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Global Health

BIOLOGY-540

Teachers: Mr. Cone, Mr. Holley, Mr. Koolen, Mr. Mundra, and Mr. Robinson

Instructional Librarians: Mr. Blake

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Helpful or harmful bacteria?

Get Organized!

Gather Information

Use the Information

Take Time to Reflect

The assignment is to prepare a PowerPoint presentation and poster on one of four diseases; Malaria, Tuberculosis, Influenza, and HIV/AIDS. Click here to review the assignment given by Mr. Koolen. Each teacher will have specific qualifications for their assignment. Make sure you know what the requirements are!

The following steps will assist you in your research process.

Step 1: Get Organized

Before you begin your research follow these crucial steps:

1. Understand the assignment.	You will be required to produce: A short scientific research presentation.
2. Plan your time wisely	Use the Planning Assignment Calculator to help plan a schedule for your work.
3. Choose a broad topic or area of interest.	Need help choosing a topic?
4. Get an overview of the topic.	Where to find good overviews.
5. Narrow the topic.	Get focused!
6. Write a thesis statement or statement of purpose.	Statement of Purpose/Essential Question /Thesis Statement Tips for developing a thesis statement. (from Joyce Valenza's Online Lessons and Activities)

Step 2: Gather Information

Finding Reference books:

Finding reference books for further information on your chosen disease. Medical books are in the 600's and biology books are in the 500's along the back wall of the Garver Reference Room, shelved according to the Dewey Decimal System. Click here for a list of selected reference sources for your project.

Finding circulating books:

OWL the library's online catalog is your source for books, journals, microfiche, and leisure reading. You can also expand your search to include the holdings of other libraries in the NOBLE system. You may request books from these other libraries and have them delivered here in a few days time.

Tip: Ask a Librarian, stop by a Help Desk early and often during the research process for assistance.

Finding electronic databases:

Access Science provides access to McGrawh Hill's Encyclopedia of Science and technology. It includes many images and gives basic overviews as well as indepth bibliographies for each entry.

General Science Collection contains full text coverage for more than 60 of the most popular science publications

Health Reference Center Academic (Infotrac) contains the full-text of scholarly articles on many health related subjects.

HighWire contains bibliographic citations and full text coverage to many of the major scientific journals

JSTOR contains the full-text of scholarly articles on many academic subjects. It is a vital tool for searching for "primary source" information.

MEDLINE contains the full-text of scholarly articles on many academic subjects. It is a vital tool for searching for "primary source" information.

New York Times Current contains the full-text of all New York Times articles from 1999 to present. Many articles have appeared in the "Science Times" section that comes out on Tuesdays.

Scientific American Archive Online contains the full-text of one of the most prominent general science magazines. Many stories about species behavior, neurobiology, sociobiology, and ethology.

Finding Internet Web Sites:

**Remember to evaluate web sites for authority and content.

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.

FDA Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins Handbook
Also known as the "Bad Bug Book," this source is constantly updated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Merck Manual Home Edition
This book uses everyday language to present information about diseases, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment

Meta Directory at Hardin Library
From the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa, a list of lists in three categories--large, medium and small.

Librarians' Index to the Internet
Enter search terms or choose from the directory listing of diseases and conditions.

In addition, check the Selected Internet Resources for Health and Medicine reviewed by the librarians at the OWHL for quality and content.

Step 3: Use the Information

Synthesize the information, make an outline, take notes, organize the information, write the paper and document sources. Capture the information you will need for your bibliography the first time you use each source.

Use these handy forms for collecting all the data elements you will need. To help in the construction of your bibliography please use the CBE format. Click here or here to see a CBE style guide that will help. We are using the Name-Year style.

Make sure to avoid Plagiarism! Use this useful guide to quoting and paraphrasing sources.

Never used PowerPoint? Click here for a brief tutorial from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Do you need an image for your PowerPoint? Make sure to document the image and don't use ones that have an active copyright statement. Many images can be had from Google Image Searcher, CDC Public Health Image Library, University of Wisconsin MicroText, Cells Alive, or the digital librarian.

Step 4: Take time to Reflect

The paper is ready to be handed in. The bibliography is complete. Ask yourself: did you accomplish what you wanted to do? What else could I have done to guarantee a six? If you take the time to evaluate what you did you will become a better researcher.