SCI204.Microbiology.Laird

toc =Course: SCI 204 Microbiology= This guide is designed to help you research Microbiology 204 topics. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
 * Professor Kristin Laird**
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * Ted Intarabumrung, tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu : Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes BPL)] Subject access (related to Library of Congress Call Number system) for the Online Catalog: "drug resistance in microorganisms" "antibiotics" "microorganisms--effect of antibiotics on" "killer cells" "pathogenic microorganisms"

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * "antibiotic" and ("susceptibility" or "resistance")
 * "antiseptic" and ("susceptibility" or "resistance")
 * "disinfectant" and ("susceptibility" or "resistance")
 * "disinfectant" and "microorganisms"

New Books
__Microbiology for the Heath Sciences__: QR41.2 .B88 2000 __Microbiology Perspectives__: QR54 .W57 2007 __Microbiology: a lab manual__: QR 63 .C34 2002

Reference Books
__Annual Review of Microbiology__, Paolo Alto, Caif. : Annual Reviews, inc. Ref. QR1 .A1 __Microterrors: the complete guide to bacterial, viral and fungal infections__, Buffalo, New York : Firefly Book LTD, 2004.. Ref. QR56 .H37 2004x __Molecular Biology of the Cell__, New York : Garland Pub., 1994. Ref. QH581.2 .M64 1994 __Bergy's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology__, Baltimore, Maryland, : Williams & Wilkins, 1994. Ref. QR81 .A5 1994 __Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology__, East Lansing, MI. : Springer, 2001[2005]. Ref. QR81 .B46 2005 (v.1 2001: v.2,3 2005)
 * General Microbiology
 * Manuals

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about microorganisms.
 * Health News
 * National Geographic Magazine
 * Newsweek
 * Scientific American
 * U.S. News & World Report

=E-Books= =Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases. Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including over (85 article mentioning "antobiotic" and "microbes", 779 articles mentioning "antibiotic" and "susceptibility". Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text and images. There are around 34 articles published in academic journals under keyword search, "microorganisms" and "disinfectants". Contains access to 320 full text science journals covering all fields of science. Offers a broad range of science literature to students on the community college level. There are around 14 articles under keyword search, "microorganisms" and "disinfectants" and 148 articles under, "antibiotic resistance". Annual Review of Microbiology (publication year 1995-2005; full text) In this database, there are four journals of microbiology: Journal of Applied Microbiology,Molecular Microbiology, Critical Reviews in Toxicology and Immunological Reviews
 * E-Books
 * ==[|Academic Search Premier]==
 * ==[|Expanded Academic ASAP 1980-]==
 * ==[|Credo Reference]==
 * ==[|Science Full Text Select]==
 * ==Science Resource Center==
 * ==Biomedical Reference Center==

=Web sites= There are many good "antibiotic" and "susceptibility" and "microbes" web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University] has a very good guide.

Search Engine

 * [|Scirus for Scientific Information]
 * [|Infomine]

Selected Websites

 * [|Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),] prepared by US Department of Health and Human Services, providing some reports of statistical information and researches on the disease.
 * [|World Health Organization (WHO),] providing data and statistics on health in all countries in the world.
 * [|All the Virology on WWW]
 * [|Cells Alive]
 * [|Microbes.info]
 * [|Microbiology Network]

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Research guide prepared on February 23, 2010 by (Ted Intarabumrung): tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu