Communicable Diseases Pathfinder
Cathleen J. Horn
Centerville City Schools – CRC
Communicable Disease Project
Grades 9 & 10
Biology
Communicable Diseases
This pathfinder is created to help Mr. Hughes and his students find quality information on this topic.
Dewey Numbers:
614
614.5
616
616.01-616.99
R 610.3 – medical encyclopedias
R 613 – health care
R 616 – encyclopedias of disease
Subject headings: Diseases, Communicable diseases, specific diseases (e.g. Influenza, Chicken Pox, etc)
Books:
614.4 ALT
Altman, Linda Jacobs. Plague and pestilence: a history of infectious disease
614.4
Hoff, Brent H. Mapping epidemics: a historical atlas of disease
614.4 YOU
Yount, Lisa. Epidemics
614.5 OLE
Oleksy, Walter G., 1930-. The black plague
615.9 LAT
Latta, Sara L. Food poisoning and foodborne diseases
616 HYD
Hyde, Margaret O. The disease book: a kid's guide
616 ZIM
Zimmerman, Barry E. Killer Germs: microbes and diseases that threaten humanity
616.01 LOC
Locke, David M. Virus diseases: a layman's handbook
616.2 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Asthma
616.2 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Common cold and flu
616.3 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Hepatitis
616.9 DRA
Draper, Allison Stark. Ebola
616.9 FAR
Farrell, Jeanette. Invisible enemies: stories of infectious disease
616.9 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Chickenpox and shingles
616.9 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Measles and rubella
616.9 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Rabies
616.9 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Tuberculosis
616.9 VEG
Veggeberg, Scott. Lyme disease
616.925 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Mononucleosis
616.925 SMA
Smart, P. (Paul), 1957-. Everything you need to know about mononucleosis
616.95 LIT
Little, Marjorie. Sexually transmitted diseases
616.95 TOC
Tocci, Salvatore. Sexually transmitted diseases
616.97 MAN
Manning, Karen. AIDS : can this epidemic be stopped?
R 610.3 MAC
Macmillan health encyclopedia
R 616 DIS
Bunch,
R 616 EVE
Everything you need to know about diseases
R 616 HUM
Human diseases and conditions (3 vol.)
R 616 SIC
SICK! : Diseases and disorders, injuries and infections (4 vol.)
Websites:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
MEDLINE PLUS – Encyclopedia of Diseases HINT: use the search box at the top left corner to find info on your disease
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/communicable_diseases/en/index.htm
New York State Department of Health – Fact sheets on
communicable diseases
http://www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/
Hint: Scroll ALL THE WAY DOWN to “Communicable disease fact
sheets” for an alphabetized list
http://dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/
Open Directory’s – Diseases
Use the search box to find info on your disease
Search engines
Dogpile search engine – searches
several engines at the same time.
Google search engine