Bioethics

A research guide: books, articles, & web sites

Finding Books

· How to Find Books in the ODU Library: Search in the ODU Library Catalog.

· How to Find Books in Other OhioLINK Libraries:
Search in the OhioLINK Library Catalog, or start your search in the ODU Library Catalog and then click on the OhioLINK button at the top of the results screen to search statewide.

· To Help You Search in the Catalogs:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

Reference Books—A Selection

Reference books provide a good starting point for your research. Reference items are located in the Library’s Reference collection, behind the Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler.

Locations:

· R = Reference Collection

· RCT = Reference - Current Topics section

· REFR = Ready Reference available at the Reference Desk

Bibliographies

· Bibliography of Bioethics. R 016.1742 W235b 30+ vols.

Encyclopedias

· The Concise Encyclopedia of Ethics of New Technologies. R 174.25 C7445e

· Encyclopedia of Bioethics. R 174.2 R347, 1995 5 vols.

· Encyclopedia of Ethics. R 170.3 B395e, 2001 3 vols.

Guides to the Issues

· Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 363.46 A763, 2002

· Animal Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 179.4 A542e, 2002

· Biomedical Ethics: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 174.2 B5219e

· Biotechnology. Current Controversies. RCT 660.6 B5246b

· Cloning: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 174.966 C622

· Death and Dying: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 306.9 D3492d

· Ethics. Current Controversies. RCT 170 E373e

· Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues. R 174.2 M734h, 1994

· Human Embryo Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 174.28 H8802e, 2002

· Medical Ethics. Current Controversies. RCT 174.2 M4683et

· Medicine: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 610 M4687

· Suicide: Opposing Viewpoints. RCT 362.28 S37, 2003

Additional Resources

· The CQ Researcher. R 300.05 C882

Reference Resources Online

Oxford Reference Online

Full-text dictionaries and other reference books in one searchable database. Includes literature guides.

To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and select Oxford Reference Online.

eBooks

NetLibrary

Full-text ebook database. Search among 15,000 ebooks from multiple disciplines, including reference books, other nonfiction, and fiction—including books about children’s literature Search by keyword, title, or author. To access: From the library homepage, click on Books, and then select NetLibrary.

Finding Articles and Book Reviews

· Use an online research database to find articles in scholarly journals, general magazines, and newspapers.

· To access the databases below, from the Library’s Articles in Databases page, select the Criminal Justice category, or choose from the A-Z index near the top of the page.

· To Help You Search in the Databases:
Guides and video tutorials are available online from the library’s Research Help page or in print
by the library Reference Desk on the top floor of Spangler. If you need additional assistance,
ask a librarian.

Recommended Databases

Alt-HealthWatch
Includes articles from more than 170 international peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. Focuses on perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness.

Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS Previews
Compiles references to worldwide journal articles in biological and medical research from 5500 journals. BIOSIS Previews also covers books and monographs. Updated semimonthly (BA) and weekly (BP).

CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health)
Includes publications in the areas of nursing, biomedicine, health sciences librarianship, alternative/ complementary medicine, consumer health, and allied health disciplines. Complete coverage of English-language nursing journals and publications, including journal articles, legal cases, clinical innovations, critical paths, drug records, research instruments and clinical trials. Coverage: 1937 to the present.

Electronic Journal Center
Covering many subject areas, EJC presents over 4300 research journals, including ethics journals.

Health Source: Consumer Edition
Provides health information on the medical sciences, food sciences and nutrition, childcare,

sports medicine and general health from over 190 journals, including Consumer Reports on Health and

Men's Health, and over 1,060 health-related pamphlets.

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Citations only. Indexes journal articles, books, proceedings, and other literature in the history of science, technology and medicine, and allied historical fields. Updated annually.

MEDLINE
Provides authoritative medical information on medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, pre-clinical sciences, and more from over 4,600 biomedical journals. Updated daily.

Philosopher's Index
Citations only. Covers the areas of ethics, aesthetics, social philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysic logic as well as the philosophy of law, religion, science, history, education, and language.

PsycCRITIQUES
Weekly reviews of books and films published by the American Psychological Association. In addition to the latest releases, this database contains a ten-year backfile of Contemporary Psychology book reviews, browsable by author/editor, book/film title, or publication year.

PsycINFO
Covers journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines, including bioethics. Updated weekly.

PsycINFO Historical
Provides summaries of historical journal articles, chapters, books, dissertations, and reports on psychology and related fields from 1887 to 1966. Updated weekly.

Religion and Philosophy Collection
Covers such topics as world religions, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy from over 290 journals.

Finding Periodicals in this Library

Listed below are some ethics periodicals available in the ODU Library.

How Do You Find Out if a Periodical Exists in this Library?

· Use the ODU Library Catalog to search for the title of the journal or newspaper you’re trying to find.
Choose a TITLE search and type in the title of the journal or newspaper you desire.

· The library's journals and magazines are located:

(1) In print in the Periodicals section on the top floor, arranged alphabetically by title
(2) Back issues in print (usually prior to 1960) in the Back Issues Room on the bottom floor
(3) In microfilm in cabinets behind the Periodicals section

A microfilm reader/printer (with free printing!) is also available on the top floor.
For more information, see the ODU Library Microfilm/Reader page at:

http://www.ohiodominican.edu/library/tour/microfilm/default.asp.

· If you are looking for a specific article in a periodical, be sure to match issue number and YEAR/MONTH of the article to the information listed in our library catalog to make sure we have the specific issue of the journal/magazine you need.

Finding Web Sites

A portal to Internet search engines and directories is available on the ODU Library’s Internet Search page.

In addition, listed below are web sites that may be of particular use to you in your information search.

Minimum recommended criteria for evaluating websites:

· Accuracy of the information

· Authority of the person or group responsible for the information

· When the information was created and last updated

For more information, view Evaluating Internet Sources & Search Tools on the Internet Search page.

Web Sites—A Selection

Associations and Societies

· American Bioethics Advisory Commission http://www.all.org/abac/index.htm

· American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASHB) – http://www.asbh.org/

· American Society for Law, Medicine, and Ethics: Links by Topic http://www.aslme.org/links/index.php

· Canadian Bioethics Society http://www.bioethics.ca

· The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity http://www.cbhd.org

· International Association of Bioethics http://www.bioethics-international.org

· National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) http://www.ncbcenter.org

Government Sites

· The FDA—A-Z Index http://www.fda.gov/opacom/hpchoice.html

· The President’s Council on Bioethics http://www.bioethics.gov

· Office of Human Research Protections http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/

Periodicals

· American Journal of Bioethics http://ajobonline.com

· Bioethics Peer-Reviewed Journals, from Google http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/Applied/Bioethics/Peer-Reviewed_Journals

General Information on Bioethics

· Bioethics links from DMOZ http://dmoz.org/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/Applied/Bioethics

· Cloning and Stem Cell Research, from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics http://www.scu.edu/ethics/links/links.cfm?cat=CLONE

· Codes of Ethics Online, from the Centre for Study of the Ethics in the Professions http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/

· End of Life Ethics, from http://www.scu.edu/ethics/links/links.cfm?cat=ELIFE

· Environmental Ethics, from http://www.scu.edu/ethics/links/links.cfm?cat=ENVIRO

· Ethics Link http://www.phil.gu.se/philosophy.html

· Ethics Updates http://ethics.acusd.edu/index.html

· Ethics Videos on the Web http://ethics.sandiego.edu/video/index.asp

· Health Care Ethics, from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics http://www.scu.edu/ethics/links/links.cfm?cat=HEALTH

· National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/nrc/index.htm

· The National Catholic Bioethics Center http://www.ncbcenter.org/

· Online Ethics for Engineering and Science http://www.onlineethics.org/

· Science and Research Ethics, from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics http://www.scu.edu/ethics/links/links.cfm?cat=SCIR

· W.H.O.: Links to Bioethics Resources on the Web http://www.who.int/ethics/links/en

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Document last modified: 11 December 2007