Basic HIV/AIDS Research in Non-Medical Sources

Research Resources

For further help, contact Jan Malcheski, Theology Reference Librarian at Ireland Library.

STATISTICS AND BACKGROUND

Selected Web Sources

• National Center for Health Statistics
  Fast Stats for HIV/AIDS
     xwww.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/aids-hiv.htm
• CDC Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
     xwww.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrlink.HTM
• CDC HIV/AIDS Statistics
     xwww.cdc.gov/hiv/stat-trends.htm
• CDC Information Search - AIDS (2001)
     xwonder.cdc.gov/AIDSPublic.html
• AIDS Foundation South Africa
     xwww.aids.org.za/index.htm
• Avert.Org
     xwww.avert.org/aidssouthafrica.htm
• AllAfrica.Com news agency
     xallafrica.com/aids/
• Minnesota HIV/AIDS Surveillance
     xwww.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/hiv/hivstatistics.html
• Minnesota AIDS Project
     xwww.mnaidsproject.org/
• Minnesota Dept of Health
     xwww.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/hiv/
• WHO and HIV/AIDS
     xwww.who.int/hiv/en/
• UNAIDS 2004 Report
     xwww.unaids.org/wad2004/report.html
• Guide to Selected Government Information
     xwww.wiu.edu/library/govpubs/guides/aids.htm
• State Health Facts.Org
     xwww.statehealthfacts.kff.org/cgi-bin/healthfacts.cgi?action=compare&c
  ategory=HIV/AIDS&welcome=1
• Kaiser Foundation HIV AIDS site
     xwww.kff.org/hivaids/index.cfm

DATABASES AND INDEXES
Select Databases for Journal Articles
For complete lists of databases available to you, see www.stthomas.edu/libraries/databases/

GENERAL AND NEWS SOURCES

• Academic Search Premier
• Expanded Academic
• General Science
• ProQuest Newsstand newspapers in full text
• Lexis Nexis Try the Quick News tab
• CQ Weekly Congessional Quartely & CQ Researcher

SUBJECT AND SPECIAL SOURCES

• Sociological Abstracts
• PsycArticles: 50 psychology journals
• CIAO Online Columbia International Affairs
• Ethnic NewsWatch
• Alternative Press Index
• Health Reference Center
• PubMed (National Library of Medicine). Set limits to hiv 

BOOKS

CLICnet search KEYWORD
[s: is a command limiting results to exact subjects]

• s:africa and s:aids disease 
• south africa and s:aids disease
• s:aids disease [auto sort by date, add terms to limit]
• s:aids disease and s:women

ISSUES, CONTROVERSIES, VIEWPOINTS

Example: The role of the Catholic Church in Africa's HIV/AIDS crisis

Web Search via Google
AIDS Africa "Catholic Church". Results
Google Book Search. Results Database searches

Catholic Periodical Literature Index. Search: aids and africa
Academic Search Premier. Search: aids and africa and catholic
Origins Online US Bishops. Search: africa w/5 aids
Vatican Holy See. Search: africa aids hiv
CIAO Online Columbia International Affairs
CLICnet search keyword: aids disease and catholic church