Methuen High School Media Center--Methuen, MA
they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their research
project.
Human Sexuality
To find books in the MHS Media
Center, open Spectrum (the electronic card catalog) located on the student
desktop. Type in the topic you want to search. If you don't already
have a
topic, you can find some lists of books on Human Sexuality by typing in:
Sex
Sexual Ethics
Human Behavior
Teenagers--Health and Hygiene
Teenagers--Sexual Behavior
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Women--Health and Hygiene
Some titles we have are:
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306.7 BEC |
Beckman, Wendy Hart. Dating, Relationships, and Sexuality: What Teens Should Know . Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2006. |
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306.7 TEE |
Teen Sexuality: Opposing Viewpoints. Farmington Hills, MI: Greenhaven, 2006. |
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613 OUR |
Our Bodies, Ourselves : A New Edition for a New Era. 35th ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005 |
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616.95 SEX |
Sexually transmitted diseases.
Detroit: Gale Cenage Learning, 2009. |
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REF 610.3 MAG |
Brown, Brandon P. . Magill's Medical Guide. 6th ed. (6 vol.) Pasadena, CA: Salem, 2010. |
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REF 613 BOD |
Body Information for Teens: Health Tips for Maintaining Well-being for a Lifetime. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2007. |
SELECTED WEB SITES
Center for
Disease Control
The U.S. Government's Center for
Disease Control offers a look at health and illness through an
A-Z index. Excellent and trustworthy information.
WEBMD
A comprehensive index of diseases and conditions from A-Z.
National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/
Information on food allergies,
STDs, HIV/AIDS, influenza and other diseases.
Asthma and COPD
http://www.aaaai.org/
Comprehensive coverage of asthma includes management, asthma
in adults, in children, research and
publications
National Institutes of
Health
http://health.nih.gov/
Health information on body systems, wellness, conditions and diseases.
Autoimmune Disorders -- National
Institutes of Health
http://www.niams.nih.gov/
MEDLINE Plus Medical Encyclopedia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
Excellent medical
encyclopedia. Search for your cancer topic and you will get
an excellent article that covers all aspects of that particular cancer.
Cancer.gov
http://www.cancer.gov/
From the National Cancer Institute this page has links to excellent information
about all types of cancers, including breast cancer and prostate cancer.
Resolve--The National Infertility
Association
Lots of information about fertility and infertility including surrogate parenting
and
infertility in men and women.
ONLINE RESOURCES
InfoTrac® PowerSearch
Contains databases of magazine articles, a biography resource, and health and business references.
Try:
Health and Wellness. 1980-present.
Information from trusted medical reference materials, health/medical journals, videos, pamphlets.
Health Reference Center Academic. 1980-present.
provides access to the full text of nursing and allied health journals.
eLibrary
[in library]
[from home]
Full text database
of magazine and newspaper articles, TV and radio transcripts,
pictures and maps. Find full text, up-to-date, published articles.
ProQuest (Massachusetts Newsstand)
Newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
Boston Herald (1991 - current), and several other Massachusetts newspapers.
Salem Health (ask librarian for password)
Includes: *Genetics
*Psychology & Mental Health
*Magill's Medical Guide, 6th ed.
CITING SOURCE
- Using MLA Style to Cite and
Document Sources
http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/
- OWL Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
- NoodleBib
http://www.noodletools.com/login.php
Online tool to assist you in citing your sources easily and correctly in the MLA style format.
Using these links
indicates the user is leaving
the district server and that linked material
is not necessarily approved by the district.
Edited by Media Staff
09/30/10
Date last edited