Dental Hygiene Resources
Reference & Circulating Materials
Government Publications & Resources
Journals
Databases
Internet Sites
The Peterson Library has a wide array of resources in this subject area. This guide presents a selection of these resources as well as useful Internet websites. For research assistance, visit us at the library Information Desk, call us at 203-932-7189, or e-mail us. For assistance with writing the research paper, visit the Center for Learning Resources in Maxcy Hall.
Library Home Page
Go to the Peterson Library home page at www.newhaven.edu/library and take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with it. If you start at the UNH website at www.newhaven.edu, click on Library in the top middle. All the links for accessing library materials and services are on the left on the library home page. The most important are the ones for Catalog, Databases, Journals, and library Guides, but a quick look at all the links will be time well spent.
Library Catalog
Use the library catalog to find circulating and reference materials, including books, audio-visual resources, government documents, and periodical holdings. Our catalog uses the Library of Congress (LC) classification system and subject headings. LC assigns call numbers (letters and numerals) according to the book's primary subject. Most books dealing with dental topics will be in the R section where medicine is covered. Some quick search tips:
♦ Truncate with "?": periodon? will get periodontal, periodontics, etc.
♦ Put phrases in " ": "dental assistants" or "oral hygiene"
♦ Sort results by Publish date descending to get newest items at the top of the list.
♦ Click on Bibliographic and use the subject-heading links below to find additional
material.
♦ Always click on the Linked Resources tab to check for electronic access.
For additional search tips, consult the library guide on Using the UNH Library Catalog (OPAC).
Complete review of dental hygiene. [Perm. Res.] Ref. RK60.5 .P47 2002 CD-ROM
Dental hygiene in review. [Perm. Res.] RK60.5 .D428 2002 +CD-ROM
Dental learning system. [Perm. Res.] Ref. RK60.5 .D46 2002
Dental office medical emergencies: a manual of office response protocols. RC86.8 .D46 2008
Drug information handbook for dentistry. Ref. RK701 .D78 2008
High yield facts of dental hygiene. [Perm. Res.] Ref. RK60.5 .L635 2003 +CD-ROM
Medical emergencies: essentials for the dental profession. RC86.7 .G76 2009
Oral pathology for the dental hygienist. [Perm. Res.] Ref. RK307 .I27 2004 +CD-ROM
Practice management for dental hygienists. RK58 .A63 2007
Radiology for the dental professional. RK309 .F76 2005
If you need something not in our catalog, please use our ILL service to have materials sent here from other libraries. Forms to request books and articles are available at the Information Desk, and also online. Fill out a separate ILL request form for each item. Incorrect or incomplete information will slow down receipt of material, so please be accurate.
A federal documents depository since 1971, the library currently receives about a third of Government Printing Office (GPO) publications. Documents received since 2000 will show up in catalog searches. Many of these are also available online so be sure to click on Linked Resources for each item. Most documents held in the library can be borrowed. Consult the Government Documents library guide for more information. To request catalog items with the U.S. Govt Docs location or to inquire about older documents, come to the Information Desk.
Periodical articles from magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals are a valuable source of information in all research areas. Our Journals link lists of most of the periodical titles, current and historical, to which you have access through the library, in all formats.
Use the upper search box to enter a journal title to get links to databases containing the journal electronically and a link for any available library holdings as well. You can also use the drop-down box here to search for title keywords like dental or oral and hygien* [*=truncation], etc.
Use the lower search box to drop down through topical groupings like: Health & Biological Sciences>Dentistry. Click here to identify periodicals in this latter subject area and to browse current issues, either online or in the library.
Use the indexes in the next section to find periodical articles. For more help, consult our library guide on Finding Articles.
Searching for articles on a subject is best done using an electronic index that looks through the contents of many journals at one time. These databases now often provide the full text of articles or give you other 'Find full text' options.
Access all our Databases via the link on the library home page and enter your UNH network log-in when requested. Most are available 24/7 from any Internet terminal.
Databases dealing with dentistry are listed below. Use the Annotated Listing to get additional information about them. Use the Subject Listing to look for others in topical groupings. Those under General/Multidisciplinary will be most broadly useful.
Dental Resources
Dental Abstracts. Bimonthly journal index interfiled with the periodicals on the library's lower level.
Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry. Information on drugs, diseases, and treatments in periodontics, endodontics and other areas of dental health, with charts, images, radiographs and links to procedure monographs. Also covers accounting and human resources management in the dental office.
Journal Indexes
Academic OneFile. Millions of articles, many full-text and peer-reviewed
BioMedCentral. Free access to online journals in the sciences.
Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAH). Indexes books, journals, conference proceedings, dissertations, software packages, and more.
Directory of Open Access Journals. Freely available online journals,
Emerald Fulltext Journals. Articles on health and care, dental insurance, TQM in dental practice.
Health and Wellness Resource Center. Current medical news, journals, and reference sources.
HighWire Press. Some free full text. Use the Journals link to check for full-text access here.
ProQuest Education Journals & Wilson Education Abstracts.
PubMed is the NLM master journal index. Use the Journals link to check for full-text access here.
Additional Science Resources
E-Books for Colleges/Gale Virtual Reference Library. Look under the Medicine section for access to encyclopedias of alternative medicine, cancer, genetic disorders, and more.
Encyclopedia of Dietary Supplements.
Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. Articles from the latest edition of the print encyclopedia.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics Online. Corresponds to the current print edition.
Many of the websites below are from academic institutions and government agencies. Usually, ones like these with .edu and .gov domains are the most reliable. Google "dental hygiene" for additional sites and examine them carefully for their content, currency, and credentials. Look for the About us link. Here's a website to help you to critically evaluate Internet resources.
American Academy of Periodontology
American Dental Hygienists' Association
Dental Hygiene and Dental Technology Web Sites
Healthnet (University of Connecticut Health Center)
Any Questions? Ask at the Information Desk, call us at (203) 932-7189 or e-mail us.
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