Genetic Disorders Research Pathfinder

Good Places to Start

Reference Materials

Web Portals

Scirus

Library Hints

Citing Help

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Pathfinders are pages that offer students selected resources in a variety of media on a topic they are researching. They provide a head start for students as they begin their research project.

Good Places to Start:

Subjects and keywords to search:

genetic diseases
specific disease

Use Web Collection Plus:
Use the RAL Library Catalog online to search our library, the Public Library and Mark Morris. Unfortunately, the St. John Library is not online, but you can use the library to 4:30 P.M. daily.

Online Searching Tips

Use WWW search strategies that give the best results:

Use "quotations marks" around names with two or more proper nouns:
Search without quotation marks: fanconi anemia	Search with quotations marks: "fanconi anemia"
Search with all the words is NOT as good as.....	...searching with exact phrase: Cri Du Chat Syndrome
Use AND when combining two different terms:
achondroplasia"Civil Rights"
achondroplasia Civil Rights	achondroplasia AND "Civil Rights"

 

Web Portals on Genetic Disorders:

• Your Genes, Your Health: A Multimedia Guide to Genetic Disorders
  http://www.yourgenesyourhealth.org/
• Genetic Disorders
  http://medlineplus.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticdisorders.html
• Genes and Disease
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd
• Developmental Genome Anatomy Project: Information for Patients and Their Families
  http://www.bwhpathology.org/dgap/
• Genetics Home Reference
  http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/page/Home
• Diseases and Conditions: the Mayo Clinic
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex
• What are Genetic Disorders?
  http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd/
• Yahoo Health: Genetic Disorders
  http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Genetic _Disorders
• Genetic and Rare Conditions Site
  http://www.kumc.edu/gec/support/
• Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects
  http://geneinfo.medlib.iupui.edu/
• Hello Dolly, a Webquest
• http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/dolly/
• Bioethics.net: The American Journal of Bioethics
  http://www.bioethics.net/404.php
• Blazing a Genetics Trail (a pdf file, 8 mb)
  http://www.hhmi.org/genetictrail/
• Cytogenetics Gallery at UofW
  http://www.pathology.washington.edu/galleries/Cytogallery/
• Linked and Sex-Linked Genes
  http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/sex-link.htm
• Genetics Education Center
  http://www.kumc.edu/gec/
• Genetics Practice Problems
  http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio105/geneprob.htm

Search Engines:

Find the search engine that best fits your needs.
Use this link for descriptions and direct links:
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Reminders about Using the RAL Library:

• Library hours are 7:20 AM - 2:50 PM. If Mrs. Enders stays later, you are welcomed to stay, as long as she does not have to feed you, do your assignment for you, or bring you the telephone. (Quality chocolate may vary those guidelines).
• You do not need to reshelve books. Just put by the circulation computer.
• You can reserve an item, but don't forget to pick it up.
• All reserved materials are checked out overnight only, after 6th period.
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• Photocopies are 5 cents each. I like using this option myself. Remember to copy the title page, penciling in the copyright date.
• Printing from computers: use directions in each database to save paper. Ask for help. We like to help.
• If you only need 1 or 2 paragraphs of a multi-paged database article, create a "Notes" document for each source.
• Picture printing costs $.25-1.00 a sheet.

Citing Sources:

• EasyBib
  http://www.easybib.com/
  Online bibliography maker, and citation lists can be saved to their site. But you need to remember your document number.
• Citation Machine
  http://citationmachine.net/
  Stricter MLA style than EasyBib. Less formats available. Endnoting also created for your source.
  

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Created 9 Dec 2005, modified 14 Nov 2007
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