The Immune System: Library Pathfinder
The Immune System: 8th Grade Library Pathfinder
Where are the 4 places you always look for information in the library?
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Step 1. Reference Books: (The Reference section is located on the back wall to the left of the Reference Desk under the shark.)
World Book Encyclopedia vol. 10, pp. 87-89 under Immune System. See also Immunization, Inoculation and Virus.
R 503 NEW The New Book of Popular Science vol. 5, pp. 235-41 under Immune System.
Step 2. Circulating Books:
Information on the human body can be found in the 600’s area of the Dewey Decimal section. There are several books about the human body that contain sections or chapters on the immune system. Remember, you may have to look in the table of contents or index of the book to find out where information on the immune system is, unless the entire book is about the immune system.
612 A Blood and Guts: A working guide to your own insides
612 BUR A Concise Encyclopedia to the Human Body
612 G Human Body: How it works
612 MAC The Way We Work: Getting to know the amazing human body
612 PAR DK Human Body
612 T Human Body
612 WIL How the Body Works
616.07 DER The Immune System
616.07 EDE The Immune System
616.07 KNI Your Body’s Defenses
Step 3. Periodicals/Databases
Go to http://library.lrei.org
Click on “Sixth Avenue”
Under “Facts on File Databases,” click on “Science Online”
Ask Jennifer or Steve for the login and password.
Under “Explore Subjects,” click on “Biology”
Under “Anatomy and Physiology Overview” click on the Suggested search term that is the closest fit to the system you are researching.
Step 4. Internet
How Stuff Works: How Your Immune System Works
Nobel Prize.org: The Immune System in More Detail
Newsweek: “A Delicate Balance”
New York Times: “Babies Know: A Little Dirt is Good for You”
Time: “Immune System Disorders”
Science Daily: “Immune System: Decoding the Language of Memory Cells”