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Assignment Guide

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RSPT 2210
Cardiopulmonary Disease

Fiona B. Campbell

The best library assignments are those that use a variety of resources including books, newspaper and journal articles, internet sites, and even videos or audiocassettes. We encourage you to use all of these sources for this paper. Books should provide some excellent background on your topic. You may apply for a library card and request materials online. We hope you will take full advantage of the many resources our libraries offer.

Please contact Lone Star College-Kingwood Librarians or Professor Campbell with any questions you may have during your research.

ASSIGNMENT:

Each student will prepare a research paper concerning a respiratory disease that will be assigned in the first week. This paper must incorporate the pathophysiology, prevention, pharmacological treatment, and therapeutic interventions of this disease process.

Requirements for the paper:

The research paper MUST be a minimum of five typed pages in length.
Use 12 point font with double spacing and standard margins.
No handwritten papers will be accepted. They will be returned for word processing.
This paper must be cited using APA format and contain a reference page with a minimum of five references (APA format style guide) as follows:
- two (2) books
- two (2) medical journals
- one (1) on-line source such asThe American Lung Association or other official support group; pages associated with a hospital/clinic or peer-reviewed web pages.
- It is acceptable to use your textbooks in addition to the above types of references.

See your syllabus for the grading criteria of the Research Paper. Due date for the paper is October 15, 2007.

Contact your professor, Fiona B. Campbell, for questions about your assignment.

Librarian Talk about Books!

Apply online for a library card. Use your card to
1) Place a Hold on a book
2) Access databases from home.
The catalog is online. This includes all Lone Star College System college libraries as well as Montgomery County public libraries. The library catalog also contains links to eBooks through NetLibrary.
NetLibrary - is a library of online books available on or off campus. It is a library on your computer.

BOOKS

Suggested Reference Books

RC 735 .I5 K32 The Essentials of Respiratory Care- By Robert M. Kacmarek, Steven Dimas, Craid W. Mack. Includes respiratory therapy, respiration and respiratory organs, diseases and treatment.

RC 941 .C5675 Chest Medicine: essentials of pumonary and critical care medicine Ed. Ronald B. George et. al. Includes information on the respiratory system. Of special interest for this assignment are sections on respiratory tract infections, occupational and environmental lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary thromboembolism and other pulmonary vascular diseases, and more.

Circulating Books

RC 735 .R48 P54 Managment of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient - By Lynelle N. B. Pierce - Includes information on respiratory intensive care, respiratory therapy, respirators and artificial respiration.

Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery [electronic resource] Ed. by Raymond Cartier.This ebook is available through NetLibrary. Locate the book record in the catalog. Open to the description of the book, click on the URL to view the book on your computer. From home you will be asked for your library card.

Journals in the Library

American Journal of Respiratory andCritical Care Medicine: an offical journal of the American Thoracic Society, Medical section of the America Lung Association. Located on the Current Journals shelves near the Library entrance. This publication is not available in the library databases.

AARC Times - American Association for Respiratory Care times. Located on the Current Journals shelves near the Library entrance. This publication is not available in the library databases.

Check our online catalog or search NetLibrary to find titles like these. Focus on aging in general or search for specific diseases or concerns:

JOURNALS: Finding current articles using databases

Librarian talk about Finding Journal Articles!

As you begin, narrow your topic to a size that you can manage. Consider keywords that will help you find the information you need. These can be names of a specific respiratory diseases, or broader identifying terms such as respiratory care, respiratory disease, or lung disease. Use these keywords for locating information in the library catalog, electronic databases, and on the internet. Keywords will include the name of the disease your have chosen, signs and symptoms, treatment, therapy, drugs or psychopharmacologic treatment, and interventions; also consider the age of the population you are focusing on.

Electronic databases are purchased by the libraries for your research use to find articles in newspapers and journals, letters, reference books, illustrations, photographs and more. If you want an article that is not full-text, please email the correct bibliographic information to our Reference Librarians and they will see that you get the article. The libraries need full bibliographic information - plus your name and address. Send your phone number and email as well, so you can be contacted.

From home, use your library card number to login to these online journal databases.

You may not need all of these databases for this assignment, however, they are all useful and commonly seen in educational and professional offices. Try them out so that you will become familiar with them.

Academic Search Complete - Collection of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles. Limit to "Scholarly (Peer reviewed) Journals" if professional journal articles are required.

Alt HealthWatch - Broad coverage of alternative and complmentary healthcare from full-text research journals, pamplets, reports, proceedings and consumer health newsletters.

CINAHL - (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature with Full Text) - Clinical trials, legal cases and more with indexing from 1937 to date; focus on nursing, but also includes dental hygiene and respiratory & occupational therapy.

Health & Wellness Resource Center - Full-text articles, books, pamphlets, and reports on health and psychology.

Health Reference Center Academic - Full-text articles from journals, and more on health, medicine and psychology.

Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition - Scholarly journal articles for nursing and allied health; also included are drug monographs for herbal and nutritional supplements, and over-the-counter and new prescription drugs.

ProQuest Research Library - Collection of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles. Limit to "Scholarly journals including peer reviewed" if scholarly or professional journal articles are required.

INTERNET

Librarian Talk about the Internet!

The Internet will be a wonderful source of original documents. Browse the sites we have suggested below. Remember, you do want to find reputable sites. Look at:

Accuracy - The information should be researched and show proof that it has been.
Source - Who wrote the information? Look at the domain. - .edu .gov .org .net - are valid research sources.
Authority - What are the author's credentials? (Don't quote from another college freshman's paper.)
Coverage - Does the page have the information you need for your research?
Objectivity - If a work shows bias, use it - just make sure your professor knows YOU know. And offer both sides of issues, where applicable.

Also search for keyterms in combination with 'organizations', 'links', etc.

American Lung Association - This site is full of information from the ALA and is aimed at all users. The mission of the American Lung Association® is to prevent lung disease and promote lung health.

Center for Disease Control: Respiratory and Enteric Viruses Branch - Use the search box to find relevant articles and links from this government agency.

NIOSH Occupational Respiratory Disease - Work Related Lung Disease World Surveillance System, also a CDC site.

Medline Plus: Lung Diseases - Consumer health and disease information from the National Library of Medicine includes full-text journal articles, news and links to reliable information from government agencies, hospitals and other health organizations.

National Cancer Institute - Lung Cancer Home Page - This government organization deals with all types of cancer. Information on the web page includes treatments, clinical trials, prevention, research, statistics, and screening and testing.

GETTING HELP FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Citing Sources Using the Library APA Style Guide | Lone Star College-Kingwood Library guide. Examples of both paper and electronic citations.

Avoiding Plagiarism | Excellent information and guide on how to avoid plagiarism from the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University.

University of Texas Copyright Crash Course | This helpful guide on copyright is suggested by Lone Star College-Kingwood Teaching and Learning Center.

Learning Center | Check the hours for in-house tutoring.

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