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HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) have many aspects which are covered by a variety of subject areas such as medical, social, psychological, and legal. Students are encouraged to check with the appropriate Reference Department for additional resources.

Searching for HIV/AIDS Information in Library Catalogs

Sources of HIV/AIDS Information

Selected Web Sites on HIV/AIDS


Searching for HIV/AIDS Information in Library Catalogs

You can find materials by searching BobCatPlus by subject under the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading. The following subject terms can be used in searching for the disease and its complications:

AIDS (Disease) [terms previously used include Acquired immune deficiency syndrome and Acquired immunological deficiency syndrome
AIDS-related complex [rarely used in BobCat]
HIV infections
Opportunistic infections
Some of the subdivisions listed under these subject headings include:

--Complications
--Etiology [cause]
--Epidemiology
--Government policy
--History
--in children
--Law & legislation
--Moral & ethical aspects
--Nursing
--Patients
--Prevention
--Psychological aspects

--Treatment
--geographic areas can also be specified

For example: S=AIDS (Disease) -- Epidemiology

Sources of HIV/AIDS Information

CLINICAL INFORMATION

AIDS knowledge base: a textbook on HIV disease from the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital / edited by P.T. Cohen. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
Bobst Ref9 RC607 .A26 A3478 1999
Note: Now known as the HIV InSite Knowledge Base and available online at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=KB

A guide to the clinical care of women with HIV / edited by Jean R. Anderson. 1st ed. Rockville, MD: Health Resources and Services Administration , 2001.
Available online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS12955

HIV/AIDS at year 2000: a sourcebook for social workers / edited by Vincent J. Lynch. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 2000.
Bobst RC607.A26 H58 1999

Nutrients and foods in AIDS / edited by Ronald R. Watson. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1998.
Bobst RC607.A26 N883 1998

The person with HIV/AIDS: nursing perspectives / edited by Jerry D. Durham and Felissa R. Lashley. 3rd ed. New York : Springer, 2000.
Bobst RC607.A26 P47 2000

The UCSF AIDS Health Project guide to counseling : perspectives on psychotherapy, prevention, and therapeutic practice / James W. Dilley, Robert Marks, editors. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 1998.
Bobst RC607.A26 U27 1998

CONSUMER / PATIENT INFORMATION

AIDS sourcebook: basic consumer health information... / edited by Karen Bellenir. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 1999.
Bobst Ref9 RC607 .A26 A3573 1999

Bartlett, John G. The guide to living with HIV infection: developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic. 5th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Bobst RC607 .A26 B376 2001

Families and communities responding to AIDS / edited by Peter Aggleton, Graham Hart and Peter Davies. London : New York, NY : UCL Press, 1999.
Bobst RA644 .A25 F345 1999

DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND HANDBOOKS

AIDS Update. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall. Annual.
Bobst Ref9 RC607.A26 A3678 [most recent] [previous years held in stacks]

Encyclopedia of AIDS: a social, political, cultural, and scientific record of the HIV epidemic / edited by Raymond A. Smith. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
Bobst Ref9 RA644 .A25 E53 1998

Huber, Jeffrey T. Encyclopedic Dictionary of AIDS-related terminology. New York: Haworth Information Press, 2000.
Bobst Ref9 RC607 .A26 H8955 2000

Ward, Darrell E. The AmFAR AIDS handbook: the complete guide to understanding HIV and AIDS. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999.
Bobst Ref9 RC607 .A26 W368 1999

Watstein, Sarah. The AIDS dictionary. New York: Facts on File, 1998.
Bobst Ref9 RC607 .A26 W383 1998

DIRECTORIES

Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services. Rev. ed. Bethesda, MD: National Library of Medicine, 2001.
Available online at http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/aids/index.html

National guide to funding in AIDS / edited by Gina-Marie Cantarella. New York: Foundation Center, 1999.
Bobst Ref9 RA644 .A25 N2574 1999

Resources & Services Database. Atlanta: CDC National Prevention Information Network. Regularly updated
Available online at http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateOrg.asp

ETHICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS

AIDS, a moral issue: the ethical, legal and social aspects / edited by Brenda Almond. 2nd ed. New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
Bobst RC607 .A26 A34523 1996

AIDS: crisis in professional ethics / edited by Elliot D. Cohan and Michael Davis. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994.
Bobst RC607.A26 A3457324 1994

Baxter, Daniel, M.D. The least of these my brethren: a doctor's story of hope and miracles on an inner-city AIDS ward. New York: Harmony Books, 1997.
Bobst R607 .A26 B38 1997

Daniels, Norman. Seeking fair treatment: from the AIDS epidemic to national health care reform. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Bobst RA644.A25 D345 1995

Gostin, Larry O. Human rights and public health in the AIDS pandemic. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Bobst K3575 .A43 G67 1997

Grady, Christine. The search for an AIDS vaccine: ethical issues in the development and testing of a preventive HIV vaccine. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995.
Bobst RA644 .A25 G73 1995

Gray, Joni N. and Philip M. Lyons. Ethical and legal issues in AIDS research. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995.
Bobst KF3803 .A54 G73 1995

Jarvis, Robert M. et al. AIDS law in a nutshell. 2nd ed. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing Company, 1996.
Bobst REF6 KF3803.A54 A955 1996

Loue, Sana. Legal and ethical aspects of HIV-related research. New York: Plenum Press, 1995.
Bobst RA644 .A25 L68 1995

Murphy, Julien S. The constructed body: AIDS, reproductive technology, and ethics. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995.
Bobst RC607.A26 M877 1995

Murphy, Timothy F. Ethics in an epidemic: AIDS, morality and culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.
Bobst RA644 .A25 M87 1994

HISTORIES

AIDS crisis: a documentary history / edited by Douglas A. Feldman and Julia Wang Miller. 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Bobst RA644 .A25 A3554 1998

AIDS: the making of a chronic disease / edited by Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
Bobst RA644 .A25 A3769 1992

Grmek, Mirko Drazen. History of AIDS: emergence and origin of a modern pandemic. Translated by Russell C. Maulitz and Jacalyn Diffin. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990.
Bobst RA644 .A25 G7613 1990

Joseph, Stephen C. Dragon within the gates: the once and future AIDS epidemic. New York: Carroll & Graff Publishers, 1992.
Bobst RC607.A26 J67 1992

Shilts, Randy. And the band played on: politics, people and the AIDS epidemic. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.
Bobst BRES RA644 .A25 S48 2000

INDEXES TO PERIODICAL ARTICLES

The subject of HIV/AIDS has been widely written about over the last twenty years. Nearly every index will mention the topic, often using different terms to describe aspects of the disease. For example, you may find articles on "Acquired immune deficiency syndrome" as a literary theme in MLA Bibliography, "AIDS (Disease) in television" in Humanities Index, and "Discrimination against people with AIDS "in Alternative Press Index as well as "HIV infections -psychosocial factors" in Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). See Bobst Library Research Guides on other subjects to identify other useful indexes (http://library.nyu.edu/research/rg1.html).

AIDSLINE (AIDS Information Online) 1980-2000 (closed file; subsequent citations will go into MEDLINE)
Link via Bobst Web at: http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_articles.html(nyu.edu account users only)
Contains bibliographic citations (with some abstracts) to articles from more than 3000 journals published worldwide, government reports, letters, technical reports, meeting abstracts and papers, monographs, special publications, theses, books, and audiovisual materials. Focuses on the biomedical, epidemiologic, healthcare administration, oncologic, and social and behavioral sciences issues related to HIV infections and AIDS.

AIDSearch 1980-present
Link via Bobst Databases Page at: http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_articles.html (nyu.edu account users only)
Access to three databases on health policy issues, covering AIDS-related research including information about clinical trials and the substances being tested: 1. AIDSDRUGS: a dictionary of chemical and biological agents currently being evaluated in the AIDS clinical trials covered in companion AIDSTRIALS database. 2. AIDSLINE (see above) and 3. AIDSTRIALS (AIDS and clinical TRIALS) includes information about the clinical trials of substances being tested for use against AIDS, HIV infection, and AIDS-related opportunistic diseases.

(Non-NYU users may access MEDLINE and related databases free via the www using PubMed at: http://www.pubmed.gov. AIDS meeting abstracts are searchable via the NLM Gateway at: http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/)

See also Research Guide #1 Health Sciences: Indexes and Abstracts http://library.nyu.edu/research/rg1.html.

PERIODICALS

AIDS (Official journal of the International AIDS Society). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Available only online at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html

AIDS and Behavior. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Available only online at http://www.wkap.nl/jrnltoc.htm/1090-7165

AIDS and Public Policy Journal. Frederick, MD: University Publishing Group.
Bobst RA644 .A25 A28 (1987- )

AIDS Education and Prevention. New York: Guilford Press.
Bobst RA644 .A25 A359 (1993- )
Available online at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html

AIDS, Patient Care and STDs. New York: M. A. Liebert, Inc.
Bobst RC607.A26 A34858 (1992- )
Available online at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. New York: M. A. Liebert, Inc.
Available only online at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html

International Journal of STD & AIDS. Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited Available only online at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html

JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Available only online at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care: JANAC. Philadelphia, PA : Nursecom, Inc.
RC607.A26 J684 (1997 - )
Full text from 1/1996 to 11/1998 included in Health Reference Center Academic, available from the Bobst Databases Page http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html (accessible to nyu.edu accounts only)

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Surveillance summaries. Atlanta, GA.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control andPrevention, 1983- date quarterly
Bobst Ref6 / DOCS HE20.7009/2 latest only kept in Documents Collection; Bobst Ref6 ASI 4202-7 Documents Collection for earlier issues; microfiche drawer Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/

New York Native. New York: That New Magazine, Inc., no. 1, Dec. 5-18, (1980-1997)
Bobst HQ75 .N49 (1990-97); Bobst Microform Film (1980-1989)

See also the Bobst Electronic Journals in Science, Health & Technology web page at http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html.

POLICY ISSUES

AIDS and behavior: an integrated approach / edited by Judith D. Auerbach, Christina Wypijewska and H. Keith H. Brodie. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1994.
Bobst RA644.A25 A342 1994
[ full text available at: http://books.nap.edu/catalog/4770.html ]

AIDS in the world II: global dimensions, social roots & responses / the Global AIDS Policy Coalition ; edited by Jonathan M. Mann and Daniel J.M. Tarantola. . New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Bobst RA644.A25 A363582 1996

Arno, Peter S, and Karyn L. Freiden. Against the Odds: the story of AIDS drug development, politics, and profits. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
Bobst RA644.A25 A76 1992

Confronting AIDS: public priorities in a global epidemic. Rev. ed. New York: Published for the World Bank [by] Oxford University Press, 1999.
Bobst RA644.A25 C6339 1999

Gender politics of HIV/AIDS in women: perspectives on the pandemic in the United States / edited by Nancy Goldstein and Jennifer L. Manlowe. New York: New York University Press, 1997.
Bobst RA644 .A25 G466 1997

Lerner, Eric K. AIDS crisis in America: a reference handbook 2nd ed. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, c.1998.
Bobst Ref9 RA644.A25 H655 1998

PREVENTION AND EDUCATION

Confronting the AIDS epidemic: cross-cultural perspectives on HIV/AIDS education / edited by Davidson C. Umeh. Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, 1997.
Bobst RA644.A25 C364 1997

Handbook of economic evaluation of HIV prevention programs / edited by David R. Holtgrave. New York : Plenum Press, 1998.
Bobst RA644.A25 H3665 1998

Kalichman, Seth C. Preventing AIDS : a sourcebook for behavioral interventions. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1998.
Bobst RA644.A25 K355 1998

Mantell, Joanne Ellen et al. Evaluating HIV prevention interventions. New York: Plenum Press, 1997.
Bobst RA644.A25 M3527 1997

No time to lose: getting more from HIV prevention. Institute of Medicine, 2001.
Available online at http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9964.html

RESEARCH GUIDES

HIV/AIDS Internet information sources and resources / edited by Jeffrey T. Huber. New York: Haworth Press, 1998.
Bobst Ref9 RA644 .A25 H575526 1998

STATISTICS

AIDS Surveillance Report [AIDS New York City].New York: Department of Health, Office of AIDS Surveillance, August 1983- quarterly
AIDS in the boroughs and neighborhoods of New York City / Office of AIDS Surveillance. New York City Department of Health. New York: The Office, annually. Both available from http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/dires/dires.html
Bobst Ref6 Reference Desk

AIDS/HIV in New York State / New York State Department of Health. Albany, NY.:The Department 1987- quarterly
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/research/hivaids.htm

HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report . Atlanta, GA.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, vol. 1- 1988- quarterly
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/surveillance.htm
Bobst Ref6 Reference Desk

Statistical Universe 1974-present
Bobst Databases http://library.nyu.edu/collections/find_ejournals.html (choose "Statistical Universe," accessible to nyu.edu accounts only)
Provides access to three important statistical indexes. [Print counterparts available in Ref6: the American Statistics Index (ASI), which indexes U.S. federal government data; the Statistical Reference Index (SRI), which indexes U.S. non-federal data, the Index to International Statistics (IIS), which indexes international organizations' data.]

SELECTED WEB SITES ON HIV/AIDS

Comprehensive General Information

AIDS - healthfinder (US government gateway for consumer health information)
http://healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=25

AIDS - MEDLINEplus, National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html

AIDS and HIV: New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) in English and Spanish
http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/aids/aids.html

AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
http://www.aegis.org

The Body: an HIV/AIDS Information Service
http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml

HIV/AIDS - Family Health International
http://www.fhi.org/en/aids/naids.html

HIV/AIDS Information Center - The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
http://pubs.ama-assn.org/cgi/collection/hiv_aids

Prevention and Education

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu

Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

HIV/AIDS Resources - CDC National Prevention Information Network
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/hiv/index.asp

Research and Treatment

AIDS & HIV Alternative Medicine Resources
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/hiv.html

AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service
http://www.actis.org

AIDS Research Center - Bastyr University
http://www.bastyr.edu/research/buarc/

AIDS Treatment Data Network
http://www.atdn.org/

Division of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/daids/default.htm

HIV / AIDS Treatment Information Service
http://www.hivatis.org

Special Groups

AIDS/HIV Disease and Medicaid - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hiv/

Gay Men's Health Crisis
http://www.gmhc.org

HIV/AIDS & Substance Abuse - National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
http://www.health.org/catalog/catalog.asp?pop=9

Minority HIV/AIDS Initiative - Office of Minority Health Resource Center
http://www.hiv.omhrc.gov/

Statistics and Publications

HIV Prevention - New York City Department of Health
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/ah/ah.html

HIV/AIDS Information - Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/HIV/HIVMain.html

Organizations, Advocacy and Social Services

AIDS Housing Corporation (Boston)
http://www.ahc.org

AIDS Organizations in New York City
http://www.aidsnyc.org

National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project
http://www.natap.org

International and Policy Information

AIDS Economics - World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org

AIDS / Sexually Transmitted Infections - Pan American Health Organization
www.paho.org/aids


Last updated:  May, 2004
URL: http://library.nyu.edu/research/ rg44.html
Questions/Comments: Susan Kaplan Jacobs susan.jacobs@nyu.edu