Pathfinder for Biology:

Sample Research Resources for Genetic Disorders
Research Project

KEYWORDS:

Cause of the disorder
Chromosome affected
Symptoms
Recognizable traits
Screening
Characteristics of disorder
Inheritance

 

ONLINE DATABASES: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/southcarr

Newton, David and Donna Olendorf. Parkinson's Disease. Sick Detroit: UXL, 2000. From Student Resource Center - Gold . 

 

 

E- E-BOOKS:

Gulli, Laith Farid. Parkinson's Disease. Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine . Ed. Jacqueline L. Longe. Vol. 4. 2nd ed. p2500-2503. (2501 words) From Gale Virtual Reference Library . 

Richman, Jordan P. Parkinson's Disease. Gale Encyclopedia of Science . Eds. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Lerner. Vol. 4. 3rd ed. p2976-2979. (2125 words) From Gale Virtual Reference Library

 

WEBSITES:

Medline Plus Health Topics: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html

Healthfinder.gov Diseases and Conditions: http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=113&Branch=5

Your Genes; Your Health: http://yourgenesyourhealth.org/

Mayo Health Clinic's Diseases and Conditions: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/DiseasesIndex

University of California, San Diego Medical Center Health Library (click on Illnesses and Conditions): http://health.ucsd.edu/healthinfo/health_library/index.htm

March of Dimes Birth Defects and Genetics: http://www.marchofdimes.com/4439.asp

Check related disease associations, e.g. Sickle Cell : http://www.sicklecelldisease.org/about_scd/index.phtml

Medicinenet Medical Diseases and Conditions: http://www.medicinenet.com/diseases_and_conditions/article.htm

 

BOOKS:

616.833 ABR
Abramovitz, Melissa, 1954-. Parkinson's disease. San Diego, Calif. : Detroit : Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale, c2005.

616.833 SIL
Silverstein, Alvin. Parkinson's disease. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2002.

REF 610.3 MAG
Magill's medical guide. 2nd. Rev. ed. 2002. Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, c2002.

REF 616 HUM
Human diseases and conditions. New York : C. Scribner's Sons, c2000.

REF 616.003 DIS
Diseases. 2nd Revised edition. Danbury, CT : Grolier Educational, Scientific Publishing, Inc., 2003, [1997].

REF 616.042 GEN
Genetic disorders sourcebook. 3rd ed. Detroit : Omnigraphics, c2004.

REF 616.8 BRA
Brain disorders sourcebook. 1st ed. Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, c1999.

This page last updated December 6, 2007
Prepared by Ms. Wingert for Honors Biology I Classes

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