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Bioethics Research Guide
Searching and Browsing for Books
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Use the subject search in TrinCat to search for books in Rolfing Library and in WorldCat to search for books in other libraries. Some major subject headings for locating books relevant to bioethics include:
| Abortion Agriculture Moral and ethical aspects Animal experimentation Moral and ethical aspects Animal rights Animal welfare Assisted suicide Bioethics Biology Social aspects Biotechnology Christian ethics Cloning Dignity
| Environmental ethics Ethics, Evolutionary Euthanasia Genetics Medical ethics Reproductive Medicine ethics. Research Moral and ethical aspects Science Moral and ethical aspects Science Social aspects Stem cells Research Moral and ethical aspects |
Library of Congress Call Number Classification
If you would rather browse through books in the library, be aware that as bioethics is an interdisciplinary subject, the books are scattered throughout the Library. The call number ranges listed below will guide you in finding areas with relevant books. When you find a good book on a topic, the ones near it on the shelf will probably be similar in subject. To find out on where the books are located, check the collection maps located at the reference opacs and throughout the library.
| BJ1-1725 | Ethics |
| BJ1298-1335 | Evolutionary and genetic ethics |
| BJ1725 | Professional ethics |
| GE42 | Environmental ethics |
| GE195-199 | Environmentalism. Green movement |
| GF75 | Human influences on the environment |
| HV4701-4959 | Protection of animals. Animal rights. Animal welfare. Animal experimentation. Anti-vivisection |
| Q175.35-175.5 | Science -- Moral and ethical aspects. Science -- Social aspects |
| Q180.55 | Research -- Moral and ethical aspects |
| QH332-333 | Bioethics. Biology -- social aspects |
| R723-726 | Medical ethics |
| SF405.5-407 | Laboratory animals |
| TP248.13-248.65 | Biotechnology |
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries are generally a good place for beginning research into subjects in bioethics. Brief to extensive overviews of topics are given and in some instances reading lists for further research.
Encyclopedia of bioethics / Stephen G. Post, editor in chief.
Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #: QH332 .E52 2004
Encyclopedia of bioethics / Warren T. Reich, editor in chief.
Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #: QH332 .E52 1995
Source book in bioethics / edited by Albert R. Jonsen, Robert M. Veatch, LeRoy Walters.
Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #: R724 .S599 1998
Encyclopedia of applied ethics / [editor-in-chief, Ruth Chadwick].
Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #: BJ63 .E44 1998
Encyclopedia of Jewish medical ethics : a compilation of Jewish medical law on all topics of medical interest ... / compiled and written by Avraham Steinberg ; translated by Fred Rosner.
Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #: BM538.H43 S7413 2003
Routledge encyclopedia of philosophy / general editor, Edward Craig.
Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #: B51 .R68 1998
Bibliographies
Bibliography of Bioethics / "An ongoing researchproject of the Kennedy Institute, Center for Bioethics at Georgetown University." Supported in party by a grant from the National Library of Medicine.Library Location: Deerfield Reference Collection Call #Z6675.E8B53
Searching and Browsing for Journals
Citation Indexes & Databases
The first place to go when you are looking for journal or magazine articles, is one of our online databases. There is not one perfect database for finding articles in bioethics. Rolfing subscribes to several which give different views of the discipline. Please ask a librarian for help finding information on your topic in any of these databases.
General Science Index. 1984-current. General science literature from the U.S. and Europe. It is the ideal source for researchers seeking information on a variety of scientific topics.
ATLA Religion Database - includes comprehensive religious topics including Chrisitan/theological ethics
Philosopher's Index -1940 - present. Provides indexing and abstracts from books and journals of philosophy and related fields.
ECO. 1995–current. An OCLC collection of scholarly journals. Covers numerous subjects, including science. Abstracts and full-text articles.
MEDLINE All areas of medicine, including dentistry and nursing. Corresponds to the print indexes Index Medicus, Index to Dental Literature, and International Nursing Index. 1966 to present.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Provides full text for 480 scholarly journals, and indexing and abstracting for over 510 journals.
If you are looking for general information, including news and non-scholarly magazine articles, one good place to look is in one or more of our general databases, such as Academic Search Premier
Journals
Journals can be an excellent source of current and specific information on an issue in bioethics. Some journals cover very broad issues while others are relatively narrow in scope. If you are trying to select a topic for research, or if you'd just like to browse current literature, why not check out some of the following journal titles accessible through Rolfing Library online, in print, or microform?
Online
American journal of bioethics : AJOB (Online)
Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics (Online)
Developing World Bioethics (Online)
Ecologist (Wadebridge, England : 1979 : Online)
Environmental health perspectives (Online)
Environmental health perspectives. Supplements (Online)
Ethics and the environment (Online)
Hastings Center report (Online)
Journal of applied animal welfare science (Online)
Journal of applied philosophy (Online)
Journal of medical ethics (Online)
Journal of medicine and philosophy (Online)
Journal of religious ethics (Online)
Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal (Online)
Perspectives on science (Online)
Science, technology & human values (Online)
Social studies of science (Online)
Sociology of health & illness (Online)
Print Periodicals located in Rolfing Library
American journal of bioethics : AJOB
Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics : CQ : the international journal for healthcare ethics committees
Dignity - Newsletter of the Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity
Ethics & medicine : a Christian perspective on issues in bioethics
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of medicine and philosophy
Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
National Catholic bioethics quarterly
Notre Dame journal of law, ethics & public policy
Microform Periodicals located in Rolfing Library
Environmental science & technology [microform]
Searching and Browsing the Internet
Websites:
If you are interested in exploring bioethics issues though the internet be aware that many sites are biased with regard to the issues so you will want to evaluate each site on the basic criteria of accuracy, authority, currency, and objectivity. A few sites to visit include:
Bioethics Library & Information Services Gateway (Kennedy Institute of Ethics--Georgetown University). URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/ - search for particular articles, books, audio-visuals, request a custom bibliography, retrieve biliographies on bioethics topics, and find publications, organizations, and syllabii.
Boethics.com - links to other bioethics web sites, bioethics blogs, and bioethics centers, plus news and commentary on a wide range of issues in bioethics.
The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity - Born out of a major conference in May 1994, The Christian Stake in Bioethics, CBHD is now a national and international leader in producing a wide range of live, recorded, and written resources examining bioethical issues from a Christian perspective. Areas of interest include bioethics, biotechnology, cloning, end of life, genetics, health care and clinical ethics, reproductive ethics, sanctity of life, and stem cell research. URL: http://www.cbhd.org/aboutcbhd/
Applied Ethics Resources on WWW - The resources on this site, hosted by EthicsWeb.ca, are arranged by discipline. Areas of interest include health care ethics, environmental ethics, animal welfare & the ethics of animal use, science & technology ethics, and research ethics. URL: http://www.ethicsweb.ca/resources/
Open Directory Project: Bioethics - These links, hand-selected and annotated by a researcher, cover animal rights, cloning, euthanasia, eugenics, genetic engineering, and research ethics. Also noted are other categories in the directory, such as Ethics in Science and Technology, which are of related interest. URL: http://dmoz.org/Society/Philosophy/Ethics/Applied/Bioethics/
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science (Case Western University) - This site offers resources in a variety of disciplines of applied ethics, including biological and environmental ethics (under the "natural science" tab). URL: http://onlineethics.org/