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Health of the School Child

NSU Education Librarians - we're here to help!

Broken Arrow Campus:

Jamie M. Holmes
Instructor of Library Services/Education Resource Coordinator

Office:
E135 (in the library)
3100 E. New Orleans | Broken Arrow, OK 74014

Telephone EXT. 6456 (449-6456)
BA Library FAX (918) 449-6454
Email: holmesjm@nsuok.edu

Tahlequah Campus:

Peggy Kaney
Instructor of Library Services/Education Resource Coordinator

Office:
210 John Vaughan Library
711 N. Grand Avenue  Tahlequah, OK  74464-2300

Telephone (918) 456-5511 EXT.3276
Library FAX (918) 458-2197
Email: kaneypl@nsuok.edu

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Resources Part 1

Reference Materials

Educators' Guides to Free Health, Physical Education and Recreation Materials Call # Ref  GV364 .E38

Books

Education and Public Health: Natural Partners in Learning for Life Call #  LB1587 .S65 2003

Health and Wellness, Curriculum Guide Call # Curr. Mats. RA 440.M44 2003

Healthy People 2010, Vol. I & II Call # RA 445.U486 2000 V. 1 & 2

Modeling Healthy Behavior: Actions and Attitudes in Schools Call # LB1588.U6 B47 1994

Totally Awesome Health, Teacher's Lesson Plan Binder Call # Curr. Mats. LB 1587.A3.M44 2003

Books (Catalogs for finding)

Search the NSU Libraries' Online Catalog: http://library.nsuok.edu/vtls.english/index.html

Here are some of the subject headings used in the catalog: school children Health and hygiene, Students Health and hygiene, School hygiene

Search for E-Books using NetLibrary and/or eBrary: http://library.nsuok.edu/Refdesk/vrdbks.html

Internet Sites

Internet Sites relating to topics in health education

American Association for Health Education: http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/

Coordinated School Health Programs (umbrella organization): http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/CSHP/

Healthy Oklahomans 2000 Sentinel Objectives: http://www.health.state.ok.us/program/planning/obj2000/summary.html

Healthy People 2010: http://www.healthypeople.gov/

Healthy People 2010 Focus Areas: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/otheract/hpdata2010/2010fa28.htm

National Center for Health Education : http://www.nche.org/index.htm

National Health Education Standards: http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/pdf_files/standards.pdf

PASS Health/Safety Education: http://sde.state.ok.us/acrob/pass/hspe.pdf

General Sites for teachers

Can Teach: http://www.canteach.ca/index.html

FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: http://www.free.ed.gov/

The Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/

Oklahoma State Department of Education’s Priority Academic Student Skills

Sites for Teachers: http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Tom Messner's Search Engine Page: http://arapaho.nsuok.edu/~messner/eresearch/e%20research.htm

United States Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml?src=a

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Resources Part 3

Journal and Magazine Article Databases

Academic Search Premier - This is a general database, which means it contains article citations and full text articles covering many academic subjects. It is one of the twenty-five databases produced by EbscoHost for which NSU has a subscription. It is probably our most widely used database and is sometimes referred to simply as "Ebsco."

ERIC - This is another database produced by EbscoHost. ERIC stands for the Educational Resource Information Center. It contains more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals. ERIC contains a thesaurus, which can be very helpful in figuring out which search terms to use when looking for information.

Professional Development Collection - Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of more than 550 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles. This databasealso contains more than 200 educational reports.

Health Source (consumer edition) - This database is the richest collection of consumer health information available to libraries worldwide, providing information on many health topics including the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare, sports medicine and general health. Health Source: Consumer Edition features searchable full text for nearly 300 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Health Source (nursing/academic edition) - This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis.

Medline (EBSCO) - MEDLINE provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and much more. Created by the National Library of Medicine, MEDLINE allows users to search abstracts from over 4,800 current biomedical journals.

Go to all EbscoHost databases

Education Full Text - Part of Wilson's Omnifile Full Text, Mega Edition, EFT provides comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs and yearbooks. Coverage includes 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC's Current Index to Journals in Education. Index coverage goes back to 1983. Full text articles from 1996 to the present. Contains a thesaurus.

MedlinePlus - will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

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Search Tips (for database search)

1. Be prepared with synonyms in case your original search produces no results. Use a thesaurus if the database is equipped with one.

2. Pay attention to search tips or help screens provided by each database. Even experienced researchers (like professors and librarians!) can have trouble when dealing with a new interface. Take the time to learn how to use the tool - it will help you to avoid frustration!

3. Remember that most databases allow for Boolean Searching.  Use and to narrow, or to expand, not to exlude.  Truncation is also useful for bringing back all relevant results.  For example, type counsel* to bring back documents containing the words counsel, counseling, counselor...

4. Take advantage of the following sources of help:

- CLIP tutorials

- Reference desk: Located on the first floor of the JVL, the desk is staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. by reference librarians or other experienced library staff members.

- College of Education Resource Co-Coordinators: Jamie M. Holmes and Peggy Kaney. Feel free to email us with a question or to schedule a one-on-one reference session.

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Evaluating Web sites

It's important to remember that publishing on the web is very easy - almost anyone can do it! The problem with that is knowing what's credible (worth your time) and what's not.

Here are some of the thing you want to look at or for:

the URL (.gov, .mil, .us, .edu are usually pretty credible);
links to information about the author or sponsoring organization;
links to other sites that are credible;
how current it is

Ultimately the researcher (you!) must be the one to determine whether or not to use information found on a web site. The following information from the University of California at Berkeley provides some excellent guidelines for evaluating sites:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

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Steps to writing a strong journal article reflection

  1. Take notes and highlight important words in the article.
  2. Description--Include who, what, when, where, and why of the article.  What is the overall message of the writer?
  3. Analyze--Did the author support his/her point?  Were there biases in the article?  Were there omissions in the article? How is this article unique from other articles on the same subject?  How does it relate to your own experience?
  4. Plan--Give specific examples of activities or methods that could be used in the classroom.

    (This section was created by Sarah Brick Archer)

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Following APA style rules

The American Psychological Association originally created a publication manual to provide a common structure for all journal manuscripts in the area of the social sciences.

Many other disciplines (including psychology, the behavioral sciences, nursing, personnel administration and many areas within education) have adopted this as their professional writing standard as well.

In an academic environment, you will often be expected to conform to this standard when writing. At this point, you should be mostly concerned with creating an accurate reference list using proper format and providing citations within the text to give credit for an idea or concept to the source from which you got it.

Print:

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.). (2001). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

The library owns several copies of the style guide; however, only the 4th edition circulates (can be checked out). There are five copies of the 5th edition in reference and one on reserve. ( BF76.7 .P83 2001)

Websites:

http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

Using APA format (Purdue University) - this comprehensive guide summarizes the print version of the book. Click on Your Reference List to find examples of the proper format to use when listing sources you used.

Quick Guide to APA Style

APA Style.org's Frequently Asked Questions

 

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