Bioethics: Key Reference Books, Scholarly Journals, and Web Sites
Key Reference Books
Encyclopedias and dictionaries are excellent starting places for research
into subjects in bioethics. At the minimum you will find concise, topical
articles on a variety of topics in bioethics and philosophy that will
help you understand the underpinnings of current issues. Some of the
books listed here also provide reading lists so you can get a start
on further research. Included in the list below are reference books
that focus on the general field of philosophy, so that you can find
general articles on theories in addition to more specific articles that
you will find in the scientific encyclopedias.
- Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy D. H. Hill Ref. B51 .R68 1998 10 vols. Also available via netLibrary.
- Encyclopedia of Ethics, 2nd ed. D. H. Hill Ref. BJ63 .E45 2001 3 vols.
- Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare D. H. Hill Ref. HV4708 .E53 1998 Also available at Vet Med Reference.
- Beacham's Guide to Environmental Issues & Sources D. H. Hill Ref. GE115 .B43 1993 5 vols.
- Encyclopedia of Ethics in Science and Technology D. H. Hill Ref. Q175.35 .B37 2002
- Social Issues in Science and Technology: An Encyclopedia D. H. Hill Ref. Q175.5 .N49 1999
- Encyclopedia of Bioethics Also available in D. H. Hill Ref. QH332 .E52 2004 5 vols.
Key Scholarly Journals
Journals can be an excellent source of current and specific information
on an issue in life science and 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, the print and online journals listed below are a
good starting point. They are listed in call number order to facilitate
finding them in the D. H. Hill and Veterinary Medical (Vet Med) Libraries.
Note: to check for electronic access to these or other journals,
go to the Journal List and search for the title of the journal that you want.
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics D. H. Hill BJ52.5 .J68 and Online
- Science, Technology, & Human Values D. H. Hill BJ57 .N49 and online (1999-present via Ingenta; 1978-2002 via JSTOR)
- Ethics and the Environment D. H. Hill GE42 .E843 and online (2001-present via Project Muse. Some earlier coverage also available; see Journal List for details.)
- Environmental Ethics D. H. Hill GF80 .E57
- Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly Vet Med HV4701 .I56
- Social Studies of Science D. H. Hill Q1 .S812 and online (1999-present via Ingenta; 1975-2002 via JSTOR)
- Perspectives on Science D. H. Hill Q124.6 .P47 and Online
- Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society D. H. Hill Q175.4 .B84 and Online
- Science in Context D. H. Hill Q175.4 .S343 and Online
- Bioethics D. H. Hill QH332 .B56 and Online
- Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal D. H. Hill QH332 .K46 and Online
- Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Vet Med SF405.5 .J68
- The Latham Letter Vet Med SF411.5 .L37
In addition, the Libraries has access to several relevant journals
only through the Internet. Several of these journals are only published
in electronic format, while others are accessible to you because of
the Libraries' partnerships with UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.
Key Web Sites
There are a large number of Web sites available, if you are interested
in exploring these issues online. However, many of them are biased one
way or the other with regard to issues in bioethics, so make sure that
you evaluate each site that you visit for the basic criteria of accuracy,
authority, currency, and objectivity. Below are listed some resources
for Web sites, but you can find even more by doing a simple Web search
for "bioethics" or another term relevant to your topic.
Bioethics Library
& Information Services Gateway (Kennedy Institute of Ethics--Georgetown
University). URL: http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/
Includes links to the following:
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 Tom Regan Animal Rights
Archive - This site, created by NCSU students based on the Tom Regan
Collection in the NCSU Libraries, organizes, preserves, and provides
access to the Collection. The site does not (currently) link out to
online materials, but rather provides access to the NCSU Libraries'
Special Collections holdings. URL: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/animalrights/
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/
STS Links
(NCSU Program on Science, Technology, & Society - Included on
this page are links to scholarly societies, government publications,
online journals and newsletters, activist groups, and links for particular
subjects including women in science, environmental science and ecology,
and genetics and biotechnology. URL: http://www.ncsu.edu/ncsu/chass/mds/stslinks.html
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