It’s complex & controversialchoosing your medical issue

Is your issue related to

public health, medical ethics

or research and development…

Is there / was there always

scientific consensus?

Does this medical issue cross

different disciplines?

Choosing a Medical IssueWhat is your medically related issue that has

ethical, economic, social & political implications?

http://www.procon.org

Background InformationTextbooks, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Google Scholar or General academic databases

(CQ Researcher, Web of Science, AcademicSearch Complete)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_peptic_ulcer_disease_and_Helicobacter_pylori

http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu

Click on Library or go to

Subject GuidesConnect from

Anywhere!VPN

Google ScholarEdit Scholar Preferences:

Connect from Anywhere!

VPN University of California Davis California Digital Library OCLC (world’s library catalogs)

Now see UC-eLinks links or buttonsTo reach library licensed full texthttp://scholar.google.com

VPN from off campushttp://vpn.lib.ucdavis.edu

Try a variety of general & subject specific databases:

sociology, law, economics

Subject Guides: General Reference Sources & Biological Sciences General or Professional Medicine

CQ Researcher

http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/

Search the bibliographies – Who has cited whom?

Web of Knowledge/Science

National Institute of Health (NIH)http://consensus.nih.gov

http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu

UC-eLinksLocate article from database – copy & paste citation in selected format

Annotated Bibliography

Lastname A A, Lastname B B, Lastane CC, Lastname, DD. Full Title of Your Original Research Article: no review articles. Journal Title in Full, 2008; volume# (issue#):207-10.

The Research Question?

Type of Study?

Population (if applicable)?

Outcomes?

Research limitations per the authors?

Strengths and weaknesses of authors?

Impact of their contribution to the research literature?

Any gaps the authors identify?

Disagreements that may have arisen in teams of authors?

What does each of your sources offer?

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