Valencia Campus Library:
Finding Information on Diseases

Choices

Diseases

  • Diagnosis
  • Symptoms
  • Treatment
  • Therapy
  • Prevention and Control
  • Nursing
  • Therapy
  • Genetics
  • Transmission
  • Etiology
  • Pathology
  • Immunology

Audience

  • Consumers
  • Patients
  • Family members
  • Nursing staff
  • Doctors
  • Other Health Care Professionals
  • Mental Health Professionals
  • Dentists
  • Scientists

Types of Information

  • Newspapers
  • Web
  • Popular magazine
  • Scholarly journals
  • Books
  • Social media
  • Media (TV, radio)

Process

Recommendations

1. Choose a disease.

2. Brainstorm

  • Using "Diseases" column, identify what you need to know.
  • Identify what you already know.
  • Choose your audience.

3. Create a search strategy.

4. Search and evaluate.

5. Use the information.

Is it plagiarism?
Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism
Is it cited correctly?
APA help from APA
APA style from Sacramento State University Library
APA style from the Purdue Owl
KnightCite (Calvin College)
  1. For consumer information, use MEDLINE Plus or Health and Wellness Resource Center.
  2. Best database for nursing is CINAHL.
  3. Target audience for PubMed is doctors.
  4. Always check MESH or CINAHL vocabulary.
  5. Use LIBROS to find background information in books.
  6. Consider "review" journal articles for overview of your topic.
  7. Use database filters (population, language, article type, date, fulltext) to limit results.
  8. Use Database Passwords for when off-campus.
  9. For additional resource, use the Library's Nursing Research and Resources page.