Medical Issues Research Guide - LSC-North Harris

• Search the Online Catalog in library or on the web.
• Select Subject Words option from menu
• Select one or more search options below depending on your topic:
  DNA fingerprinting
  criminal investigation
  forensic genetics
  cloning
  human cloning
  doping in sports
  anabolic steroids
  athletes drug use
  Alzheimer's disease
  (neonatal) intensive care
  (pain) treatment
  tropical medicine
  communicable diseases

See also netLibrary (requires free registration to view books

• Enter topic words and phrases separated by "and"
  Example: pain and management and cancer
  
• Check Periodicals Holdings List or online catalog for periodical titles not available in full-text online

Other health-related or news databases to try on or off campus:

• Academic Search Complete
• InfoTrac Newspapers
• MEDLINE with MeSH via EBSCOhost
• Newspaper Source
• ProQuest Newspapers
  (ProQuest) Full text of Christian Science Monitor, Houston Chronicle, NY Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post.

• Health on the Net (HON): MedHunt
• healthfinder®
• MEDLINEplus

Additional Search Engines

• Google
• Excite News Search

Locate writing help on the Web at the following sites:

• Bartleby.com Reference (includes dictionary, encyclopedia, thesauri, quotation collections, word usage, etc.)
• Elements of Style (classic composition guide)
• Information Please (includes almanac, dictionary, & encyclopedia)
• Writer's Handbook - from the The University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center (includes grammar & style information)