This research guide includes a selection of resources from the CCAC Library that should be helpful for the disease/disorder research project. Most of these are available to students from on and off campus. Help is available in the library and online (check the help tab for details.)
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Credo is an excellent all-around reference database and its collection of medical resources will provide great background information on many diseases. Show me how
You can use Salem Health collection to find excellent overviews of many genetic disorders. If you don't know much about your selected disorder, this can be a good starting point.
Ultimately, it’s your responsibility to evaluate the quality of any information before using it it a paper, presentation, or some other project.
As a starting point, consider evaluating the authority, objectivity, and currency of sources. Look at the items below for more details and example questions that you can ask when evaluating sources such as books, articles, and websites.
You can describe a source as being objective if it fairly represents various sides of an argument or issue. A source that promotes or favors one side of an argument can be described as biased or an opinionated work.
View our concise APA handout (PDF) and the guide to citing in-text (PDF).
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