Background Information	Research Process Flow Chart (Inspiration)
Books & Videos at Landmark College	Research Process Flow Chart (Word)
Books & Videos at other Libraries	Search Terms Worksheet (Word)
Websites	Formulating a Research Question (Word)
Articles
Citations
Literature Subject Guide

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Find Background Information

Reference area (first floor)

Bioethics & Society

  Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights & Liberties -- 342.73085 E562

   Reproductive Issues in America — 616.69206 M5688R

  Encyclopedia of Social Problems -- 361.103 E56

  Encyclopedia of the Ethics of New Technologies — 174.25 CON

Science

  Science, Technology & Society -- 306.45 S4163

  Biotechnology:  Changing Life Through Science - 660.6 B16

  Encyclopedia of Life Science --- 570.3 C967e

Literature

  Encyclopedia of the Novel — 809.3003 ENC

  Encyclopedia of Novels into Film-- 791.436 TIB

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Available    Magill's Survey of World Literature -- 809 MAG

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Available    Great Writers of the English Language: Writers of Mystery &
                    Suspense -- 820.9 GRE V.12

Databases

• Issues & Controversies
  Objective analyses of hot topics in business, politics, government, education, and popular culture.
  Medical Ethics

• Today's Science

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

  • Stem Cells
  • Cloning
  • Genetics & Ethics and many more.

 

Find Books & Films at the Landmark College Library

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

Book stacks (second floor)

• Choosing Children: genes, disability, and design -- 618.9200 G566C
• The Case Against Perfection: ethics in the age of genetic engineering -- 174.957 S214C
• Genetically Engineered Foods -- 641.3 GEN
• Myth and the Movies: discovering the mythic structure of 50 unforgettable films -- 791.436 VOY
• Writing the Critical Essay: Cloning -- 176 C644
• Issues on Trial: Medical Rights -- 344.7304 M489
  

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

1. Search in WorldCat for an item:
   

   Search for an item in libraries near you: Enter title, subject or author
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2. Print-out the record for the item you want and bring it the front desk of the library OR email the information to library@landmark.edu
3. Allow up to two weeks (average is one week) for the materials to arrive.

 

Websites

Use the C.R.A.P. Test to evaluate your web sources.

Getting the Goods from Google

 

• 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.

 

 

Find Articles

Search Term Worksheet

Databases

• PowerSearch (via Gale)
  Cross-search multiple Gale databases, including Academic OneFile, Custom Newspapers, Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center, and Educator's Reference Complete.

• Academic Search Premier (via EBSCO)
  Multi-disciplinary database with extensive coverage of scholarly journals.

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

 

Citations

• Use NoodleBib
  Create an account, create citations, and store your bibliography to retrieve and add to or work on later.

 

Need Help??

Contact your class librarian Kathy Burris  extension 1628
Or the Main Desk of the Library extension 1648

 

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