Search the Library Catalog of The Project on Death in America
This is the online catalog of the holdings of the Library of the Project on Death in America (PDIA) in New York . The library catalog is provided here for reference purposes. The approximately 600 documents in the PDIA Library collection in New York include primarily books, non-governmental organization reports, and videos concerned with such topics as death and dying, bereavement, grief, mourning, and palliative care. The entry for each document or video includes the Library of Congress call number and/or ISBN to facilitate finding the documents and videos in other libraries, or ordering them from book or video dealers.

There are two report formats available. The SHORT format includes bibliographic information, plus document type and ISBN. The LONG format adds Library of Congress subject headings, if available. The citations in the reports all sort by date in reverse chronological order, with the most recent ones first.

More instructions for using this database are available immediately below the search screen.


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  • The AND buttons next to each searchable field can be switched to OR or NOT.
  • Within a field such as SUBJECT, use & for "and" (e.g., cancer & palliative care), / for "or" (e.g., grief / bereavement), and ! for "not" (e.g., terminally ill ! cancer).
  • For truncation, use * (e.g., mourn* will pick up mourn, mourning, mourned, mourner, and mourners).
  • For date ranges, use : (a colon) for "through" (e.g., 1995:1998), < for "less than," > for "greater than," <= for "less than or equal to," >= for "greater than or equal to."
  • For more detailed information and help screens on library database searching, Boolean operators, and use of this search engine, please visit the ETOH database of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), which uses the same Inmagic search engine.

Please send any questions or feedback regarding the online catalog to Leigh Hallingby (Ms.), librarian, at lhallingby@sorosny.org.

 

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