General and background info for your topics
Encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks are good sources for basic and background information on a topic. These resources may be in print or electronic. Most subject encyclopedias will also provide a short bibliography or works referenced after each entry.
Encyclopedia of Bioethics. 2004. 3rd edition. New York: MacMillan Reference USA
Call Number: Main Reference (Encyclopedia Case) 174.2 E56 2004
electronic version available
Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society. 2008.
Los Angeles : Sage Publications.
Call number: MAIN Reference (Mgmt corner) 174.403 E56
Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy. 2009.
Farmington Hills, MI : Macmillan Reference USA/Gale Cengage Learning
Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology. 2000. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Call Number: Main Reference 174.96606 E56
Encyclopedia of Ethics. 2001. 2nd edition. New York: Routledge
Call Number: Main Reference 170.3 E56 2001
electronic version also available
Encyclopedia of information ethics and security. 2008.
Hershey : Information Science Reference
Call number: Main Reference L 174.9004 E56
Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics. 2005. Detroit: MacMillan Reference USA.
Call Number: Main Reference 503 E564
electronic version also available
Historical Dictionary of Ethics. 2008. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press
Call Number: Main Reference 170.9 G336h
Medical Ethics: Codes, Opinions, and Statements. 2000. Washington D.C.: Bureau of National Affairs
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Online versions of subject encyclopedias from many different disciplines.
Books
Use NUcat (the
online catalog) to identify books that the library has. Books are excellent sources of overviews and substantial
material on a particular topic. NUcat will also tell you whether material
is in the main library or in another Northwestern University library.
Articles and Databases
Use databases to track down articles in journals and magazines.
Articles usually have a specific focus, are relatively short, and
are relatively current. Some databases, particularly the general
ones, ofteninclude the full text of the article.
General/Multidisciplinary Databases
Academic OneFile
Academic
Search Premier
Specialized or Subject Databases
CQ Researcher (current events)
ATLA Religion Database
General Science Abstracts
Medline
Philosopher's Index
Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS)
Sociological Abstracts
Current News Databases
Access World News (full text newspapers and news magazines)
LexisNexis
Academic (full text newspapers and news magazines)
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other databases
by subject.
When searching article databases,
use this button to find the full article.
- If we have access to online full-text in any of our databases
it will link to it.
- If we don't have full-text online but have a print copy on
our shelves it will give you the call number.
Internet Resources
American Medical Association: Medical Ethics
Ethics Links from CSU, Fullerton
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