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The Marvin K. Peterson Library's resources in dental hygiene include print materials as well as electronic periodicals, periodical indexes, and research databases. This guide presents a selection of resources, both ours and the Internet sources we list. Use our catalog to find more resources and search the Internet carefully and critically for additional websites. Some of our other library guides, like Biology and Chemistry may also be helpful to dental hygiene students. For a good overview of library research and resources, take the Virtual Reference Tour. For research assistance, visit us at the Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us.
Please note: This online guide contains direct links to databases and websites. To locate any of the sites listed if you have printed out this guide, simply type in the name of the organization in Google or another search engine to find the site.
Go to the Peterson Library home page at www.newhaven.edu/library and take a
few minutes to familiarize yourself with it. If you start at the UNH website at http://www.newhaven.edu/, click on Library in the top middle. All the links for accessing library materials and services are on the left on the library home page. The most important are the ones for the Catalog, Databases, Journals, and library Guides,
but a quick look at all will be time well spent.
Use the library catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual holdings, government documents, and periodical titles. For periodical articles, see the Journals section. Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numbers) according to the book's primary subject. Most books about dental topics will be in the R section where medicine is covered.
Quick search tips:
♦ Truncate with "?": periodon? will get periodontal, periodontics, etc.
♦ Put phrases in " ": "dental assistants" or "oral hygiene"
♦ Sort by Publish date descending to get newest items at the top of the list.
♦ Click on the Bibliographic tab to get the LC subject headings for an item
and then click on them to links to additional material on the same subject.
♦ Always click on the Linked Resources tab to check for electronic access.
The URL box on the right in multi-item searches is also a tip-off.
For additional search tips, consult the library guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog (OPAC) or take our interactive Online Library Catalog Tutorial.
If you can't find something in our catalog, please use our Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service. Forms to request books and articles are available at the Information Desk, and online from the library's website. Fill a request form for each item. Incomplete or inaccurate information will delay receipt of material so please be accurate.
Some Reference and Circulating Books
Reference materials, such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, statistical compilations and others are a good place to start research. They are kept in the reference stacks on the library's entry level and can be used only in the library. Circulating materials are shelved on the second and third levels of the library and may be borrowed. The following is a sampling of the books available. Books marked [Perm. Reserve] can be requested at the Circulation Desk.
Clinical Aspects of Dental Materials. RK652.5 .G56 2000
Dental Hygiene Decks NDHB Exam. [Perm. Reserve] Ref. RK57 .D435 2001
Dental Hygiene in Review. [Perm. Reserve] RK60.5 .D428 2002 +CD-ROM
Dental Learning System. [Perm. Reserve] Ref. RK60.5 .D46 2002
Dental Public Health: Contemporary Practice for the Dental Hygienist.
RK52 .N27 2001
Essentials of Pathology for Dentistry. RK307 .M3 2000
Ethics, Jurisprudence, and Practice Management in Dental Hygiene.
RK60.5 .K563 2003
High Yield Facts of Dental Hygiene. [Perm. Reserve] Ref. RK60.5 .L635 2003 +CD-ROM
Legal and Ethical Considerations for Dental Hygienists and Assistants.
KF2910.D3 D38 2000
Oral Pathology for the Dental Hygienist. [Perm. Reserve] Ref. RK307 .I27 2004 +CD-ROM
Periodontic Syllabus. RK361 .P462 2000
Prentice Hall Health Complete Review of Dental Hygiene. [Perm. Reserve]
Ref. RK60.5 .P47 2002 CD-ROM
Saunders Review of Dental Hygiene. Ref. RK60.7 .N44 2000
Survey of Allied Dental Education. Ref. RK71 .S9
The Marvin K. Peterson Library has been a Federal Depository Library since 1971 and currently receives about a third of Government Printing Office (GPO) publications.
While many documents still come in physical formats (paper, microfiche, CD-ROM), electronic versions are increasingly common. All currently received documents, and many of the older ones, will be found through library catalog searches. Look for the URL symbol or click on Linked Resources to check for the online availability of a particular item. For catalog items with the U.S. Gov't Docs location that are not online, come to the Information Desk for staff assistance.
Periodical articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals are a valuable source of information in all research fields. The Journals link on the home page is a listing of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library. Formats of journals include print, microform, and electronic. Use the Journals link to find:
♦ Single journals or articles: If you have the citation to an article, type the title of the journal into the top search box. Results will show which databases contain the journal electronically and give you a list of available issues to search through. Available UNH library holdings are also given to enable you to find and/or copy the article in the library. Current and older issues of most of our print periodicals are on the lower level. Ask for current newspapers and microform assistance at the Circulation Desk.
♦ Lists of journals by keyword or subject: Use the top search option, with the drop-down box set to ‘Title contains all words' and search with title keywords (e.g., dental, hygi*, etc. [*= truncation here]). You can also use the lower drop-down search box and select subjects like Health & Biological Sciences and the listed subcategories that include Dentistry. This method allows you to identify periodicals in a field and browse current issues of these periodicals, either online or in the library.
♦ If you need a list of articles on a subject, use the journal indexes found in this guide in the next section on Databases. For more on searching for periodical articles, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.
Here is a hyperlinked list of dental journals for easy access and online browsing:
Advances in Dental Research; American Dental Association News; Annals of Periodontology; Brazilian Dental Journal; CRA (Clinical Research Associates) Newsletter; Compendium of Continuing Education In Dentistry; Dental Abstracts; Dental Angle; Dental Assistant; Dental Implantology Update; Dental Lab Products; Dental Products Report; Dental Products Report Europe; International Poster Journal of Dentistry and Oral Medicine; Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice; Journal of Dental Education; Journal of Dental Hygiene; Journal of Dental Research; Journal of Periodontology; Journal of Practical Hygiene; Journal of Public Health Dentistry; Journal of the American Dental Association; New York State Dental Journal; Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry
Access all our electronic resources through the Databases link on the library home page and enter your UNH 16-digit ID number on the proxy screen when requested. Choose from the alphabetical list of database names, an annotated list which describes the databases, and the subject listing which groups them by topical area. The links below will take you to ones here useful for dentistry and dental hygiene.
Many of our databases are electronic journal indexes and, whether your subject is a medical field, a product, a brand, or an industry, the most efficient way to find articles by subject is to use an index that searches the contents of many journals at one time. Increasingly, many provide the full text of the article as well as the citation and abstract. In addition, our journal-linking service will frequently offer you ‘Find full text' links to other databases and tell you the availability of periodicals in the library. For tips on getting the most out of the databases listed below, take our interactive Database Searching Tutorial.
♦ Dental Resources
Dental Abstracts. Bimonthly publication which indexes articles in dental journals and cumulates with an annual subject index to facilitate finding articles on research topics. This publication is interfiled with the periodicals on the library's lower level.
Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry. Information on drugs, diseases, and treatments in periodontics, endodontics and other areas of dental health, with charts, images, radiographs and links to procedure monographs. Also covers accounting and human resources management practices as they apply to the dental office.
♦ Additional Journal Indexes
Academic OneFile. An excellent source for millions of peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. Contains extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, and medicine.
BioMedCentral. Free access to online journals in the sciences.
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Indexes over 2,200 publications in various health fields. Materials include books, journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, software packages, and audiovisual materials. Some abstracts and links to full text in other EBSCOhost databases.
Directory of Open Access Journals. Freely available online journals, organized by subject. Hosted at Lund University, Sweden, a co-project of SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and Open Access Institute, Budapest.
Emerald Fulltext Journals. Cover all major management disciplines including healthcare management. Published works in this database include articles on topics such as dental insurance, dental health, TQM in dental practice, and dental care.
FirstSearch provides access to some useful science journal databases such as BasicBIOSIS and BioDigest. Also has Dissertations from North America and Europe. Available in the library only. Ask at the Information Desk.
General OneFile from iCONN. Multidisciplinary combination of databases which includes health, medical, and dental topics, both for the consumer and the practitioner. Over 10,000 titles indexed, over 6,000 full-text.
Health and Wellness Resource Center from iCONN. Current medical newsletters and journal articles, as well as reference sources like dictionaries and encyclopedias.
HighWire Press. A Stanford University site that indexes articles in over 350 online journals from many publishers, largely in the science and health fields, with some free full text. Use the Journals link to check for the ones to which we have access.
ProQuest Education Journals & Wilson Education Abstracts. Offering complete information on hundreds of educational topics, this database covers almost 400 leading journals in the field.
PubMed/Medline. From the National Library of Medicine, this database indexes 4,500 journals in biological and medical fields, giving article abstracts and citations to enable you to find the full article through our Journals link. Resources like ClinicalTrials.gov and MEDLINEplus are also available from NLM.
♦ Additional Science Resources
E-Books for Colleges/Gale Virtual Reference Library from Gale and iCONN. Look under the Medicine section for access to encyclopedias of alternative medicine, cancer, genetic disorders, and more.
Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements. Covers the vast range of over-the-counter supplements of most significance in today's nutritional products marketplace.
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Contains illustrated articles from the latest edition of the print encyclopedia.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online. Corresponds to the 88th print edition and provides data needed by chemists, physicists, and engineers on the properties of inorganic and organic compounds.
Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS). Searchable database of over 8,000 federal and private funding opportunities in all areas of research.
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Provides full articles contained in print encyclopedia about the chemical industry and related fields. Designed for professionals as well as non-specialists.
Knovel Library includes the K-Essentials e-books on chemistry and the Chemistry & Chemical Engineering electronic full-text library of manuals, handbooks and other reference resources.
LexisNexis Statistical. Provides access to tabular data from the federal, state and international governments, as well as trade and professional organizations, covering many topics including dentistry and dental hygiene.
ScienceDirect Web Editions. An index to books, journals, reviews, conference proceedings, videos published by Elsevier.
Wiley InterScience. An index to publications of John Wiley & Sons, which includes 300 leading scientific, medical and technical journals. Register to search the site for free, and use the Journals link on our home page for our journals.
There is much valuable information on the Internet but caution must be exercised as with any material you use. Generally, it is best to stay with .edu or .gov domains. These are educational institutions and government agencies. The .com web sites are primarily commercial in nature. A .org site may just as easily be a respected professional organization or a biased opinion group. Look for the ‘About us' link and examine all sites for accuracy, objectivity, the authoritativeness of the sources they cite, the currency of the data, and the extent of the coverage. The following are some reliable websites in the field of dentistry and dental hygiene:
The Career Services Center in Kaplan 210 offers assistance with the job search process and résumés.
Another good place to look for online job postings is the website of a large public library. Most provide a job search center, and their job search web pages provide links to local job listings, résumé assistance and more. The New Haven Free Public Library has a useful collection of job-related links.
The Occupational Outlook Handbook from the Bureau of Labor Statistics has a section on dental hygienists, including training, licensing requirements, job outlook, employment and other professional links. There are descriptions of other jobs in the dental field as well.
Writing the Paper and Citing Your Research
The library has created Style Guides to citing your sources according to several styles. The Style Sheet for Research Papers includes a section on science citation systems. Search our catalog for handbooks and manuals on the research and writing process using writing and handbooks as keywords. In addition, the staff of the Center for Learning Resources (Maxcy Hall, Rooms 106-110) assists students writing papers.
This and other guides are available online from our home page. Look for the Library Guides link.
Any Questions? Ask at the Information Desk, call us at (203) 932-7189 or
e-mail us.
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