Course: HE 120 Personal Health Promotion
Topic: Diseases
Fall 2008 -- Dr. Jeanne Clerc
Librarian: John Stierman – jp-stierman@wiu.edu
Leslie F. Malpass Library, Office 219
Phone: 298-2756
Office Hours: Monday: 2-4; Tuesday: 3-4; Friday 11-12.
Off-Campus Access Library Internet Resources: Most of the libraries' databases are proprietary (owned by third parties). As long as you are on campus, the database providers assume that you are a WIU student. If you are off-campus, the providers require proof of enrolment. If you want to access library databases off-campus, be prepared with your student id # or your ecom username and password. Call the reference desk at 309-298-2700 or 800- 413-6544.
Health Sciences Periodical Databases
- CINAHL
- Cummulative index to articles in nursing and allied health. Valuable source of full text for nursing & allied health journals, providing full text for more than 750 journals indexed in CINAHL.
- Health Source: Consumer Edition, 1985-
- Provides information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Over 70 full text, consumer health magazines are included.
- Health Source: Nursing Academic, 1975-
- Provides nearly 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines.
Research Reports
Pro/Con
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
- ProCon.Org
- Pros and Cons of controversial issues.
Citing Your Sources
Diana Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual features three popular formats: MLA, APA, and Chicago. Of the three listed, Chicago is most common for history. For special instructions on how to cite Internet sources, see Hacker’s A Pocket Style Manual, Fourth Edition, pages 174-175. You can, of course, always consult The Chicago Manual Style, 15th ed (located at the Reference Desk). For Internet sources, see Chapter 17. The Reference Staff has created handouts on the three popular styles.
- RefWorks
- To manage your citations, you might consider learning how to use RefWorks. It is citation management software that is compatible with most of the University Libraries's databases. Ask me how to set up a personal account and begin filling folders with citations. You will find RefWorks on the WIU Libraries list of databases. RefWorks school code is rwwillinoisu.
- Persistent Links
- "Persistent Links" connect users directly to a library database or article by clicking a link embedded in a webpage. Persistent Links can be useful when creating syllabi, online bibliographies and other research and information tools.
- TinyURL
- Shorten that long URL into a Tiny URL. Useful for making citations to online sources.
Library Survey
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