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AIDS and HIV
Encyclopedias | Indexes
| Statistics | Other
Libraries | Internet
See also guides on Bioethics
and Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual
Studies.
Encyclopedias and handbooks can provide useful descriptions,
overviews, and lists of references.
The Moral Imagination: Confronting the Ethical Issues of
Our Day (Green Library Information Center BJ1031.T57 1995)
Though not an encyclopedia, this book tries "to collect the best
arguments on all sides of the debates over abortion , suicide, euthanasia,
capital punishment, and racial justice."
AIDS: Crisis in America, 2nd ed. (Green
Library Information Center RA644 A25H655 1998) contains history,
biographical sketches of important figures, statistics, laws, organizations,
bibliography, glossary, index.
AIDS Information Sourcebook, 1991/92 (Green Library
Information Center RC607.A26 A3475) gives chronology, glossary,
statistics, comprehensive listing of organizations, by state and
specialty.
AIDS : Opposing Viewpoints (Green Library Information Center
RA644 .A25 A36477 1998)
Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific
Record of the HIV Epidemic (Green Library Information Center
RA644 .A25 E53 1998)
The AIDS Dictionary (Green Library Information Center RC607
.A26 W383 1998)
A Guide to
the Clinical Care of Women with HIV (Internet resource)
Indexes (in paper and electronic formats) can help you identify
articles in magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals and other
resources. Those restricted to the Stanford community are marked
with the icon. Choose the after
a database name to see it's help. For other indexes see the
Databases A-Z and Green Library
CD-ROMs lists.
Medline
is available through PubMed.
It is also available through OCLC,
Ovid, and NLM
Gateway.
Women Studies Abstracts (1972+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center Z7962/W65; 1984+ also in
Women's Studies International on the Web ) indexes
feminist and scholarly books and periodicals.
Women's Studies Index (1989+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center HQ1180.W68; also on Web as Women's
Studies on Disc) indexes a wide range of periodicals.
Contemporary Women's
Issues (1992+, full-text via the Web) reports, articles,
and newsletters on issues affecting women. 
Gender
Watch (1982+) fulltext articles, newsletters, reports
focused on gender and women's issues.
Anthropology Plus
(1984+)
Expanded
Academic ASAP
general index to over 1500 magazines with some fulltext. (1980+)
Click Proceed.
LexisNexis
Academic - selected Lexis-Nexis files especially good
for fulltext news, business, and law information. Limited to
Stanford students, faculty, and staff.
Alternative
Press Index (1991+ available on the Web ; 1969-71; 1974+
shelved at Green Library Information Center Z7164.S66A5) indexes
periodicals devoted to social change, including some gay/lesbian
periodicals.
Alt-PressWatch
provides fulltext of "a collection of newspapers, magazines
and journals of the alternative and independent press."
Policy File:
Public Policy Research and Analysis - collects data from world renowned
public policy think tanks.
PsycArticles
Fulltext Search fulltext of articles in journals published
by the American Psychological Association.
Psycinfo
(1887+) indexes and abstracts books, periodicals and other literature
in psychology. Also Available from
OVID.
Social
Science Module from ProQuest - fulltext of journals in the
social sciences.
Social Sciences and Humanities Index (formerly International
Index to Periodicals) 1907-1974. (Green Library Information
Center AI3.S6)
Social Sciences Index, 1974+ (Green Library Information
Center AI3S62) Author/subject index to periodicals in fields such
as anthropology, economics, family studies, geography, international
relations, law and criminology, political science, policy studies,
psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
Sociological
Abstracts (1963+) (1952-1973 shelved at Green Library
Information Center HM1.S67) Indexes articles concerned spectrum
of social behavior (individuals, small groups, large organizations,
communities, institutions, and societies). Covers sociology and
related disciplines such as anthropology, criminology, law, social
psychology, urban studies, race relations, demography, and education.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (Green Library
Information Center Ready Reference HA202.A483) published
annually, it gathers together a wealth of statistical information
from a variety of governmental and non-governmental sources.
HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report (Green Library Information
Center Statistics RA644 .A25 A431 2002)
Report
of the New York City Commission on HIV/AIDS October 2005
California
HIV/AIDS Epidemiologic Fact Sheets
HIV/AIDS Among
African Americans
National
HIV Prevalence Survey: 1997 Summary
In addition to the resources in Green, you may well want to use
the resources of other libraries on campus, especially:
AIDSinfo (U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services)
AIDS.org
AEGis: AIDS Education Global Information
System
AfroAIDSinfo
UNAIDS
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