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Online version of Microbiology Abstracts B: Bacteriology. Medically
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E-Journals Available at WSU
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catalog to find books, videos, and journals available in the
Library. Most of the books on Immunology are located on level two
of the library in the General Collection under the call numbers
QR, R, and RC.
Interlibrary Loan: If
we do not own a particular book or article you need, please use
interlibrary loan to request
the item from another library.
- Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary Ref R 121 .T18
- Encyclopedia of Immunology - Ref QR 180.4 .E53 1998
- Allergies Sourcebook Ref RC 584 .A3446 1997
- Atlas of Immunology - Ref QR 182 .C78 1999
- Illustrated Dictionary of Immunology Ref QR180.4.C78 1995
- Manual of clinical microbiology Ref QR46.M425 1999
- Immune System Disorders Sourcebook Ref RC 582 .I4626 1997
- Manual of Clinical Laboratory Immunology - Ref RB 46.5 .M36
1997
- Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - Ref Table 8A - RC55
.M4 - Also available (most chapters) at: http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/
- Scientific American Medicine - Ref Table 8A - R129 .S35
- ASM Style Manual - Ref Table 2A - QR11 .A512 - Also available
at Reserve Desk (lower level)
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MedHunt
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the Internet.
National Institutes
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the Internet, including "A-Z Health Topics" and Bioethics
Resources on the Web http://bioethics.od.nih.gov/
ASM-American
Soceity for Microbiology
http://www.asm.org/
Life science organization
devoted to microbiology.
Immunology
Link Homepage
http://www.immunologylink.com/
This directory-type
site provides links to a variety of immunology-related information
including associations, new jobs, CD antigens, and gene databases.
The
Biology Project--Immunology
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/immunology.html
This site is a subset
of the Biology Project web site hosted by the University of Arizona
. It provides activities, problem sets, and tutorials related
to immunology.
Immunology
Links
http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/BioLinks/Immunology.html
Hosted by the Department
of Molecular & Cellular Biology at Harvard University, this
site provides a number of useful links to immunology-related web
sites.
Evaluating Medical Information on the Internet
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to help you carefully evaluate the information you find:
HON
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Evaluating
Library and Internet Information
Search Tips:
- Phrase Searching: "dna vaccines"
- Combining concepts using Boolean operators: allergies
AND pollution
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Citing
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Tutorials
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- Define your search topic
Find research articles on immunological aspects of rheumatoid
arthritis
- Identify keywords and synonymous terms
| rheumatoid arthritis |
immunological aspects |
|
immunological
immunology
immunopathology |
- Use the truncation symbol (*) to search for various
word endings (See the online database help screens for
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and immunolog*
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Use parentheses to separate the "OR" operation
| Sample
Reference from MEDLINE (EbscoHost)
Title:
Bacterial cell wall-induced arthritis: chemical composition
and tissue distribution of four Lactobacillus strains.
Authors:
Simelyte E, Rimpilainen M, Lehtonen L, Zhang X, Toivanen
P
Author
Address: Department of Medical Microbiology, Turku
Immunology Centre, Turku Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences,
Turku University, Turku, Finland. eglesim@utu.fi
Source: Infection
And Immunity [Infect Immun] 2000 Jun; Vol. 68 (6), pp. 3535-40.
MeSH
Terms: Arthritis, Rheumatoid/etiology*; Cell Wall/immunology*....
Abstract:
To study what determines the arthritogenicity of bacterial
cell walls, cell wall-induced arthritis in the rat was applied,
using four strains of Lactobacillus.....
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