Radiography 102 Research Guide Table of Contents Getting to the Library Page... 1 Finding Books... 2 Finding Books Using the LC Call Number (Library Congress Call Number)... 3 Finding Articles... 4 Find Articles from Home... 8 Recommended Radiography Books... 9 MLA Citations... 11 One-author book format... 11 Book with More Than One Author... 11 Article in a Reference Book (e.g. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries)... 12 A Page on a Web Site... 12 An Article from an Online Database (or Other Electronic Subscription Service)... 12 Recommended Radiography Websites... 12 Need help? Ask a Librarian... 13 Getting to the Library Page Go to the Wright College Library Page at wright.ccc.edu/library. The Wright College Library page will load. 1
Finding Books Use the Wright College Library catalog to search for books on the library s shelves. Once on the library page click the Find Books link under Start your research. The library catalog will open. Enter your Keywords in the search box provided. What is a keyword? A keyword is a term or phrase related to the topic you are researching. To develop keywords, think of the core ideas of your topic. 2
Suggested Keywords radiology Radiation Protection Methods Technology, Radiologic Technology Radiologic Examination Questions Diagnosis Radioscopic Quality Control Diagnosis Radioscopic Examinations Questions Radiology Medical Radiology Medical Safety Measures Radiology Standards United States You can also do searches using the title, author, subject, call #, or ISBN/ISSN. You will see these tabs above the search box. Finding Books Using the LC Call Number (Library Congress Call Number) When you find a book you would like to read in the library catalog locate the call number. A call number is an address for a book or other material. In LC classification, numbers before the decimal point are read in ordinary numerical sequence, but after the decimal point, they are read decimally and not as whole numbers. The following represents how these books are arranged on the shelf: KF 13.H3 KF 103.H3 KF 411.P262 KF 2910.R33 T69 1999 c.2 3
Finding Articles Click the Find Articles under Start your research on the library homepage. A new page will load. Scroll down until you see Find Articles which contains a list of the library s databases. Click the CINAHL & Health Science link to open the health database search page. 4
The database will load. Enter your keywords in the search box provided. What is a keyword? A keyword is a term or phrase related to the topic you are researching. To develop keywords, think of the core ideas of your topic. Some keywords you may like to try are: Search tip: Use AND when you want to combine search terms. AND always narrows a search. Radiologic technologists and ethics Week 3: Ethical Problems Radiologic technologists and ethics and decision making Radiologic and technology and ethics Week 4: Ethical Theories Ethical theories and medicine Decision making -- Moral & ethical aspects Radiologic technologists and moral & values Week 6: Values and Problem Solving Radiologic technologists and Attitude Radiologic technologists and of Health Personnel Professional practice 5
prevention of contrast nephropathy Week 12: Patient Losses contrast-induced MRI and failure magnetic resonance imaging and contrast media (Diagnostic imaging) and nephropathy Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease and Aged: 65+ years and Aged, 80 and over Week 13-14: Aging/Alzheimer s Alzheimer's Disease and Aged: 65+ years Alzheimer s Disease and brain Alzheimer's Disease and Aged, 80 and over Alzheimer s Disease and brain and biological markers Once you have entered your keywords click the search button to submit your search. To find scholarly or peer reviewed articles click the check box on the left under Refine your results. What is a scholarly or peer reviewed article? Scholarly or peer-reviewed articles are written by experts in academic or professional fields. They are excellent sources for finding out what has been studied or researched on a topic. Results will load. Click the full text link under the description of the database to open the article. 6
The article will open. On the right you will see the Tools menu. Click the white envelope to email the article. Click the cite icon to get the citation format you would use for your list of References or Works Cited page. Note: Citations generated from the database are not completely accurate compare with a source your instructor recommends. Click the printer icon to print the article. Note: Do not click the print icon in the Tools menu. It does not print the full-text of the article. 7
Find Articles from Home You can access the library s databases from home. Click Find Articles from Home link under Start your research on the library s home page. The login page will open. In the Your username and Your password box enter the username and password you use for student email, Blackboard, and My.CCC.edu (the student portal). Click the Submit button once you have entered your username and password. 8
Note: If you need assistance with logging in please contact the library. Click the Begin your search link to go to the list of library databases. The list of library databases will open. Click the linked name of the database to access it. Recommended Radiography Books Critical Thinking: Developing Skills in Radiography (1999) Kathryn S. Durand Library Call # [STACKS] RC78.15.D87 1999 c.2 Digital Radiography and PACS (2007) Christi Carter and Beth Veale Library Call # RC78.7.D35 F55 2008 9
Fundamentals of Special Radiographic Procedures (2006) Albert M. Snopek Call # REF RC78.S66 2006 How to Think Like a Radiologist: Ordering Imaging Studies (2009) Tara Marie Catanzano MD Call # RC78.C39 2009 Introduction to Radiologic Sciences and Patient Care (2007) Arlene M. Adler and Richard R. Carlton Call # REF R898.I565 2007 I Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning & Procedures (2007) Eugene D. Frank, Bruce W. Long, and Barbara J. Smith Call numbers: REF RC78.4.F72 2007 V. 1; RC78.4.F72 2007 V. 2; RC78.4.F72 2007 V. 3 Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Radiography: The Complete Study Guide and Career Planner (2008) William J. Callaway Call #: RC78.17.C35 2008 Radiographic Image Analysis Workbook (2006) Kathy McQuillen-Martensen Call #: REF RC78.M3266 10
Radiographic Imaging & Exposure (2000) Terri L. Fauber Call #: [Stacks] RC78.F33 2000 The Radiologic Technologist's Handbook of Surgical Procedures (2000) Anthony C. Anderson Call #: [Stacks] RC78.4.A53 2000 MLA Citations These are examples of how to format books and articles in MLA format. These citations are included in your Works Cited page. One-author book format Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example Ebershoff, David. The 19th Wife. New York: The Random House Publishing Group, 2008.Print. Book with More Than One Author The first given name appears in last name, first name format; subsequent author names appear in first name last name format. Lastname, Firstname, and Firstname Lastname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example Gillespie, Paula, and Neal Lerner. The Allyn and Bacon Guide to Peer Tutoring. Boston: Allyn, 2000. Print. If there are more than three authors, you may choose to list only the first author followed by the phrase et al. (Latin for "and others") in place of the subsequent authors' names, or you may list all the authors in the order in which their names appear on the title page. (Note that there is a period after al in et al. Also note that there is never a period after the et in et al. ). Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print. or 11
Wysocki, Anne Frances, Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cynthia L. Selfe, and Geoffrey Sirc. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Logan: Utah State UP, 2004. Print. Article in a Reference Book (e.g. Encyclopedias, Dictionaries) For entries in encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other reference works, cite the piece as you would any other work in a collection but do not include the publisher information. Also, if the reference book is organized alphabetically, as most are, do not list the volume or the page number of the article or item. "Ideology." The American Heritage Dictionary. 3rd ed. 1997. Print. A Page on a Web Site For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites. Remember to use n.p. if no publisher name is available and n.d. if no publishing date is given. "How to Make Vegetarian Chili." ehow. Demand Media, Inc., n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009 An Article from an Online Database (or Other Electronic Subscription Service) Cite articles from online databases (e.g. Medline with Full-Text, CINAHL Plus with Full-Text, and EBSCO Academic Premier and Complete ) and other subscription services just as you would print sources. Since these articles usually come from periodicals, be sure to consult the appropriate sections of the Works Cited: Periodicals page, which you can access via its link at the bottom of this page. In addition to this information, provide the title of the database italicized, the medium of publication, and the date of access. Note: Previous editions of the MLA Style Manual required information about the subscribing institution (name and location). This information is no longer required by MLA. Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. Nature's Rotary Electromotors. Science 29 Apr. 2005: 642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009. *All citations and citation explanations are from Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue Owl. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/. Recommended Radiography Websites American Society of Radiologic Technologists, Code of Ethics https://www.asrt.org/media/pdf/codeofethics.pdf American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, Standards of Ethics https://www.arrt.org/pdfs/governing-documents/standards-of-ethics.pdf Illinois State Society of Radiologic Technologists http://members.issrt.org/ Introduction to Radiology: An Online Interactive Tutorial http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/ Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Radiology 12
http://www.osha.gov/sltc/etools/hospital/clinical/radiology/radiology.html This government agency website reviews the common safety and health topics you would experience in radiology. Occupational Outlook Handbook-Radiologic Technologists and Technicians http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/radiologic-technologists.htm The Occupational Outlook Handbook authored by the government agency the Bureau of Labor and Statistics gives you information about what they do, work environment, pay, and job outlook. Radiology Assistant http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/42023a885587e RadiologyInfo.org http://www.radiologyinfo.org/ Glossary of terms, patient safety, and professions in radiology are reviewed. Need help? Ask a Librarian Library Hours Monday Thursday 8:00am-9:30pm Friday 8:00am-4:00pm Saturday 8:00am-2:00pm Sunday CLOSED *summer hours vary Phone: 773-481-8400 13