Health and Societies: Books

The Penn Libraries catalog lists the millions of books, journal titles, and other materials in Penn Libraries collections. Franklin Catalog uses Library of Congress subject headings to describe books. You will see patterns in these useful subject headings:

Health services accessibility
Social medicine (i.e., Medical sociology!)
Medical policy
Medical geography
Medical anthropology
Public health--Anthropological aspects

Health and race
Health--Social aspects

Ethnic groups--Health and hygiene--United States
Minorities--Medical care
Minorities--Health and hygiene
African Americans--Medical care
African American women--Medical care
Poor--Health and hygiene
Poor--Medical care
Transcultural medical care

Racism in social services
Racism in public welfare
Discrimination in medical care
Medically underserved areas

Equality--Health aspects

Human experimentation in medicine
Sickle cell anemia--Patients--United States
Asthma--Social aspects

You can combine subject headings using the Subject field in the Penn Libraries catalog's Advanced Search form, with OR for combining synonyms and AND for combining concepts. Some examples:

Subject : ("african american" OR "african americans") AND "human experimentation"

Subject : (racism OR discrimination) AND ("medical care" OR "health and hygiene")

Dissertations are book-length works that may become tomorrow's published books and journal articles. Dissertations often reproduce survey questionnaires, interview transcripts, and other primary source material. They're also a GREAT source for literature reviews.

If your Penn Libraries catalog search results are overwhelming, there are some subject heading phrases that might help you maintain control. Plug these into your Advanced Search : Subject searching with ... AND ....

Conditions and aspects

Methodologies and sources

Representations