phone: 814-865-3713
Life Sciences Library
408 Paterno Library
Nancy Henry
Title: Health Sciences Librarian
phone: 814-865-3713
Life Sciences Library
408 Paterno Library
Don't forget: Try These First if you want general popular interest magazines and newspapers or pro and con debate information.
Article Search Tips: Finding the best articles on your topic requires a number of steps:
Get the full text: Once you find the citation in a database, try the Get It! button to see if Penn State has the electronic or print version of the article you need. If the electronic version is available, it will appear as the first link on the Get it! menu. If the article is not available electronically, click on The CAT link to automatically search our catalog and see if Penn State has a print copy. If no other copy is available, you can use the ILLiad link to request it from another library.
Already have a citation? Use Citation Linker to see if Penn State has it online or in print!
Use The CAT for finding books owned by Penn State.
CAT Search Tips: Go to the Browse function if you are looking for a specific title or author (type last name first). Go to the Keyword function and combine terms to search on a topic then use the subject headings from relevant books for additional search terms. Write down the call number and location for any book you want.
Quick Guide to Searching the CAT (HTML version) or Quick Guide to Searching in the CAT(easy-print PDF version).
Suggested CAT Search Terms: Search for specific diseases (i.e. alcoholism, diabetes or hiv), broad concepts (i.e. addiction, drug abuse, drug interactions, genetic disorders, health education, health promotion, human disease, smoking or tobacco use), drug categories (i.e. hallucinogens or narcotics) or specific drugs (i.e. nicotine or marijuana).
Call Numbers: Biobehavioral Health sciences information is multi-disciplinary in nature. As a result, materials will be located on the 2nd, 4th and 5th floors of the Paterno Library. Unless an alternate floor is indicated in the call number list that follows, materials are located on the 4th floor of Paterno:
Full text books online: Annual Reviews, MD-Consult, NCBI Bookshelf, Online Reference Shelf, SpringerLink, STAT!Ref
Books elsewhere: NLM Gateway, WorldCat
Libraries Borrowing Policies: Once you have the books, check them out at the nearest lending desk or self check-out station. Loan periods are usually four weeks but books can be recalled for another user, so respond promptly to library notices. For more information see the University Libraries Lending Code.
To evaluate print sources and web sites, you should ask a series of questions concerning the source’s currency, authority, validity, intended audience and bias. See this How to Evaluate Information site for details.
When using information from another source you must give credit to the original author or you are plagiarizing. You give credit by citing the source. Make sure your citation contains everything you would need to backtrack and find the information again. It is best to pick one citation style and be consistent. Check this Quick Guide to Citation Styles for details and format.
Plagiarism, whether you copy a paragraph from a book or cut and paste someone else's words from an e-mail, is a violation of Penn State's academic integrity policy. See this Statement on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty.
