Topics in Immunology
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Finding Article Citations | Getting Articles | Web Sites | Citing Sources

 Finding Article Citations

Online Journals in Immunology

• Annual Review of Immunology (Source for Review Articles)
  1997 to present in Wilson Select Full Text Plus
  1996 to present in Annual Reviews
• Cellular Immunology
  1993 to present in AP Ideal - Academic Press
  1995 to present in Ingenta Select
• Clinical Immunology
  1996 to present in Ingenta Select
  1999 to present in AP Ideal - Academic Press
• Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology
  1993 to 1998 in AP Ideal - Academic Press
• International Immunology
  1994 to 01/01/2001 in ProQuest Research Library
• Seminars in Immunology
  1993 to present in AP Ideal - Academic Press
  1996 to present in Ingenta Select
• New England Journal of Medicine
  (password required - enter your henson username and password to access site)
  01/01/1993 to present in nejm.org
• JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association
  01/02/1991 to present in ProQuest Research Library
  01/07/1998 to present in Journals of the American Medical Association
  12/01/1987 to 07/01/2002 in Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Health Reference Center Academic and InfoTrac OneFile

HighWire Press
Science and Medicine journals, some free full text.
6 free trials
20 free journals
144 free back issues

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Getting Articles

Do you have access to a journal?  

1.) Ariadne (print)

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate print journal

2.) Electronic Journal Finder (online)

• Title search on Title of the Journal to locate article in a Full Text Database

3.) WestCat - Western Michigan's catalog

• Title search on Title of the Journal
• Waldo Library - Hours and How to get to Western

4.) Interlibrary Loan

• Order item through Interlibrary Loan
  ($1 per filled request waived during Library Renovation)
• Use *only* when the journal is not available through Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.

Useful sources in Reference:

• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, RC46 .H333 1998
• Illustrated dictionary of immunology, QR180.4 .C78 2003
• Encyclopedia of immunology, QR180.4 .E53 1998

Web Sites

Textbook:
Immunology, Goldsby, Richard A.; New York : W.H. Freeman, 5th ed. 2003

Your textbook gives useful websites at the end of each chapter. They are also listed on the website for the textbook. You may find them at:

Immunology: Useful Web-sites

Web site for Textbook:
Immunology, 5th edition

Use these points to evaluate the credibility of Websites:

1. Accuracy
How reliable is the information? Are there editors and fact checkers?
2. Authority
What are the author's qualifications? Is the publisher reputable?
3. Objectivity
Is the author trying to sway opinion? Is the information free from bias?
4. Currency
Is the publication date indicated? Is the source up to date?
5. Coverage
Does the site cover the topic comprehensively, or are there information gaps?

Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:

• Evaluating Web Resources
  Widener University Library
• Evaluating Information Found on the Internet
  Johns Hopkins University Library
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, or Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Resources
  New Mexico State University Library
• Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources
  UCLA College Library

 Citing Your Sources

Documenting all of the resources used in the development of your work is an important part of research. The purpose of citing sources is to give weight and substance to your findings and to give credit to the authors of these sources. To cite properly, you must provide complete bibliographic information according to an established format.