AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) Research Paper

BACKGROUND

The AIDS epidemic has existed in the United States for over fifteen years and a solution to the crisis is nowhere in sight. Hope is fading for an AIDS vaccine to be developed in the near future. No longer solely a disease of homosexuals, AIDS infects all populations. Scientists, however, are still determined to focus their efforts on HIV virus research.

BROWSE FOR BOOKS ON THE SHELF USING THESE CALL NUMBERS

616.9–616.9792

362.1969–362.19892

LOOK UNDER THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS IN THE CATALOG (CARD OR COMPUTER)

AIDS (Disease)

Try one of the many subject headings beginning AIDS (Disease); e.g., AIDS (Disease)—History.

USE PAMPHLET FILE (ALSO CALLED VERTICAL FILE) UNDER THE HEADING

AIDS

REFERENCE MATERIALS THAT MAY HELP (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

CQ Researcher, December 25, 1992; April 21, 1995.

Huber, Jeffrey T., ed. How to Find Information about AIDS, 1992.

Kloser, Patricia, and Jane MacLean Craig. The Woman’s HIV Sourcebook, 1994.

World Health Organization. AIDS: Images of the Epidemic, 1994.

General encyclopedias

PERIODICAL INDEXES TO SEARCH (BOOKS OR CD-ROMS)

EBSCO Magazine Article Summaries

InfoTrac

NewsBank and other newspaper indexes

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

SIRS (Social Issues Resources Series)

WILSONDISC

ONLINE DATABASES TO SEARCH

America Online

CompuServe

Dialog
Internet

Prodigy

KEY WORDS AND DESCRIPTORS FOR PERIODICAL INDEX AND ONLINE SEARCHES

AIDS

HIV virus

AIDS patients

VIDEOTAPES ON THIS TOPIC

Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt. Direct Cinema, 1994.

And the Band Played On. HBO Video, 1993.

Time Out: The Truth about HIV, AIDS, and You. Paramount, 1992.

FICTION BOOKS RELATING TO TOPIC

Kerr, M. E. Night Kites, 1986.

Miklowitz, Gloria D. Good-Bye Tomorrow, 1987.

Nelson, Theresa. Earthshine, 1994.

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTACT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

AIDS Action Council, 1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Ste. 700, Washington, DC 20009.

American Foundation for AIDS Research, 733 Third Ave., 12th Fl., New York, NY 10017.

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849–6003.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NARROWING THIS TOPIC

Examine the social aspects of the AIDS epidemic.

Discuss AIDS prevention.

Discuss treatment for AIDS.

Research AIDS in adolescents and/or children.

What is the AIDS quilt and why is it important?

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELATED TOPICS

Epidemics in history; e.g., bubonic plague, flu, ebola virus.

AIDS activists

Chlamydia

Famous victims of AIDS; e.g., Ryan White, Magic Johnson, Arthur Ashe

Gay rights

Herpes

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