This guide is an introduction to the research process that, while not being an exhaustive list of information resources available, should be helpful in getting started in your research about anthrax. Below you will find pointers to suggested research terms about anthrax, materials in the library catalog about anthrax, websites relevant to anthrax, and links to library databases that contain information about anthrax. Please use our email reference service, contact us at (310) 434-4254, or visit us in the library at the reference desk if you need further assistance.
Suggested Research Terms
One of the really helpful things when searching for information about a topic is a short list of terms related to a topic. We think the following terms will help with your research about anthrax:
- communicable diseases
- infection
- germ warfare
- biological warfare
- bioterrorism
- weapons of mass destruction
- woolsorters disease
Materials in the library catalog related to anthrax
We have the following materials in the library catalog related to anthrax:
Websites on anthrax
The following websites will help you with your research on anthrax:
This site provides comprehensive general health information about anthrax including answers to frequently asked questions. Topics include transmission, symptoms, treatment, and vaccination.
The Institute for Biosecurity at Saint Louis University School of Public Health was established in 2000 with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Institute's original mission was to carry out bioterrorism and preparedness research, but has since evolved to include addressing emerging infectious diseases, naturally occurring or introduced by terrorists. This page provides links to information about anthrax.
This page from the National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE provides up-to-date news on anthrax-related occurrences and research, as well as background information on anthrax itself. It includes information on prevention and screening, clinical trials, diagnosis and symptoms, and other discussions related to anthrax. The drug Cipro is described as well as the use of doxycycline and penicillin G under the heading "Treatment".
Thorough discussion of the anthrax bacillus from a biological-sciences point of view, with illustrations of the bacterium. Includes a description of the symptoms of anthrax, including cutaneous, gastrointestinal, and inhalation anthrax. Treatment of anthrax and anthrax as a biological weapon are briefly discussed.
An exhaustive list of links and documents geared to information on bioweaponry and chemical warfare. Sites deal with such topics as anthrax, the anthrax vaccine, small pox, the plague, public health responses to the threat of bioterror, and food safety.
Broader in scope in relation to bioterrorism than the anthrax site, this MEDLINE page discusses biological warfare in general. It offers overview information on bioterrorism, as well as information on treatment, screening and coping with terrorism.
The Center for Biosecurity is an independent, nonprofit organization of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). The Center works to affect policy and practice in ways that lessen the illness, death, and civil disruption that would follow large-scale epidemics, whether they occur naturally or result from the use of a biological weapon.
Library Databases relevant to anthrax
The following Santa Monica College Library online databases may contain material relevant to anthrax. Databases may include magazine, newspaper and journal articles. Off-campus users, please note: you must be a Santa Monica College student, faculty or staff member to use these services.
Academic Search Premier, MasterFile Premier
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
Academic Search Premier and MasterFile Premier provide full text for over 6200 periodicals including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
Nursing Resources
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Clinical Pharmacology provides access to information for prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. CINAHL provides indexing for over 500 journals in nursing and other allied health disciplines.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines and also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. Clinical Pharmacology provides access to information for prescription drugs, herbal and nutritional supplements, over-the-counter products and new and investigational drugs. CINAHL provides indexing for over 500 journals in nursing and other allied health disciplines.
Military and Government Collection
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 450 titles.
Designed to offer current news pertaining to all branches of the military and government, provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 350 journals and periodicals and indexing and abstracts for more than 450 titles.
National Newspapers (1985- current)
Local, regional and national news coverage from selected newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor.
Local, regional and national news coverage from selected newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, USA Today, Christian Science Monitor.
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