Resource Guides: STEM: SCI-400 Foundations of Medical Science

Medical Ethics

Resources to Help with Research Process

Research Process Guide from Your Library
A guide that will help you through each step of the research process and understand the purpose and feelings associated with each.
Finding and Using Scientific Articles
Writing a Literature Review
How to Write a Policy Brief
A guide from the Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
APA Style

NoodleTools This link opens in a new window
Your best friend through the research process. Stay organized with your research question, thesis, citations, note cards, and outline all in one place and stored in the cloud. Tag your evidence to make connections and support your point. Lots of tips and tutorials available.

iMovie
Apple's video editing tool for iOS. Easy to use, create, and share video. $4.99

Books in Our Library

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
Call Number: 362.1109763 FIN
ISBN: 9780307718969
Publication Date: 2013-09-10
Blood, Bullets, and Bones: THe Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA by Bridget Heos
Call Number: 363.25 HEO
ISBN: 9780062387622
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Virtual Reality and Medicine by James Roland
Call Number: 610.285 ROL
ISBN: 9781682823330
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Inside the Outbreaks by Mark Pendergrast
Call Number: 614.4 PEN
ISBN: 0151011206
Publication Date: 2010-04-13
The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives by Theresa Brown
Call Number: 616.02 BRO
ISBN: 9781616203207
Publication Date: 2015-09-22
The Ebola Epidemic: The Fight, The Future by Connie Goldsmith
Call Number: 616.91 GOL
ISBN: 9781467792448
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Call Number: 616.99 MUK
ISBN: 9781439107959
Publication Date: 2010-11-16
A discussion of the history of the fight to cure, control, and defeat cancer, covering its origins, relevant scientific research, and other related topics.
Inventors of Health and Medical Technology by Heather S. Morrison
Call Number: MS 610.92 MOR
ISBN: 9781502606587
Publication Date: 2015-07-15
More Deadly Than War by Kenneth C. Davis
Call Number: MS 614.5 DAV
ISBN: 9781250145123
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Red Madness: How a Medical Mystery Changed What We Eat by Gail Jarrow
Call Number: MS 616.3 JAR
ISBN: 9781590787328
Publication Date: 2014-04-01
The Human Microbiome: The Germs that Keep You Healthy by Rebecca E. Hirsch
Call Number: MS 616.9 HIR
ISBN: 9781467785686
Publication Date: 2016-08-01
Breakthrough! How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever by Jim Murphy
Call Number: MS 617 MUR
ISBN: 9780547821832
Publication Date: 2015-12-08

Useful Library Databases for this Course

Search the library catalog, Destiny.

Science Reference Center This link opens in a new window
From POWER Library: This e-resource contains full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other reliable sources. In addition, Science Reference Center includes more than 280,000 high-quality science images from sources such as UPI, Getty, NASA, National Geographic and the Nature Picture Library.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR is an archive of scholarly writing across academic disciplines. Highly recommended for deeper information gathering in subjects related to the humanities, though STEM-related fields are also represented. Currency varies by journal. You will see this database in college.
STEM Database This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to 500 journals and magazines suitable for AP and college-prep science research. Covers earth sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, medical sciences, and applied sciences.