AIDS Information in periodical indexes A problem of exclusionThistlethwaite, Polly
1991 Reference Services Review
doi: 10.1108/eb049121
Indexing companies and database search services are contributing to the epidemic of ignorance surrounding HIV and AIDS. They are failing us, even killing us. Doctors, patients, students, and researchers seeking information about HIV are offered access only to a narrow range of mainstream and professional publications through the leading indexes. And, while a certain slate of periodicals is represented over and over by rival indexes, gaylesbian periodicals and communitybased health publications containing vital, often vanguard HIVAIDS information are systematically excluded from mainstream indexes and database search services. This article offers a critique of current indexing practices of AIDSrelated periodical literature and suggests strategies to remedy the situation.
Starting up your own HIVAIDS collection A case studyCowen, Sue; Wright Rix, R.
1991 Reference Services Review
doi: 10.1108/eb049122
While the majority of reported AIDS cases continues to be among white gay and bisexual men, the epidemic has forcefully spread to new populations. Between 1986 and 1989, reported AIDS cases among persons of color increased by 214 percent, among heterosexual IV drug users by 266 percent. The epidemic is also beginning to strike children in growing numbers. DunnMortimer, John. Recommendations for Financing the HIV Epidemic in California. Los Angeles The California Association of AIDS Agencies, 1990.
Selected CDC HIVAIDS information resourcesGarza, Brenda W.
1991 Reference Services Review
doi: 10.1108/eb049123
June 1981 marked the beginning of an indepth investigation by the Centers for Disease Control CDC of clusterings of two rare disorders, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma, in homosexual men. These diseases were soon recognized as two of the many opportunistic infections and cancers that can attack the immune systems of persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus HIV, the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS.
AIDS Educational comicsRifas, Leonard
1991 Reference Services Review
doi: 10.1108/eb049127
Cartooning is an industry, a subculture, and a field. Educational cartooning is none of these. It is a flexible, popular art that is constantly being reinvented by diverse people working in isolation from each other. As an educational cartoonist, I have been aware of this lack of communication for years. Recently, Michigan State University's Randy Scott, the world's preeminent comic book librarian, sent me a list of the comic books about AIDS that are included in the Educational Materials Database of the National AIDS Information Clearinghouse. For addresses of materials discussed in this article, see sidebar 1. I was astounded. As of June 1990, their list included 46 titles from almost three dozen sources. After years of keeping an eye out for AIDS education comics, I had found out about only 15 of these titles.