html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 4 Bibliographic Sources for Periodicals FEILI TU-KEEFNER The creation of scientific journals began in the seventeenth century. The first scientific journal, Philosophical Transactions, was created in 1665…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 9 Handbooks and Manuals KATHERINE SCHILLING Handbooks and manuals are useful, quick-guide reference sources containing concise, factual data in the basic sciences and information for clinical diagnosis…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 3 Bibliographic Sources for Monographs JEFFREY T. HUBER Historically, monographs have played a significant role in the dissemination of health sciences information. “The seventeenth century saw the…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 8 Terminology MICHELLE L. ZAFRON Understanding medical terminology is crucial to gaining competency with the literature of the health sciences. Reference tools that define terms or that…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 7 Conferences, Reviews, and Translations BEATRIZ VARMAN Conferences Professional development activities such as conferences and seminars continue to serve as venues for health science professionals and researchers…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 2 Organization and Management of the Reference Collection ANNELIESE TAYLOR AND JEAN BLACKWELL The previous edition of Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences focused on…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 6 U.S. Government Documents and Technical Reports MELODY ALLISON In recent decades electronic formats and the Internet have created vast changes in the way government information is…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”> CHAPTER 5 Indexing, Abstracting, and Digital Database Resources LAURA ABATE As information resources on the Web continue to expand, evolve, and interconnect, health sciences indexes and databases follow…
Chapter 10 Disease control and management Thomas Tenkate, Mary Louise Fleming, Gerry FitzGerald Learning objectives After reading this chapter, you should be able to: define ‘chronic condition’ and ‘chronic disease’…
Chapter 4 Epidemiology Catherine M. Bennett Learning objectives After reading this chapter you should be able to: appreciate the role of epidemiology in public health understand exposure and outcome measures…
