Harbor Teacher Preparation Academy – Mr. Newman | Harbor College Library

Topics

What Alcohol Does to the Body Safety on Wheels Alcohol Use: A High-Risk Behavior What Tobacco Does to the Body Personal Safety Alcohol and Society

Drug Use: A High-Risk Behavior Safety Outside the Home Safety At Home Choosing to be Tobacco-Free Strategies for Preventing Substance Abuse

Books

Searching the Catalog (www.lahc.edu/library) -- click Book Catalog

Keyword search:

su smoking | su alcohol | su alcoholism | su accidents prevention | su traffic safety | su home accidents | su substance abuse

If you want to find books written for high school and younger, add SU juvenile. Example: su smoking AND su juvenile

Magazines

Infotrac (www.lahc.edu/library -- click databases, then Infotrac)

Subjects: Skateboarding – Subdivision: safety and security measures | Roller-skating – Subdivision: safety and security measures | Traffic safety | Home accidents – Subdivision: prevention | Alcohol – Subdivision: health aspects | Smoking – Subdivision: health aspects | Drug abuse – Subdivision: health aspects | Substance abuse – Subdivision: prevention | Kidnapping – Subdivision: prevention | Children’s accidents – Subdivision: prevention

Web sites

Searching the web

A good start: the Librarian’s Index to the Internet (lii.org)

Keyword search: smoking children; children’s accidents prevention; safety education

Injury prevention http://www.chp.edu/besafe/

Science, Tobacco, and You http://scienceu.fsu.edu/

National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/

directory.google.com

Kids and Teens > Health > Safety

Kids and Teens > Health > Substance Abuse

Kids and Teens > Teen Life > Teen Health > Drug Awareness

If it’s on the web, you must check the source. Is there an author? Is the author an expert in what he writes about? Does the author cite the sources she used?