Epidemics

Before you begin, think about the focus of your paper. You may want to consider historical epidemics, the effects of epidemics, vaccine supplies, or the likelihood of future epidemics. Will you focus on one disease or discuss the differences between different diseases?

Books at the Park Forest Public Library:

AIDS (Y 616.97 AID)
AIDS/HIV (Ref 362.1 AID 2008)

The Black Death, 1346-1353: The Complete History by Ole Jorgen Benedictow (614.5732 BEN)

The Devil's Flu: The World's Deadliest Influenza Epidemic and the Scientific Hunt for the Virus that Caused It by Pete Davies (614.518 DAV)

The Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases by Carol Turkington (Ref 616.9 TUR)

Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It by Gina Bari Kolata (LT 614.518 KOL)

Global Epidemics (614.4 GLO)

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston (614.57 PRE)

Infectious Diseases Sourcebook (Ref 616.9 INF)

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic by Stephanie True Peters (616.518 PET)

Pandemics by Debra A. Miller (Y 618.92 MIL)

Secret Agents: The Menace of Emerging Infections by Madeline Drexler (614.4 DRE)

Smallpox in the New World by Stephanie True Peters (616.912 PET)

When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Smallpox, AIDS by James Giblin (Y 614.49 GIB)

Databases:

EBSCO: Student Research Center, Points of View, Consumer Health Complete, EBSCOhost: MasterFILE, Newspaper Source Plus, Science Reference Center, History Reference Center

Gale: History Resource Center, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, Science Resource Center

Keyword Suggestions: Epidemic, Pandemic, Swine Flu, Spanish Flu, Bird Flu, H1N1, Mad Cow, AIDS, Ebola, Plague, Smallpox, Whooping Cough

Limit Suggestions: Full text, peer-reviewed

Narrow results by subject: Epidemics, Pandemics, Influenza, Avian Influenza, Swine Influenza

Internet Resources:

National Archives and Records Administration: The Influenza Epidemic of 1918
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/influenza-epidemic
This government Web site has images and documents from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic (Spanish Flu).

World Health Organization: Diseases Covered by Global Alert and Response
http://www.who.int/csr/disease/en
Access current updates on outbreaks of disease throughout the world

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov/
Get updates on various diseases and on vaccine information

Harvard University Library Open Collections Program: Contagion
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/contagion
Access historical perspectives on the science and public policy of epidemiology.