AIDS in Africa

"Pathfinders" are guides to help you get started finding information on a topic. A St. Kate's Reference Librarian has written this guide to help you perform Library research for your structured controversy paper and presentation. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your hunt.

Please stop or phone the Reference Desk (651-690-6652) if you have questions or need further assistance.

Contents:   Reference Works  | Finding Books  |  Journal Articles  |  Internet Sites

Reference Books

Note: Please remember that Reference Books may not be taken from the Library

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and at other ACTC colleges. Use the "Request" feature to obtain items not at St. Kate's.

Search term:
Subject: aids disease africa    (OR)
keyword: s:aids disease africa

If you need a broader look at the topic, search under "aids disease."

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

1.  Use EBSCO's Academic Search Premier and InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP to look for journal articles, adding enough terms to limit the search to your topic. To find only academic journals, click before the box for "scholarly (peer reviewed) journals" or "refereed publications."

You may wish to add a specific aspect of the subject (children, prevention) or country (Uganda, South Africa) to limit your results, as there are many articles on this topic. Another option is to limit the date to more recent results to make sure the information is current.

Search terms: aids and disease and africa

2.  The same search strategies will also work in the Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database.

3.  In the General OneFile or Health Reference Center Academic databases, start with "aids disease." From there, search the topics shown, or click "narrow by subdivision." Doing that gives you a list of topics that includes Africa as a whole, or specific countries in Africa, such as Uganda.

4.  ProQuest Newspapers will give you recent news in the field. Again, consider setting a time period (for example, "last 12 months") to limit results. Another option is to use a specific country instead of Africa.

Search terms: acquired immune deficiency symdrom and africa

Internet Resources

Search terms: aids and africa or aids and (name of country)

Be careful in an Internet search to check dates - look for reasonably current information.

Government or government-like agency (think the United Nations) sites often have excellent, reliable information. To limit your search to government sites, start from google.com/unclesam.

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Look under "Regions" for statistical information. Also look under "publications" for the AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2005 report.

United States Agency for International Development
Details efforts by the United States to combat HIV/AIDS. Look under HIV/AIDS on the right hand navigation bar for information on specific programs (technical areas) and specific countries. Each page also has links to other related sites.

United States State Department
In particular, look at the AIDS in Africa report, a Congressional Research Service report available from a link on the left side of the page.

aidsandafrica.com
Check particulary the "statistics" and "links" tabs at the top of the page. Be sure to check the "links" or "useful links" tab on the left of every page, as they change with every page.

allafrica.com
Brings together and indexes content from more than 125 African news organizations, as well as 200+ additional sources. Commercial site with ads.