Section 1
I am researching the political and socioeconomic impacts of the polio epidemic and the polio vaccine
Because I want to find out how the effects that diseases can have go beyond an individual life, and learn the most effective way to develop and implement a widespread treatment
List any important people, places, time periods, concepts, movements, etc. related to your topic. What keywords are beginning to emerge?
polio
vaccine
united states
poliovirus
antibodies
1948-1955
Explain how doing this research will inspire you and be relevant to your time at Cal and to your quality of life now and in the future, how it will contribute to the Common Good, and/or how your research in R4B can benefit you in your future career. In other words, are you passionate about this topic? Is it relevant to you? If so, why? If not, what meaningful, relevant-to-you research topic might you pick that you can invest yourself in wholeheartedly and benefit from both now and later?
This research will teach me how to conduct research and look for credible academic sources when learning about a certain topic, which is a valuable skill that I will use at Cal and in the future. Since I am planning to work in biotechnology as a medical researcher, I think that learning about historical diseases and pandemics can teach us a lot of useful information about the spread and effects of diseases on populations of people. Understanding how diseases spread is really important for their prevention, and studying the demographics they affect most can help prioritize production and distribution of vaccines or other necessary treatments to those who need it first. Especially with Covid now, I feel that paying attention to these kinds of patterns in other historical pandemics is really important for improving our approach to treating current diseases.
Because I want to find out how the effects that diseases can have go beyond an individual life, and learn the most effective way to develop and implement a widespread treatment
List any important people, places, time periods, concepts, movements, etc. related to your topic. What keywords are beginning to emerge?
polio
vaccine
united states
poliovirus
antibodies
1948-1955
Explain how doing this research will inspire you and be relevant to your time at Cal and to your quality of life now and in the future, how it will contribute to the Common Good, and/or how your research in R4B can benefit you in your future career. In other words, are you passionate about this topic? Is it relevant to you? If so, why? If not, what meaningful, relevant-to-you research topic might you pick that you can invest yourself in wholeheartedly and benefit from both now and later?
This research will teach me how to conduct research and look for credible academic sources when learning about a certain topic, which is a valuable skill that I will use at Cal and in the future. Since I am planning to work in biotechnology as a medical researcher, I think that learning about historical diseases and pandemics can teach us a lot of useful information about the spread and effects of diseases on populations of people. Understanding how diseases spread is really important for their prevention, and studying the demographics they affect most can help prioritize production and distribution of vaccines or other necessary treatments to those who need it first. Especially with Covid now, I feel that paying attention to these kinds of patterns in other historical pandemics is really important for improving our approach to treating current diseases.
Section 2
Condense your research question or thesis statement into a brief statement of 6-8 words:
impacts of polio epidemic and vaccine in America
Identify some core concepts in your statement and any related concepts that come to mind (topics, issues, ideas, people, places, time periods, films, tv shows, news, media, things, objects, etc.):
disease impact
America in the 1950s
America from 1910-1920
1916
medicine
vaccinations/vaccines
virus/viral infection
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
polio epidemic
New York City
Hilary Koprowski, David Bodian, Peter Salk
global polio eradication initiative
impacts of polio epidemic and vaccine in America
Identify some core concepts in your statement and any related concepts that come to mind (topics, issues, ideas, people, places, time periods, films, tv shows, news, media, things, objects, etc.):
disease impact
America in the 1950s
America from 1910-1920
1916
medicine
vaccinations/vaccines
virus/viral infection
Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
polio epidemic
New York City
Hilary Koprowski, David Bodian, Peter Salk
global polio eradication initiative
Section 3
Source selected:
https://libproxy.berkeley.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credoreference.com%2Fcontent%2Fentry%2Fgreyothde%2Fa_presidential_disease_polio_and_the_creation_of_america_s_vaccination_culture_1916_1955%2F0%3FinstitutionId%3D505
What is one thing you learned about your topic from this entry you selected?
I learned that since polio is most prevalent in the summers and early fall, during the outbreak in 1916, cities often entirely shut down to try and prevent the spread.
What terms from the entry could you use as keywords when you search other databases?
NFIP (national foundation for infantile paralysis)
Roosevelt Birthday Balls
Amish outbreak
Cutter Laboratories
Look at the bibliography in the source you just chose. Write down the title of one book that might further propel your project. *Seriously. Write the title and author down in your notebook - you're going to want to remember this. If you don't see a bibliography for your entry, try clicking on another source.
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, by Jane Smith
https://libproxy.berkeley.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.credoreference.com%2Fcontent%2Fentry%2Fgreyothde%2Fa_presidential_disease_polio_and_the_creation_of_america_s_vaccination_culture_1916_1955%2F0%3FinstitutionId%3D505
What is one thing you learned about your topic from this entry you selected?
I learned that since polio is most prevalent in the summers and early fall, during the outbreak in 1916, cities often entirely shut down to try and prevent the spread.
What terms from the entry could you use as keywords when you search other databases?
NFIP (national foundation for infantile paralysis)
Roosevelt Birthday Balls
Amish outbreak
Cutter Laboratories
Look at the bibliography in the source you just chose. Write down the title of one book that might further propel your project. *Seriously. Write the title and author down in your notebook - you're going to want to remember this. If you don't see a bibliography for your entry, try clicking on another source.
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, by Jane Smith
Section 4
Stop to look at this cool view of UC Library Search, and in 1 sentence explain what you can access through UC Library Search (see https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=383822&p=2601778) for help:
We can access books, articles, other forms of media, databases, and archive collections.
What resources does UC Berkeley Library offer you here?–explain in 1 sentence. See https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=383822&p=2666393
The resources offered include guides to research, citation style manuals, guides and handbooks on how to write.
What is a scholarly (also called “refereed”) journal article?–explain in 1 sentence. See https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=83917&p=3747680
Scholarly journals are written by experts, academic faculty, and scientists and typically go very specific and in-depth into a topic.
We can access books, articles, other forms of media, databases, and archive collections.
What resources does UC Berkeley Library offer you here?–explain in 1 sentence. See https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=383822&p=2666393
The resources offered include guides to research, citation style manuals, guides and handbooks on how to write.
What is a scholarly (also called “refereed”) journal article?–explain in 1 sentence. See https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=83917&p=3747680
Scholarly journals are written by experts, academic faculty, and scientists and typically go very specific and in-depth into a topic.
Section 5
Briefly explain how a (scholarly or other) book differs from a (scholarly/refereed or other) journal article (see above).
Books tend to go even deeper than articles and since their length is greater than articles, books also cover more breadth. Due to publishing time though, books may not have the most recent data like articles can have.
Briefly explain how a scholarly work (book or journal/refereed article) differs from a popular one; see again: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=83917&p=3747680
Popular articles are like news articles that aim to give a general overview of a topic or event. Unlike scholarly articles, popular articles may be easier to understand since they use less specific language than scholarly articles, and most popular articles also do not have a completed citations/references list.
Find a Book. Remember how I asked you to find a book in the encyclopedia bibliography before? Well we're coming back to that now! Try to find that book in UC Library Search! If you can't find it, try to find another book on your topic using the search terms you generated. Write down the call number of the book you found!
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, by Jane Smith
Doe Library Main Stacks; RA644.P9 S553 1991
Below you see the section "Virtual Browse" and the selections I found from putting in call # PN1995.9.S695 S76 2005 for Star Wars and Philosophy by Decker and Eberl. Do your own Virtual Browse using your research topic / selected book, and then after virtual browsing, write below the titles, locations, and call #s of the 2 other books you found from Virtual Browsing:
Dirt and Disease: Polio before FDR by Naomi Rogers
Anthropology Library ; RA644.P9 R64 1992
A paralyzing Fear: The triumph over Polio in America by Nina Seavey
Doe Main Stacks ; RA644.P9 S43 1998
Books tend to go even deeper than articles and since their length is greater than articles, books also cover more breadth. Due to publishing time though, books may not have the most recent data like articles can have.
Briefly explain how a scholarly work (book or journal/refereed article) differs from a popular one; see again: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=83917&p=3747680
Popular articles are like news articles that aim to give a general overview of a topic or event. Unlike scholarly articles, popular articles may be easier to understand since they use less specific language than scholarly articles, and most popular articles also do not have a completed citations/references list.
Find a Book. Remember how I asked you to find a book in the encyclopedia bibliography before? Well we're coming back to that now! Try to find that book in UC Library Search! If you can't find it, try to find another book on your topic using the search terms you generated. Write down the call number of the book you found!
Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, by Jane Smith
Doe Library Main Stacks; RA644.P9 S553 1991
Below you see the section "Virtual Browse" and the selections I found from putting in call # PN1995.9.S695 S76 2005 for Star Wars and Philosophy by Decker and Eberl. Do your own Virtual Browse using your research topic / selected book, and then after virtual browsing, write below the titles, locations, and call #s of the 2 other books you found from Virtual Browsing:
Dirt and Disease: Polio before FDR by Naomi Rogers
Anthropology Library ; RA644.P9 R64 1992
A paralyzing Fear: The triumph over Polio in America by Nina Seavey
Doe Main Stacks ; RA644.P9 S43 1998
Section 6
What are peer-reviewed articles and why are citations important? Sum up in 1 sentence after watching video (See Video by Marisa Méndez-Brady)
Peer reviewed articles means that an article is fact-checked and read by other experts in the field before being published, and using citations in a paper not only gives credit to other authors’ ideas, but opens the door to follow-up conversations between the authors about ideas written in the paper.
What database did you choose? Under "Film Studies," I chose "Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text." Give yours here:
Under the “History” subject, I chose the “America: History and Life” database.
Search the database using the keywords you generated earlier, and find a relevant article. Copy paste a citation for an article on your topic:
Trevelyan, Barry, et al. “The Spatial Dynamics of Poliomyelitis in the United States: From Epidemic Emergence to Vaccine-Induced Retreat, 1910–1971.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 95, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 269–93. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00460.x.
Find an Article from the Bibliography. Open the article you just found. (If it isn't available through Berkeley, browse your results again for a full text article on your topic.) Scroll through your article until you reach the bibliography. Browse the bibliography for another article on your topic. Write down the title and author below. Also remember to search footnotes for new sources! Give yours here!
Alexander G. Gilliam, et al. “Poliomyelitis Epidemic Recurrence in the Counties of the United States, 1932-1946.” Public Health Reports (1896-1970), vol. 64, no. 49, 1949, pp. 1584–95. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/4587175. Accessed 13 Oct. 2022.
New Keywords? Scan the titles, abstracts, and subjects of your search results. Have you come across any new keywords as you've searched? Write them down here:
oral vaccine
poliomyelitis
American Medical Association
epidemic
Peer reviewed articles means that an article is fact-checked and read by other experts in the field before being published, and using citations in a paper not only gives credit to other authors’ ideas, but opens the door to follow-up conversations between the authors about ideas written in the paper.
What database did you choose? Under "Film Studies," I chose "Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text." Give yours here:
Under the “History” subject, I chose the “America: History and Life” database.
Search the database using the keywords you generated earlier, and find a relevant article. Copy paste a citation for an article on your topic:
Trevelyan, Barry, et al. “The Spatial Dynamics of Poliomyelitis in the United States: From Epidemic Emergence to Vaccine-Induced Retreat, 1910–1971.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 95, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 269–93. EBSCOhost, https://doi-org.libproxy.berkeley.edu/10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00460.x.
Find an Article from the Bibliography. Open the article you just found. (If it isn't available through Berkeley, browse your results again for a full text article on your topic.) Scroll through your article until you reach the bibliography. Browse the bibliography for another article on your topic. Write down the title and author below. Also remember to search footnotes for new sources! Give yours here!
Alexander G. Gilliam, et al. “Poliomyelitis Epidemic Recurrence in the Counties of the United States, 1932-1946.” Public Health Reports (1896-1970), vol. 64, no. 49, 1949, pp. 1584–95. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/4587175. Accessed 13 Oct. 2022.
New Keywords? Scan the titles, abstracts, and subjects of your search results. Have you come across any new keywords as you've searched? Write them down here:
oral vaccine
poliomyelitis
American Medical Association
epidemic
Section 8
Browse all research guides at https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/ Click on a subject related to your topic and select a guide link that you might use. Give it here.
https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/publichealth/infdis
Find a Database or Digital Collection Useful for You. Look through the Research Guide you choose above. Write down the name of a database or digital collection that might be useful to you as you continue to research. Give that here:
Academic Search Complete / ebsco host
Write down ways that you have sought help already and/or ways that you will seek help, including the possibilities listed right above and asterisked:
I will definitely use the ways listed above to seek help, and also I know I can always sign up for office hours with Professor Carmen, as well as talk to my classmates for help.
Write down 3 other sources that may help you. These could include newspapers, other databases, other books, other peer-reviewed articles, images, recordings such as at the Library of Congress, podcasts, original photos, etc. Give these here:
What's something you want the librarian to cover during your library workshop or what is a question you have for a librarian? Write it down.
My librarian covered all my questions during the workshop, so no questions :)
https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/publichealth/infdis
Find a Database or Digital Collection Useful for You. Look through the Research Guide you choose above. Write down the name of a database or digital collection that might be useful to you as you continue to research. Give that here:
Academic Search Complete / ebsco host
Write down ways that you have sought help already and/or ways that you will seek help, including the possibilities listed right above and asterisked:
I will definitely use the ways listed above to seek help, and also I know I can always sign up for office hours with Professor Carmen, as well as talk to my classmates for help.
Write down 3 other sources that may help you. These could include newspapers, other databases, other books, other peer-reviewed articles, images, recordings such as at the Library of Congress, podcasts, original photos, etc. Give these here:
- newspaper articles from that period! good for providing a weekly or monthly update of the disease status
- original photos, to see the extremities of the disease visualized
- other books and peer-reviewed articles–wider breadth of information and knowledge
What's something you want the librarian to cover during your library workshop or what is a question you have for a librarian? Write it down.
My librarian covered all my questions during the workshop, so no questions :)