Infectious Diseases
A pathfinder for grades 8-12 

Infectious Diseases are also known as Communicable Diseases. There are many books, magazine articles and Internet sites with information on this important health problem. Just follow the suggestions listed below to find answers to your questions or to start your school reports.

Good books to start with.

There are several excellent reference books about Infectious Diseases. Use the index of the book to find the words in the boxes below or ask your librarian to help you use the book. Most reference books cannot be checked out. 

1. R J 616 D - Bunch, Bryan H. Diseases. Danbury, CT: Grolier Educational, 1977. 
2. R 616.9 T939 - Turkington, Carol. Encyclopedia of Infectious Diseases. New York: Facts on File Inc., 1998. 
3. J 616.9 H - Harris, Jacqueline L. Communicable Diseases. New York: Twenty-First Century Books, 1993.

How can I learn more about Infectious Diseases?

To learn more about Infectious Diseases, you will need to use the following important words:

Communicable Diseases	Infection	AIDS
Mononucleosis	Malaria	Tuberculosis

Call numbers to locate other books on this subject: 

613 
614.4 
614.549 
616.01 
616.9 
616.936

You can use the keywords above to learn more about Infectious Diseases. Go to http://www.library.torrnet.com/  and click on NEW! Online Catalog of Books, Videos, CDs, DVDs & More

In the light blue search box, decide what you will search for: 

Subject 
Word or phrase 
Author 
Title 
Series 
Periodical title (Magazines and newspapers are periodicals)

Next, if you add the keywords juvenile literature to one of the keywords in the boxes above, you will find non-fiction items that the library has. If you add the keywords juvenile fiction to one of the keywords in the boxes above, you will find fiction items that the library has.

Where else can I learn more about Infectious Diseases?

Go to http://www.library.torrnet.com/  and click on Magazines, Newspapers and other databases to get to the following databases where you can find information from magazines and newspapers:

• Health Source-Consumer Edition 
  Full-text articles on health related subjects.
  Access is available from home and work for this database.  Instructions are available at all library facilities.
• SIRS Researcher 
  Full-text articles on health, science and other current topics.
  Access is available from home and work for this database.  Instructions are available at all library facilities.

Websites: 

• Center for Disease Control. 
  Journal for emerging diseases, those on the rise in the last 20 years.
• Yahooligans  
  The Internet search engine for Elementary and Middle School. Type the subject "infectious diseases".
• Communicable Disease Prevention & Control. 
  Information on many different diseases focusing on the most recent outbreaks all over the world.

Torrance Public Library--Youth Services
(310) 618-5964
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