CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION (CDP)

Access: Networked CD-ROM on WKUNet or CD-ROM workstations by the Reference Desk.

Contents: 9 databases from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The following

5 databases can be searched individually or simultaneously:

• Health Promotion & Education
• Comprehensive School Health
• Cancer Prevention & Control
• Prenatal Smoking Cessation
• Epilepsy Education & Prevention

The other databases are:

• CDP Directory
• State Profile
• Health Promotion & Education Thesaurus
• Smoking & Health

Dates of coverage: mid-1970's (few items from 1960's and 1950's) up to 1997

Format of items retrieved: Published materials: journal articles, proceedings, reports, monographs, curricular materials. Also provides contact information.

Getting Started: Use up and down arrow keys to move to desired database, then press enter key.

Search: Search by major descriptors, textwords (keywords), year or title. Boolean and proximity searching are allowed. In State Profile database, search by state and topic.

Navigation Aids: Function keys at the top of the keyboard will move you through the search and result screens.

• F1 provides point of access help
• F2 browses thesaurus for each terms appropriate to each search line

Escape key returns you to the previous screen.

• F3 displays records retrieved
• Enter key toggles between short display and long display
• Right and left arrow keys advance you from one record to another


• F4 for printing and downloading (called "Export") while in display mode, also for

sort options

• F9 options - display options, etc.
• F10 Quit

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