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Here are some resources for your Research Assignments:
LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.
Here are some subject terms to try:
Transcultural Medical Care
Transcultural Nursing
Medical Anthropology
WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world. Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.
Use the "Advanced Search" to limit your search to LCSC or another library.
Try combining one of the Subject Phrases above with a keyword describing your cultural group of interest, such as Vietnamese American* or Greek American*. The results will include chapter titles from within books!
ELECTRONIC BOOKS [log-in the same as searching for journal articles]:
Addictions and Native Americans [Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2000.]
Electronic Resources at LCSC:
Academic OneFile - a general journal index covering many disciplines. Contains full-text of some articles.
SocINDEX with Full Text - contains full text for 253 "core" coverage sociology journals dating back to 1895, and 72 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for 547 books and monographs, and full text for 6,711 conference papers.
CINAHL - (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature). Provides citations to over 1600 nursing and allied health journals, dating back to 1982.
Health Reference Center Academic (A Thomson Gale database) - Provides articles from 750 sources, plus citations from an additional 2200 journals in medicine, health, nursing and allied health areas.
Health & Wellness Resource Center (A Thomson Gale database) - General, less academic health information than found in Health Reference Center Academic. It includes full-text of articles, newletters, and pamphlets, as well as reference works such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
InfoTrac Diversity Studies - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to diverse cultural issues.
InfoTrac Psychology Collection - A subset of Academic OneFile, this database provides full-text articles related to psychology.
PsycINFO - Contains more than 1.8 million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology. Journal coverage, which dates back to the 1800s, includes international material selected from more than 1,700 periodicals in over 30 languages.
Anthropological Index Online - a resource from the British Museum. We don't have all the periodicals that they index. Once you identify articles on your subject, ask the Reference Librarians to help you determine how to get the articles.
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.
APA Interactive Tutorial - Developed by Mr. Kevin Schoepp.
MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop
MLA Interactive Tutorial - Developed by Dr. Anne Hay Southard
USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
GPO Access - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government. Provided by the Government Printing Office.
I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.
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Last updated: January 24, 2007