Gathering & Using information

The first assignment looked at Gathering and using information, looking at how to use a different range of resources such as the internet, books, journals etc to source information upon Infectious Disease. It also looked how to evaluate the authenticity of specific sources.
The sources used for this task were:

• G.Rowe, G.Hawkes and J. Houghton (2008) Initial UK public reaction to avian influenza: Analysis of opinions posted on the BBC website. Norwich: Institute of food research. [Online]. Available from: http://zsdh.library.sh.cn:8080/FCKeditor/filemanager/upload/jsp/UserImages/1307503663390..pdf. Accessed October 2012
• J.E.Suk and J.C. Semenza (2011) Future Infectious Disease Threats to Europe. American Journal of Public Health. Vol no: 101.
• H.Cody Meissner, P.M. Strebel and W.A.Orenstein. (2004) Measles Vaccines and the Potential for Worldwide Eradication of Measles. Illinois: American Academy of Pediatrics. [Online]. Available from: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/114/4/1065.full. Accessed October 2012.
• Anon (2012) Journals. Doncaster: Doncaster college. [Online]. Available from: http://www.don.ac.uk/mini_sites/learning_resource_centre/finding_journals.aspx. Accessed October 2012.
• D.Gould (2011) The challenges of caring for patients with influenza. Nursing older people. Vol no: 23
• J. Nicolson (2009) The war was over- but Spanish Flu would kill millions more. London: Telegraph media group. [Online] Available from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6542203/The-war-was-over-but-Spanish-Flu-would-kill-millions-more.html. Accessed October 2012
• E.Callaway (2008) Bacteria were the real killers in the 1918 flu pandemic. London:Reed business information Ltd. [Online]. Available from: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14458-bacteria-were-the-real-killers-in-1918-flu-pandemic.html. Accessed October 2012