CBE.
