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Use this guide to locate resources for the study of zoonotic diseases.
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Starting Your Research: Background Reading Print Page
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Librarian's Research Tips:

Start with some background reading. While it is tempting to start your research by identifying available research articles, this process will be very time-consuming if you have not read up on your topic.

Use some of the resources on this tab to help you locate books or websites about your topic. Books and quality websites (from organizations such as the CDC and Mayo Clinic) are a great starting point, as they provide:

  • important keywords and terms
  • great bibliographies of sources
  • the names of important authors on that area of scientific research

Using this strategy, your search for information will result in a more thorough examination of the literature in less time!

 
After you have completed your background reading and developed a good list of keywords, you are ready to move onto finding Research Articles.

 

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

Need a book the library does not own?

You can request that book through Interlibrary Loan.

Click here for more information about Interlibrary Loan or to access a form.

To search for books available in other libraries, try using

WorldCat -- Search the holdings of more than 10,000 libraries to locate books and identify citation information.

OR

Library of Congress -- Access to the Library of Congress catalog and other online collections.

NOTE: Users do not need to identify a library that owns the book. Simply provide the appropriate information on the form and library staff will do the rest!

 

Health Background Information

  • Salem Health Online
    Full-text access to the following subject encyclopedias: Psychology & Mental Health, Genetics, Infectious Diseases & Conditions, Magill's Medical Guide, 6th edition and Complementary & Alternative Medicine.
  • National Institutes of Health
    Access quality health information, including symptoms and treatment(s), from respected medical organizations.
  • Mayo Clinic -- Health Information
    Access overviews of dozens of medical conditions, including their causes, symptoms, treatments, and home/lifestyle remedies.
  • American Veterinary Medical Association
    Established in 1863, the AVMA is a not-for-profit association representing more than 80,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.
  • One Health
    A portion of the American Veterinary Medical Association's webpage.
 

Select Subject Headings

Search the Library Online Catalog:

Don't forget books! Here are a few subject headings you can use to start your research. This is not an exhaustive list. 


  • Avian influenza.

  • Hantavirus infections.

  • Escherichia coli.

  • Prion diseases.

 

Zoonotic Disease

 

Instruction Librarian

 

Kim Marks
Reference/Instruction Librarian
Office: Library -- Room 205
Email: ksmarks@gcc.edu
724.450.1532

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