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HPS 318 Research: History of Medicine from Antiquity to the Renaissance

This guide is intended to assist students in the course as it is taught by Professor Lucia Dacome

Rsearch & Writing Objectives

match evidence to argument, subordinate little ideas to big ones;

anticipate and pre-empt challenges to their argument

Search Databases

Search Historical Abstracts

  • use SYNONYMS or KEYWORDS
       -poverty or poor relief
       -almshouse or hospital or infirmiry
       -england or great britain
       -history, historical, historiography
  • use TRUNCATION or WILDCARD symbols
       -histor*
       -hospital*
       -medic*
  • use SUBJECT TERMS
       -Charities - Great Britain - History
       -Poverty - Great Britain

    Sample Databases

    Search DATABASES for references to JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOKS & CHAPTERS


    Historical Abstracts

    History of Science, Technology and Medicine

    ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages & Renaissance - BIBLIOGRAPHY

    JSTOR

    FRANCIS

    Proquest Research Library (compilation of many databases)