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Bioethics

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Subject: 
Philosophy
Course number: 
PAR 215

Selected Books and eBooks

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
R726.8 .G39 2014
This book is in the "New and Popular Titles" section on the first floor of the library.
Contemporary Issues in Bioethics
R724 .C67 2003
This book is in the General Collection on the second floor of the library.
Principles of Biomedical Ethics
R724 .B36 2001
This book is in the General Collection on the second floor of the library and is also available as an eBook.
The Story of Bioethics: From Seminal Works to Contemporary Explorations
QH332 .S77 2003
This book is in the General Collection on the second floor of the library.

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Recommended Databases

Use the following databases to find ARTICLES on your topic. You can limit your search to "peer reviewed" for scholarly articles.

Philosopher's Index

The Philosopher's Index is a bibliographic database with informative, author-written abstracts covering scholarly research in all areas of philosophy.

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PhilPapers with Full Text

Maintained and operated by the Center for Digital Philosophy and the Philosophy Documentation Center. It features full text access to more than 100 scholarly journals, series, and conference proceedings in the humanities and social sciences.  

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PhilArchive

The largest open access e-print archive in philosophy. Formerly known as the PhilPapers Archive, it is built on and integrated with the PhilPapers database. Access to items on PhilArchive is free without a user account.

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ScienceDirect

Elsevier Journal collection covering the sciences, business, child development, computer science, clinical research, economics, history, hospitality, industrial technology, library and information science, physical education and health, psychology, social work, sociology, and tourism.

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Web of Science

This collection of databases offers an integrated, versatile research platform, it delivers easy access to high quality, diversified scholarly information in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as search and analysis tools that enhance this content. Includes Web of Science Core Collection, which consists of multidisciplinary content covers over 12,000 of the highest impact journals worldwide.

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Citation Searching

It is often useful to go through the endnotes or references of a paper to find sources the author has cited for information you might be able to use, which is a “backwards citation search."  Many times the citations at the end of a paper will be linked so you can easily find them.  If they are not, you can look up the journal title in the Library Catalog to find out if the library has access to the journal.  Be sure to use the drop-down menu and select "Journal Title" for your search.  Then you will need to look up the article by title in that journal.

A "forward" citation search can also be useful since academia is full of ongoing conversations between scholars.  A “forward citation search” means finding other papers which cite a particular paper.  One way to do a forward citation search is to enter a paper title and author into Google Scholar and look for the "Cited by" link under the brief paper abstract.  You can also use the database Web of Science to find if a paper has been cited.

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Interlibrary Loan

If we do not have the full-text of the articles, or a book you need, fill out the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form and request it. This is a free service for students, faculty, and staff. 

ILL page: lib.uncw.edu/ill