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ANT344: Theory in the Social Sciences of Medicine
Spring 2008 - D. Joralemon
reference contact: Sika Berger x2963

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Reference Source Call Number or Link
Handbook of Medical Anthropology:
Contemporary Theory and Method
ref GN 296 M423 1996
Encyclopedia of Bioethics (5 volumes) ref QH 332 E52 2004
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology (4 volumes) ref GN 307 E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology (2 vols.) Neilson & Science Reference
R 131 .C65 1993

Ask about additional reference sources, such as:
Cambridge World History of Human Disease
Companion Encyclopedia of the History of Medicine
Encyclopedia of Food & Culture
Handbook of American Women's History
Encyclopedia of Children & Childhood in History & Society
A Companion to Latina/o Studies (2007 - Neilson stacks)
Encyclopedia of the Developing World
Encyclopedia of Evaluation
Encyclopedia of Social Measurement

reference room

BOOKS: The Five College Library Catalog & WorldCat

Use keyword searching to search a phrase or combine terms (and, or), or search with Subject Heading begins with... using terms such as these:

Medical anthropology
Medical ethics
Medical care - Law and legislation
Medical care - Cross-cultural studies
Medical technology - Social apsects
Medicine - Political aspects
Healing
Public health
Traditional medicine
AIDS (Disease)
Childbirth - United States
Midwifery - United States - History
Cannabis - Therapeutic use
Marijuana - Government Policy - United States
Diet - Mali
Malnutrition - Africa, French-speaking West
Malnutrition in children - Mali
Biotechnology - Moral and ethical aspects

Body, human - Law and legislation
Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
Communicable diseases - Social aspects
Epidemics
Medical policy - United States
Vaccination - History
Health services accessibility
Hispanic American women
Women’s health services - United States
Insurance, health
Communities of practice
Drugs - Patents
Ethnoscience
Herbs, therapeutic use
Intellectual property - India
Medicinal plants - India
Medicine, Ayurvedic

WorldCat
Identify books or reports which you may request through Interlibrary Loan.
Be sure to click on the "Exit" button to end your search session in WorldCat.

DATABASES FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL LITERATURE

Source Access
AnthroSource. Current issues.
(includes Medical Anthropology Quarterly)
full text articles from AAA journals
Anthropology Plus. indexing from two major databases
includes SC links to full text, etc.
Abstracts in Anthropology. 2003+
(copy a "journal title" or "source book title" from this resource into the libraries Journal Locator or the online catalog using Title begins with...)
indexes/abstracts articles, books, etc.
Sociological Abstracts. 1963+ includes research in related fields

MORE SOCIAL SCIENCE DATABASES

NOTE: Any database marked * may be searched simultaneously with others in EBSCO.
  Access Source
* Academic Search Premier (EBSCO). 1965+ interdisciplinary, academic & news
* Social Sciences Abstracts. 1983+ indexes core journals
  PubMed (Medline). 1950's+
Search "limit" options include AIDS, Bioethics, and the History of Medicine.
for medical literature
  InfoTrac / Expanded Academic Index. 1980+
& Health Reference Center. 1980+
includes academic & news
medical care
* Historical Abstracts. 1954+ &
America: History & Life. 1953+
(these feature limits by time period studied, covering modern periods of history to present)
abstracts, links to JSTOR, etc.
A:H & L covers US & Canada
* EconLIT with Full Text. 1969+ literature of economics
  History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 1975+ Includes Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science and its Cultural Influences, 1975- and the Wellcome Bibliography of the History of Medicine, 1991-2004. Note: ISIS is also available full text in JSTOR

indexes books, chapters, articles


JSTOR : ISIS

  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences. [IBSS] 1951+ international index, academic articles
* International Political Science Abstracts.1975+ political science journals
  PAIS: Public Affairs Information Service.1937+ includes articles, reports, documents
* Women's Studies International. 1972+ indexes women's studies journals

NEWS & STATISTICAL SOURCES

Source Access
LexisNexis Academic. 1970's+ text from news and legal sources
Libraries' "News" page links to news sites
Alternative Press Index. 1991+ Indexes about 300 alternative, radical and left sources
World News Connection foreign news in English language translation
Country Watch (with complete content through Smith's link) text from news and economic sources

STATISTICAL SOURCES

Source Access
Health, United States http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
Human Development Report
HDR "Get Data": "Human Development Indicators"
http://hdr.undp.org
http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/data/
World Development Indicators Online. 1960+ Smith subscribes (World Bank)
Statistical Resources on the Web Links from Univ. of Michigan library
UNAIDS Data http://www.unaids.org/en/
World Health Organization (WHO) statistics and publications
LexisNexis Statistical Indexes sources for statistical data

INTERNET LINKS

Resource Link
Library Information Services Gateway: Kennedy Institute of Ethics
Features Bioethics Thesaurus and tips for searching Bioethics materials in PubMed
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/
Society for Medical Anthropology (AAA) http://www.medanthro.net/
WWW Virtual Library:
Medical Anthropology

http://vlib.anthrotech.com/

Anthro.Net: Medical Anthropology
Includes some texts and links.
http://home1.gte.net/ericjw1/medical.html
Medical Anthropology Web
Includes links by topic area.
http://www.medanth.com/
American College of Nurse-Midwives http://www.midwife.org/
Bioethics.Net http://bioethics.net/
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/

HELP WITH CITATION STYLE

Resource Website
RefWorks RefWorks logo
ITS Tutorial and Help
bibliographic management tool (online)
to get you started with RefWorks
AAA Style Guide online: American Anthopological Association
Style Manuals & Citation Guides Libraries' guide, under Research/Reference Tools

CONNECT TO ANT344 WEBSITE

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