Guide To Locating Resources For School Nurses & Health Educators

CURRICULUM LAB

Health textbooks and teacher’s guides

Elementary - Curr 372.37
Secondary - Curr 613

Family Life Education
AIDS Education

The index is online, 1983-present.
Full Text:  1989-2000 Microfiche 2001-present Online. 

Includes curriculum on all subjects including health and safety, instructional objectives and strategies, student activities, worksheets, lesson plans, subject matter and resource materials. 

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JUVENILE COLLECTION

Includes fiction and nonfiction dealing with health, safety, and family life appropriate for children from preschool to young adult.

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CIRCULATING COLLECTION

Includes books on school nursing, family life and AIDS education, health education, etc.  Some recommended subject headings are:

AIDS (Disease)—Study and Teaching
Family Life Education
Health—Study and Teaching
Safety Education
School Health Services
School Nursing
Sex Instruction

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REFERENCE RESOURCES

BOOKS

R 061.73 E56
Encyclopedia of Associations Many health-related organizations provide useful educational materials.  Use the Encyclopedia of Associations to identify relevant organizations and to obtain their addresses, phone numbers, and Internet addresses.

R 305 - R 306.9 
Books on adolescence, aging, women, Afro- Americans, homosexuality, marriage and the family, death and dying.

R 362 - R 363.46 
Books on AIDS, drugs, alcohol, aging, child abuse, abortion.

R 371.3 O58
Only the Best: The Annual Guide to the Highest Rated Educational Software and Multimedia.

R 371.33016 - R 371.33524
Guides to free educational materials including print materials, films, filmstrips, slides, and videotapes.

R 610 - R 619
Works on health, medicine, nutrition, suicide, mental health.

PERIODICALS

Journal of School Nursing – paper copies available in Jennings Library.

Journal of School Health – paper and/or microfilm copies available in Jennings Library.  Full-text is available online in multiple databases: Academic Search Premier, Health Reference Center, OMNI, and Proquest Research Library.

School Nurse News – paper copies available in Jennings Library.

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DATABASES

Many other journals containing articles related to health education and school nursing are available either online in our databases or in the Jennings Library.  To identify these journals and locate articles in them, use the databases listed on our health databases page.

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INTERNET RESOURCES

There is a considerable amount of information for school nurses and health educators available on the Internet.  To get started, see Internet Resources for School Nurses and Health Educators. 

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