This guide provides information about:
1. Finding Information in Books
Background information for the history of disease is often found in general
works such as the following:
- Cayton, M. K. et. al., eds. (1993). Encyclopedia of American Social History. New York: Scribner.
Call Number: REF1 HN57 .E58 1993
See especially Volume 3, Part XIII: Science, Medicine and Technology.
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Harding, A. S. (2000). Milestones in Health and Medicine. Phoenix: Oryx
Press.
Call Number: REF9 R133 .H36 2000
- Hunter, Donald (1975). The Diseases of Occupations. 5th ed. London: English Universities Press.
Call Number: RC964.H8 1975
- Kiple, K. F., ed. (1993). The Cambridge World History of Human Disease. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Call Number: REF9 R131 .C233 1993
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Porter, R. (2001). The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press.
Call
Number: R131 .C232 2001
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Porter, R., Bynum, W. F. (1993). Companion Encyclopedia
of the History of Medicine. London ; New York: Routledge.
Call
Number: REF9 R133 .E5 1993, vols 1 and 2, and Stacks Copy R133 .E5
1993, vols 1 and 2
- Ramazzini, B. (1964). Diseases of Workers. Translated from the Latin text De morbis artificum, of 1713, by Wilmer Cave Wright. New York: Hafner Pub. Co.
Call Number: RC964.R283 1964
- Stearns, P. N., ed. (2001). Encyclopedia of European Social History From 1350 to 2000.
Call Number: REF1 HN 373 .E63 2001
See especially Volume 2: Health and
Disease, Doctors and Medicine; and Volume 3: Social Problems and Social Reform
You can find additional materials by searching the library catalog BobCat
http://www.bobcat.nyu.edu/ by subject under the appropriate
Library of Congress Subject Heading. The following terms can be used
in searching for the history of disease:
SUBJECT(S):
Medicine -- History
Disease -- History
Epidemics
Medical geography
Epidemiology
More specific keywords or subject terms may also be searched:
SUBJECT(S):
Smallpox
AIDS (Disease)
Tuberculosis
Some of the subdivisions listed under these subject headings include:
| --Economic Aspects |
--Law & legislation |
| --Epidemiology |
--Moral & ethical aspects |
| --Government policy |
--Treatment |
| --History |
--geographic areas can also be specified, (e.g., Tuberculosis--Great
Britain) |
2. Searching Databases for Articles by Topic**
Use databases to search for journal articles about a topic. You may also find links
to the full text of articles. For the history of disease, start with the
following databases:
- America: History and Life
http://serials.abc-clio.com/ 1964-present
Citations, with abstracts in English, to social science and humanities
literature on all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current
affairs from prehistoric times to the present.
- Health
Reference Center Academic
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_me_nyuniv 1980-present
Integrates the full text and images of respected nursing, allied health,
and medical journals; consumer health magazines; vnewsletters; pamphlets;
newspaper articles; topical overviews; and reference books into an easy-to-use
database. Do a keyword search or search by Library of Congress subject
headings e.g., Smallpox--history
- Historical Abstracts
http://serials.abc-clio.com/ 1954-present
Abstracts and citations indexing over 2,000 journals, books, and dissertations.
Covers world history (except the U.S. and Canada) since 1450.
- History
of Science, Technology and Medicine
http://autoweb.rlg.org/cgi-bin/webscr/nyug/ewebyes9d.scr
1975 to present
The definitive international bibliography for the history of science,
technology, and medicine and its influence on culture from pre-history
to the present.
- Medline
http://gateway.ovid.com/autologin.html 1966-present
The premier biomedical database indexing over 3600 journals, produced
by the National Library of Medicine. For the history of disease, do a
search for articles by topic, then limit the search to the historical
aspects: e.g., disease/hi [for article limited to history] Or do a search,
then limit your search to the publication type "historical article."
- Periodical Abstracts
http://www.umi.com/pqdauto 1986-present
A multi-disciplinary resource, especially useful for research on contemporary
topics or for the beginning stages of a research project. Offers citations
from a wide range of English language academic journals, news magazines,
and newspapers.
- More databases in Medicine and History are found at:
**Note: The use of certain databases and information
services is restricted to NYU students and faculty using NetID and password.
If you are using AOL or an Internet Service Provider (ISP) other than
NYU-DIAL you will not automatically be recognized as coming from NYU.
For information about remote access from home or office using the NYU
proxy server to authenticate yourself as an NYU user, please follow the
browser configuration instructions at: http://library.nyu.edu/help/proxy.html
3. Web Resources:
The following metasites concerning the history of disease may be useful for starting your research:
Last updated:
July, 2003
URL: http://library.nyu.edu/research/rg80.html
Questions/Comments:
Susan Kaplan Jacobs
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Andrew Lee
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