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Starting Points: Guide to Eating Disorders Resources

REFERENCE BOOKS - Available for your use in the library, these books cannot be checked out.

R 300 Wei	Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks	Part of the Information Plus reference series.
R 616.8526 Cas	The Encyclopedia of Obesity and Eating Disorders Treatments	Over 400 entries address types of disorders, their psychological and societal considerations, drugs, and treatments.
R 616.8526 Eat	Eating Disorders - A Reference Sourcebook	Essays covering symptoms, medical issues, socio-cultural issues, dieting and obesities, treatments, and facilities.
R 616.8526 Kal	Too Fat or Too Thin? - A Reference Guide to Eating Disorders	Historical background and addresses the current problems of anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating and other disorders.

CIRCULATING BOOKS
616.8526 Bullitt-Jones M	Holy Hunger - A Memoir of Desire
PS 616.8526 Her	The Parent's Guide to Childhood Eating Disorders (Children’s Department – 2nd floor)
YA 616.8256 Nor	Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions With Food & Weight (Young Adult - 2nd floor)
616.8526 Ove	Overeaters Anonymous
616. 8256 Ove	The Twelve Steps and Twelve Tradition of Overeaters Anonymous



VIDEOS
Video 616.8526 Dyi	Dying to Be Thin
Video 616.8526 It	It's Not About the Food - Prevent Eating Disorders
Video 616.8526 Und	Understanding Eating Disorders

FINDING BOOKS AND OTHER LIBRARY MATERIALS/ Dewey Decimal browsing numbers: 616.8526

In addition to reference books, you may want to search for other books and materials (videos, audiobooks, etc.) on your topic. The best way to find good sources of information is to do a subject search in our Library catalog. You can access the Library’s online catalog from the Library or home by going to our Web page (www.wppl.org), then to Search Our Catalog. A good subject heading for this topic is eating disorders.

eBOOKS

You may also want to check out the collection of thousands of online books (eBooks) the Library offers located on the Web site www.netlibrary.com. Initially, you must open an account from Library computer terminals, but you will then be able to use the account from home as well. See a reference librarian for more details.

FINDING ARTICLES

The following sources can be used to find magazine articles dealing with your topic:

· The Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature - Adult Reference R 050 R Search for articles on a subject within any given year.
· EBSCOhost and InfoTrac OneFile - Access from the Library or at home using your library card number at www.wppl.org.

Search for full text articles on these online databases using your choice of keywords. You can limit your search to a certain year or even a certain magazine.

WEBSITES

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness	Types of Eating Disorders, Causes, Is There a Problem, Getting Help, Resources, Updates and more.
Anorexia, Binge Eating, & Bulimia	Causes, symptoms & treatments of anorexia. Links to their bulimia & binge-eating sites.
Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders	Thorough overview of eating disorders. Self-help tips & information about recovery & prevention.
Eating Disorders Association	From England, information and help for anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder & related disorders.
Eating Disorder Referral & Information Center	Information and resources to help those with eating disorders.
MedlinePlus Eating Disorders	Many categories and links in this thorough site.
National Eating Disorders Association	Education & referrals for those with eating disorders and concerned with body image & weight issues.
Unrealistic Weights	“A leading medical researcher talks about anorexia nervosa, treatment options and why much of what we think about eating disorders is wrong.” From Newsweek.

Page maintained by Courtney Moore - cmoore@wppl.org

Updated: December 11, 2007