Sts body mind
Transcript of Sts body mind
Wikipedia?
• Maybe, but…• Who authored that article (who is the authority standing behind the
article)?• Is it an article in “good standing?” • Are the references truly useful, or are they unclear and filled with
broken links? • Can you cite it as a source? What if the content changes? (What does
that do to the quality of your citation)?
Use with caution (or use something better)• Wikipedia can sometimes be a good place to start, but you should
follow the references to the actual, cite-able source of the information.
• Some Wikipedia articles aren’t very good. How will you know?
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_disability
• Research libraries have better, more authoritative sources!
Step 1. Find Background Information
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Don’t enter your search here!
Instead, search within this book
Open PDF to read chapter
From the entry on “epilepsy” in the Cambridge World History of Human Disease.
This book – On the Sacred Disease– might be a great primary source on the understanding of epilepsy in antiquity! Does the Cornell Library own it?
Step 2: Search the Library Catalog
• Try the exact title – On the Sacred Disease
• If this doesn’t work, open the Guided Keyword Search and search for some of the key words, e.g. sacred disease
Could this be it?
To see a title’s contents, open the Long View
You can also search by Subject Heading
Step 3: Search Databases
• Search discipline-specific databases to find articles
• Database: History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Other valuable databases!
• Proquest Historical Newspapers – Hit “Pause” and watch this Screencast• Proquest American Periodicals• North American Women's Letters & Diaries -- Colonial to 1950• Everyday Life & Women in American: 1800 - 1920• And many more!
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