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Biology 377::Immunology::Fall 03
Course Research Guide

Yvonne Nalani Meulemans
Science Librarian
Kellogg Library 3421
ymeulema@csusm.edu
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For this course, you are expected to conduct further research into an immunological topic of your choice. This site will link you to resources that will facilitate your research.

Basic Reference
Books
Journal Articles
Citing your information

 

Basic Reference
Below are some materials worth consulting for basic information on a particular topic in immunology.
 

 

Books
Book materials provide overviews of issues and virtually always have bibliographies, endnotes, or footnotes that direct you to other information; including scholarly articles.

  • If we don't have an item you can request through The Circuit San Diego Library Consortium.
  • Search under a particular disorder in keyword (consider ALL variations)
  • If you retrieve too many, add the terms 'immunology' or 'immunological'
  • Click on any of the subject headings below to view the library's collection in this area.
  • Click on The Circuit San Diego Library Consortium to view what other university libraries in San Diego have on a topic.

-- See also  Antigen-antibody reactions

-- See also  Blood platelets Immunology

 

-- See also  Cellular recognition

 

-- See also  Clinical immunology

 

-- See also  Developmental immunology

 

-- See also  Immune response

 

Here are entered general works on the total response of the body to invasion by micro-organisms, organ transplants or any antigenic substance. General works on various types of immunity, e.g. natural immunity, cellular immunity, etc. are entered under Immunity

 

-- See also  Immune system

 

-- See also  Immunity

 

Here are entered general works on various types of immunity, e.g. natural immunity, cellular immunity, etc. General works on the total response of the body to invasion by micro-organisms, organ transplants or any antigenic substance are entered under Immune response

 

-- See also  Immunoassay

 

-- See also  Immunogenetics

 

-- See also  Immunologic diseases

 

-- See also  Immunological tolerance
--subdivision Trypanotolerance under individual animals, e.g. Cattle--Trypanotolerance

 

-- See also  Immunologists

 

-- See also  Immunopathology

 

-- See also  Immunopharmacology

 

-- See also  Immunotechnology

 

-- See also  Mast cells Immunology

 

-- See also  Neuroimmunology

 

-- See also  Phagocytosis

 

-- See also  Transplantation immunology
--subdivision Transplantation--Immunological aspects under individual parts of the body,
e.g. Heart--Transplantation--Immunological aspects

 

 

Journal Articles
As a science major, you should be familiar with the following databases. Start your search with PubMed and then search the smaller databases CSUSM Library subscribes to find if we have the full-text of the article.

 
PubMed
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, provides access to the literature in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, public health, and pre-clinical sciences. Created for the health professional.

ScienceDirect
Provides full text access to over 1,000 journals covering all fields of science.

Wiley Interscience
Access to abstracts and full text for about 300 mainly science related journals. It includes life sciences, chemistry, physics, mathematics, psychology, earth sciences, and business among others.

Kluwer Journals (OVID)
Database with full-text from nearly 800 journals in the sciences, business, and psychology.

Basic Biosis
Abstracts for articles in basic life science journals used by undergraduates.

 


 

Research Tip: Strategies for searching article databases

 

Citing Your Information

The Council of Biology Editors produces a guide to appropriate scientific style. If you are a Biology major, you ought to have your own copy of it:

  Book Cover Scientific style and format : the CBE manual for authors, editors, and publishers. 6th ed. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

If you need some quick help, the following are web sites on CBE citation style: