HIV/AIDS
Scope
This guide will help the user to find articles, books, and websites related to HIV/AIDS.
Books and Videos
Use the Moraine Park Catalog to find books, e-books, and videos on this subject.
Sample keyword searches:
AIDS (Disease)
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
HIV
Periodical Articles
Use the following databases to find articles on this topic.
Sample searches for the following databases:
AIDS
AIDS disease
acquired immune deficiency syndrome
HIV
EBSCO
Contains a variety of databases covering medical topics.
Health Reference Center- Academic
Information from a variety of health related publications.
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source
ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health Source access to over 650 journals in full text. The database also includes Systematic Reviews, Evidence Summaries, and Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Contains viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
Facts on File
The “Issues and Controversies” and “Today’s Science” sections contain much useful information on this topic.
NewsBank
This database includes news from the United States and around the globe.
Websites
AEGIS
The AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS) is an excellent place to start looking for AIDS and HIV information. The site contains articles from patient newsletters, medical journals, and international news sources.
HIV InSite: Gateway to AIDS Knowledge
This site is produced by the University of California San Francisco. In addition to daily news updates the site contains information in the following areas. The Medical category deals with treatment issues for patients and healthcare providers. Prevention provides information for all persons wishing to stay safe. Policy Analysis deals with the resource allocation and policy formulation. The Countries & Regions section contains statistics and overviews of the situation
around the world.
The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource
In addition to information on the basics of AIDS, prevention and treatment, visitors to this site can get their questions answered by AIDS specialists. Daily updates are also included at this site.
amfAR Global Link
The American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) site contains a searchable database covers clinical results for approved and experimental treatments and actively recruiting trials. News/Analysis and conference reports can also be found at amfAR.
MEDLINEplus:AIDS
This site provides the user with links to the latest news, statistics, treatment, and dictionaries related to AIDS.
AIDS.ORG
This site includes the current and archived issues of AIDS Treatment News along with information on conferences and a collection of easy to understand fact sheets.
CDC Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention Homepage
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produces this site that includes brochures, slide presentations, and an index to HIV/AIDS related Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Reports beginning in 1981. The site also contains many statistical sources.
Project Inform
The main focus of this site is to provide "free, confidential, and empowering information to anyone who asks—and we are committed to speeding the search for a cure". Current and back issues of PI Perspectives and WISE Words ( focusing on HIV/AIDS and women)are available here.
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
This site contains information in Spanish and English concerning AIDS treatment, prevention, and public policy. There is also a searchable timeline of the AIDS epidemic.
In Their Own Words
National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers recall what it was like to be working during the early days of HIV/AIDS. In addition to the transcripts there is also a timeline, and document and image archives.
Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
Johns Hopkins University maintains this site which includes an Expert Q&A section for clinicians and patients. Information on prevention and epidemiology can also be found.
Wisconsin AIDS/HIV Program
This is a good source for statistics and reports concerning the HIV/AIDS epidemic here in Wisconsin.
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
Provides information and services for people affected by HIV disease.
CDC HIV/STD/TB Prevention News Update
Provides synopses of scientific and lay media articles dealing with HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis. Also included is information from a variety of government sources.
UNAIDS: The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS
This web site is the home of the United Nations program dealing with HIV/AIDS. The site contains a number of publications from organizations around the world. The topics covered include access to drugs, children and young people, epidemiology, human rights and gender, and economics and development.
Updated 9/2009
