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Statistics| Books | Articles | Internet | Evaluation|Reference Desk Hours FINDING STATISTICAL & BACKGROUND INFORMATION Use these sources for information and statistics on maternal mortality, infant mortality, literacy, medical care, the history of midwifery, etc. Note that the list below is highly selective. Ask at the reference desk for other suggestions.
FINDING BOOKS Five College Catalog - To start your subject search, click on SUBJECT BEGINS WITH and try such search terms as those listed below. Note that the "correct" subject heading isn't always obvious. If a subject search doesn't work, try a keyword search to find a few relevant titles. Then click on the subject headings on those records to conduct a more comprehensive subject search.
WorldCat - Use WorldCat to expand your search for books beyond the Five-College area. Watch for items that are owned by only one library: such unique material is often not obtainable via interlibrary loan. If you plan to use interlibrary loan to request books and theses, please allow at least 2 weeks for delivery. Use the databases below to identify articles and essays on your topic.
Good starting places: GoogleScholar - Need a few articles? Try this; it covers scholarly materials, with strength in the sciences and medicine. Watch out for non-article sources (websites, etc.). The databases found below will let you search more precisely Academic OneFile - 1980 to present - Interdisciplinary, scholarly articles Academic Search Premier - 1960 to present - Interdisciplinary, with coverage of both scholarly and popular articles Other possibilities: America: History and Life - 1953 - present - The major database for US/Canadian history Contemporary Women's Issues - 1992 to present - Articles and other publications, covering information on women in over 150 countries GenderWatch - 1970 to present - Full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas Health Reference Center Academic (1980+) Covers topics such as pregnancy, medicine, & public health Lexis Nexis Academic - Good for both medical & legal news; all full-text PubMed - 1950s to present - The major database for medical articles Women's Studies International - 1972 to present INTERNET RESOURCES The internet is both a wonderful and perilous resource. Use it, but always with a critical eye. Keep the issues of authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and completeness at the forefront as you look at webpages. Recommended web sites for this class: Hesperian Foundation - You may download materials from Hesperian’s digital library, especially these two titles: A Book for Midwives and Where There is no Doctor. American College of Nurse-Midwives Health in Harmony - An Indonesian NGO that works with rural Indonesian communities to improve the health of people and the natural environment. Indian Health Service - The federal health program for Native Americans. See especially the page on nurse midwives. Institute for OneWorld Health - A non-profit pharmaceutical company; its director, Victoria Hale, was just appointed a MacArthur Fellow. The New York Times - Searchable archives back to 1981. Look for Nicholas Kristof's articles, blogs, etc. You can also view the video about Prudence at this site; see the article, "Prudence's Struggle Ends" from September 24, 2006. Partners in Health - A non-profit that provides health care for the poor in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe and the United States. 34 Million Friends of UNFPA - A small NGO which helps build grassroot support for the UN Population Fund (organized in response to US decision to not support this work). United Nations Population Fund - Good information on women's health measures, especially in Africa White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood - An international coalition of individuals and organizations that promotes public awareness of the need to make pregnancy and childbirth safe in both developing and developed countries. World Health Organization - See these pages in particular: Maternal and Perinatal Health and Making Pregnancy Safer. EVALUATION AND CITING OF SOURCES
For help with your writing, remember the writing services available at the Jacobson Center. REFERENCE DESK HOURS Click here for Neilson Library reference desk hours. CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN Contact Pamela Skinner, the instructor for your library session: pskinner@email.smith.edu YOUR FEEDBACK Click here to provide feedback on this library session. TAKE THE RESEARCH SKILLS QUIZ Logon to Moodle to take the quiz "Research Skills for Students."
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