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Bioethics:

A Research Guide


Contents: Introduction to Bioethics | Databases (Electronic Indexes to Journal Articles) | Other Sources of Information

Introduction to Bioethics

Craig, Edward, Ed. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 10 Vols. New York: Routledge, 1998.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref B51 .R68 1998)
Menikoff, Jerry. Law and Bioethics: An Introduction. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2001.
Location: Morris Library (KF 3821 .M46 2001)
Reich, Warren T., et al., eds. Encyclopedia of Bioethics. 5 Vols. New York: Macmillan Pub.Co., 2004.
Location: Morris Library - Reference (Ref QH332 .E52 2004)

Databases (Electronic Indexes to Journal Articles)

Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS)
Location: Library Databases
Indexes life science periodicals with numerous articles on ethics falling under the major concept term, "philosophy and ethics". The coverage is from 1985 and has some links to full text.
CINAHL (Nursing & Allied Health)
Location: Library Databases
Provides access to nursing journals and other publications including standards of practice. Indexing starts in 1982 and has Get It! links.
Expanded Academic ASAP Plus
Location: Library Databases
Indexes scholarly and general interest periodicals with full text of many of these titles, including the entire American Journal of Bioethics.
LexisNexis Academic
Location: Library Databases
Provides full-text information from newspapers, legal literature and other sources. Updated daily.
MEDLINE
Location: Library Databases
A wide range of ethical issues can be found in this index to medical journal articles with some links to full text.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Location: Library Databases
A social issues series that accesses viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents. Provides links to web sites, full-text magazines, and newspaper articles.
PAIS International
Location: Library Databases
An index to the world's public and social policy literature citing books, pamphlets, government publications, reports of private and public agencies, and periodical articles. There are full text links to some of the articles through Get It!. The index covers from 1972 to present.
Philosopher's Index
Location: Library Databases
Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy with coverage in the area of ethics. The index starts in 1940 and has Get It! links.
Sociological Abstracts
Location: Library Databases
Sociological Abstracts is an electronic index to sociology journals. There are full-text links to some of the articles through Get It!. The database coverage begins with 1963.

Other Sources of Information

ASBH: American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
Location: Internet (http://www.asbh.org/)
This is a professional society interested in bioethics and humanities. There is a listing of resource links for members and visitors to the web site, which includes academic centers and programs, bioethics education, government and public policy, and organizations and networks.
Delaware Biotechnology Institute/Interdisciplinary Ethics
Location: Internet (http://www.dbi.udel.edu/ethics.html)
The mission of the Delaware Interdisciplinary Ethics Program is to promote high quality teaching, research and outreach in all areas of applied and professional ethics through projects and programs that assist educators, researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers. The Program also provides faculty development, and student grants to this wide-range multidisciplinary field.
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Library & Information Services
Location: Internet (http://bioethics.georgetown.edu/)
The Kennedy Institute has made a research search service for bioethics literature and information available to individual researchers at no charge. "This service has been funded by contracts with the National Library of Medicine, a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute, and other public and private sources." Note that, "Any redistribution or commercial use requires written permission of the Center."
NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web
Location: Internet (http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/)
This web site has annotated web links for pursuit of the following: bioethics including education, research involving human participants and animals, medical and health care ethics, and the implications of applied genetics and biotechnology.
Subject Guide: Biotechnology
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/biotech/)
Information on bioethics is often tied to developments in biotechnology.
Subject Guide: Philosophy
Location: Internet (http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/phil/)
The databases, electronic journals and Internet resources listed here are potential resources for bioethics topics.

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Version: 02/07
Last modified: 03/24/09