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Bioethics in Literature (EN1021)

Background Information
Books & Videos Available at the Landmark College Library
Books & Videos Available from Other Libraries
Articles
Websites
Citations

Literature Subject Guide

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Find Background Information

Use the biographies and encyclopedias in the Reference area and online for biographies, overviews, and multimedia related to broadcast journalism.

Ask a librarian for others.

Reference area (first floor)

  • Bioethics: An Anthology —174.957 B6152
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  • Encyclopedia of the Novel — 809.3003 ENC

       

  • Encyclopedia of Novels into Film-- 791.436 TIB
  • Science, Technology & Society: An Encyclopedia -- 306.45 S4163
  • Bioethical Issues: Taking Sides -- 174.2 T136
  • Biomedical Ethics: Issues -- 174.957 B6153
  • Genetic Engineering: Opposing Viewpoints —174.957 C328
  • Cloning: Opposing Viewpoints — 176 C644 2006

 

Find Books & Videos at the Landmark College Library

Use WebCat to search for other books, ebooks, and films at the Landmark College Library.

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Book stacks (second floor)

  • Choosing Children: genes, disability, and design -- 618.9200 G566C
  • Performance Enhancing Drugs — 362.29 PER
  • The Case Against Perfection: ethics in the age of genetic engineering -- 174.957 S214C
  • Genetically Engineered Foods -- 641.3 GEN
  • The Horror Reader -- 809.3 HOR
  • In Frankenstein's Shadow: myth, monstrosity, and nineteenth century writing -- 823.7 BAL
  • Myth and the Movies: discovering the mythic structure of 50 unforgettable films -- 791.436 VOY
  • Mary Shelley: romance and reality -- 823.7 SUN
  • The Life & Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley -- 823.7 S545XM
  • The Monsters : Mary Shelley and the curse of Frankenstein -- 823.7 S545H

 

Videos in our collection (second floor)

  • Genetics and Evolution [DVD] — 572.838 G328
  • All About Us: The Human Genome [DVD]-- 599.935 ALL
  • Stem Cells [DVD] -- 571.6 S8245

 

Find Books & Videos Available from Other Libraries

Search in WorldCat for materials available from other libraries.

Bring a print out of the book you want to the front desk of the library.

Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.

 

Find Articles

Can't find the article?

Search for the title of the journal in Serials Solutions to see if the full text is available in one of our databases.  If the article is not available, we will get the article from another library.

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Databases

General OneFile

Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.

  • Try a Subject Guide Search and use the Subdivisions to narrow your topic.
    • Use only one very broad term Example: stem cells
    • Add another term in the Search box on the left side of the screen to narrow your results. 
    • Click on the Academic Journals tab!!
  • Try an Advanced Search and search for terms in the Abstract field.
    • Search for more than one term at a time.
    • Put each term on a different line.

 

Today's Science

Articles on the latest scientific discoveries and the fundamental concepts that underlie them.

 

Opposing Viewpoints

Articles provide a summary of the topic and viewpoints from both sides of the issue. 

 

MagillOnLiterature

Brief plot summaries and critical analyses of the most studied works in the history of literature.

 

Websites

Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to evaluate your web sources.

Try and Advanced Search in Google and specify a domain.

For example type: site:edu multiple intelligences

 

BioCenter
www.bioethics.ac.uk

  • See "Topics Under Debate" which include: Artifical Intelligence, Egg & Sperm Donation, Research Cloning, and more.

Center for Genetics & Society
http://geneticsandsociety.org/index.php

  • See listed on the left of the screen: "Highlighted Topics" and other topics under "Technologies" and "Policies" and "Society" which include: Stem Cell Research, Research Cloning, Egg Retrieval, and many more. 

Medline Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html

  • Medical information on thousands of topics. Search for your key terms in the search box. 

Internet Movie Database http://imdb.com/

  • Plot summaries, analysis, and reviews of movies.  Biographies of actors and directors.

 

Citations

Use the Landmark College Citation Guide.

 

Need Help??

Contact your class librarian Elizabeth Dolinger  extension 1628
Or the Main Desk of the Library extension 1648

 

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