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DENT 131, Basic Dental Assisting (Simone Klassen)

Find Articles, Books, E-books and more

These are the resources you can use:

  • Class notes
  • Internet
  • Textbooks
  • Medical/dental journals
  • Videos
  • Public health newsletters/brochures

But you need to use 5 reputable resources. The library search box below should help you easily find books or journal articles that are reputable.

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[Note: We are working to improve access to our collections and revising our subject headings to be more respectful and inclusive. Please be aware that you may see certain words or descriptions in search results or library materials which reflect the author’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was created and may now be considered offensive.]

 

Example searches:

tuberculosis transmission "health care professionals"

tuberculosis "oral hygiene"

"respiratory diseases" dentistry

 

Remember if you are trying to answer questions like describing the disease it is best to use a book or a research starter so remember to limit your search to e-books or print books.

If you are wanting to describe the diseases relevance to dentistry, you probably need a journal article, website or brochure.

 

Reliable Websites

 

Improve your googling by limiting your search to a domain.

Eg.: tuberculosis site:cda-adc.ca/

This limits your search to the Canadian Dental Association website and links to many of their online journals

 

Here are some other relevant domains to limit to:

site:.edu  (limits to US univeristies)

site:.ac.uk (limits to UK universities)

site:.gov.bc.ca (limits to BC government)

site:.gc.ca OR site:.canada.ca (limits to Canadian government)

 

 

Remember to look at the Evaluating Souces links below if you are finding websites yourself.

Evaluating Sources

Although librarians have carefully compiled these sources, there is no substitute for your own evaluation. Use the following guides to help you.

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