Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications

SCOPE: Shift work is classified as work performed between the hours of 11P.M. and 7 A.M. Normal sleep patterns are disrupted and the duration of sleep is usually between one to four hours. Sleepiness and insomnia occur throughout the following day. As a result mental alertness is affected as well as physical well-being. 
The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the resources available in the library, but as a selective sampling of the many types of resources available. 

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with shift work are listed in the Baddour Library’s on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Shift work 
Shift Systems—Health aspects 

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES 

REF 547.Y34 2001 The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders 

REF 547.P75 2000 Principles and Practices of Sleep Medicine 

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection located upstairs in the library are:

Monk, Timothy H. How to Make Shift Work Safe and Productive. Des Plaines, ILL: 
American Society of Safety Enginners, 1988.

Monk, Timothy H. Making Shift Work Tolerable. London: Taylor & Francis, 1992.

Monk, Timothy H. Sleep, Sleepiness, and Performance. New York: Wiley, 1991.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS AND TRADE PUBLICATIONS 

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of shift work are:

American Journal of Psychiatry 
American Psychologist
Aviation Medical Bulletin
Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine 
Human Factors & Aviation Medicine 
International Journal of Aviation Psychology 
Journal of Abnormal Psychology 
Journal of Psychology 
Psychiatric Annals 
Psychological Review 
Psychology Today

Journal of Circadian Rhythms

Updated 08/22/2007