Re: References on Child Abuse and Disabilities

[TDrinane@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 97-02-04 14:25:59 EST, Botasha@VAX.CS.HSCSYR.EDU writes:

> I am writing the section on Child Abuse and Disabilities for the updated
>  References and Resources in Child Abuse and Neglect provided by the AAP. I
>  only need to identify about 6 articles on the subject and summarize them.
I
>  have compiled a list of references on the subject (mostly thru medline,
>  others obtained from this  list and some by luck) and hoped that some of
>  you may be able to help me to see if I am missing any major references.
>  This is supposed to be a current review and doesn't need to be all
>  inclusive, but, since the subject wasn't included in the previous Resource
>  book, I thought I would include some older references. Thanks in advance
>  for you help.

I have generally found searches in broader indexes (e.g., Wilson Social
Science Index) to be a more reliable search than Medline.  Because of its
medical focus, Medline tends to miss a lot of pertinent sources.