Scope

This Research Guide covers medical, social, and political aspects of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It includes resources that address the symptoms, transmission, and demographics of the disease as well as societal attitudes about it.

Overview

AIDS Sourcebook
College Library Reference Collection: RC 606.64 A337 2003

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Encyclopedia of AIDS: a Social, Political, Cultural and Scientific Record of the HIV Epidemic
College Library Reference Collection: RA 644 A25 E5276 1998

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics
College Library Reference Collection: BJ 63 A66 1998
Refer to "AIDS" in volume 1, pages 111-127

Encyclopedia of HIV and AIDS
College Library Reference Collection: RC 606.6 W385 2003

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
College Library Reference Collection: Q 121 M3 1997
Refer to "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome" in volume 1, pages 91-92

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 1990 - to date (updated daily)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

acquired immune deficiency syndrome
hiv and sexual*
hiv and transmissi*
hiv and societ*
hiv and drug*
aids and cancer
aids and Africa
aids and vaccine

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

General Science Full Text 1984 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 150 popular and scholarly periodicals, as well as the Science section of the New York Times. Subjects include biology, chemistry, earth sciences, environment, nutrition, genetics, medicine and health. Basic instructions for General Science Full Text

Health and Wellness Resource Center 1994 - to date (updated daily)
Provides health information for nursing and allied health students, as well as consumer health research. It offers full text for more than 150 periodicals, six reference books, and over 500 pamphlets.

Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe Dates Vary (updated daily)
Contains the full-text articles from U.S. and international newspapers (including the New York Times, June 1980 - to date), as well as some news and business magazines and trade journals. The truncation symbol is an exclamation point (!). Basic instructions for Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe

ProQuest Research Library 1988 - to date (updated daily)
Indexes over 2,000 general-interest and academic journals. Nearly 1,000 periodicals are full-text. Dates vary, but many full-text journals go back to 1988. Basic instructions for ProQuest Research Library

Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS) 1972 - to date (updated quarterly)
Indexes journal articles, books, government documents, statistical compilations, committee reports, directories, serials, reports of public, intergovernmental and private organizations, and most other forms of printed literature from all over the world. The full-text of the articles is not available in the database. Basic instructions for PAIS

Readers' Guide Full Text and Retrospective 1890 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 240 popular magazines in a wide range of subject areas. Full-text coverage of 131 titles begins with 1994. Basic instructions for Readers' Guide Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on AIDS can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

"acquired immunodeficiency syndrome" AND research
hiv AND research
"aids (disease)" AND Africa
"aids (disease)" AND societ?
"aids (disease)" AND vaccine
"electronic resource" AND hiv (to find electronic resources)

Internet Sites

AfroAIDSInfo
http://www.afroaidsinfo.org
"AfroAIDSinfo is an Internet project of the South African Medical Research Council (MRC). The aim of the project is to disseminate important information on HIV/AIDS to researchers, the health profession, the public, infected individuals, educators and policy-makers." Their Web site is divided into five main headings: Research, Health Profession, HIV and You, Policy, and Education.

AIDS Basics
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite.jsp?page=pr-04-02-02
This page was created by the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Here you will find answers to common questions about HIV/AIDS.

AIDSinfo
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hosts this Web site, providing guidelines for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, information about drugs and vaccines, clinical trials, and a list of Internet links for further information.

The Body
http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml
The Body is an award winning site and a service of Body Health Resources Corporation. The information is categorized by: AIDS Basics and Prevention; Treatment; Quality of Life issues; Government policy and advocacy, Conference, and a specific section for those people that have recently been diagnosed.

Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu
Established in 1986, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) conducts research "that will have maximum impact on the theory, practice, and policy of AIDS prevention." Their site is divided into the following sections: Research, Prevention Tool Kit, Publications, and Opportunities.

Gay and Lesbian Politics and Law: WWW and Internet Resources - AIDS/HIV
http://www.indiana.edu/~glbtpol/aids.htm
Information from Indiana University's Gay/Lesbian Politics and Law Center. The site is maintained by Steve Sanders, of University of Michigan Law School, and hosted by Indiana University.

HIV and AIDS
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/collection/hiv_aids
Full-text articles from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

The HIV Knowledge Base
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu
The HIV Knowledge Base is a comprehensive, on-line textbook on HIV disease from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH).

In Their Own Words
http://aidshistory.nih.gov
This Web site provided by the National Institutes of Health tracks the early years of HIV/AIDS research. The site has a transcripts section where one can find interview transcripts of NIH researchers, an image and document archive, a historical timeline, and other Internet links.

Statistics

CDC Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Statistical Abstract of the United States.
College Library Reference Collection: HA 202 U5
For statistical tables on AIDS cases, refer to the index

Statistical Universe 1973 - to date (updated monthly)
Contains the full text of more than 800 U.S. government statistical publications. Lexis-Nexis Statistical Universe is available to UW-Madison registered users.

Videos

AIDS, Blood and Politics
College Library Main Collection: RM 171 F7 1993

Left Behind: Kenyan AIDS Orphans
College Library Main Collection: RA 644 A25 L44 2005

War Against Disease
College Library Main Collection: RA 643 W36 2004

Organizations

AIDS.org
http://www.aids.org/index.html
AIDS.org is a not-for-profit education organization. "The mission of AIDS.ORG is to help prevent HIV infections and to improve the lives of those affected by HIV and AIDS by providing education and facilitating the free and open exchange of knowledge at an easy-to-find centralized Web site."

AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
http://www.arcw.org
"Established in 1985, the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin is a private, non-profit health and social service agency that works to confront and alleviate the effects of HIV disease in Wisconsin."

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en
"The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created to dramatically increase resources to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases, and to direct those resources to areas of greatest need." Select their "AIDS/HIV section to view their global contributions and other information resources.

Project Inform
http://www.projectinform.org
"Project Inform is a national nonprofit, community based organization working to end the AIDS epidemic." Here you will find treatment information, programs and services like the toll free confidential hotline, as well as background and donation information.

StayinAlive.org
http://www.staying-alive.org
"Staying Alive began in 1998 as an Emmy award-winning documentary profiling the lives of six young people from around the world infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Growing from the tradition of annual documentaries, Staying Alive is expanding to include a multi-tiered campaign to promote awareness about and prevention of HIV/AIDS in the international youth community."