Introduction
What is a database? A database is an organized collection of records presented in a standardized format that can be searched on a computer. The Orbis catalog is a database, as is the ATLA Religion Database.
When you search in a database what you are doing is searching through records that represent and describe some other object, such as a book, an article, a collection of facts. When you search in the Orbis catalog, for example, you are not searching within the books themselves, but instead you are searching through records that have been created to describe the books (and other items) within the collections of the Yale libraries. The record provides you with information about an item, such as its author, what it is about, and where it can be found.
There are various electronic databases that can help you locate articles, statistics, primary texts, and other kinds of information. You can search in a single database, or you can search within multiple databases at the same time . While there are literally hundreds of databases available at Yale, only a certain number of them are specifically geared toward ethics. However, there are also a number of databases that cover related subject areas, as well as databases that cover more than one subject area.
For databases to find journal articles in ethics, see Article Databases for Ethics under Finding Journal Articles.
Databases for Ethics
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Encyclopedia of EthicsIn this new edition, the Encyclopedia of Ethics has been substantially revised, and it has been expanded by more than 30 percent. Its intended audience remains the same: scholars, university students, and readers with a serious interest in philosophy. Its aims with respect to subject matter remain the same: coverage of ethical theory as pursued among English-speaking philosophers. Its 326 distinguished contributors (see the list of Contributors and Editors) are authorities in their fields. The Encyclopedia's content (see List of Entries) was again designed through wide consultation, and its 581 signed entries were peer reviewed.
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Bibliography of Theology & PeaceProvided by the Institute for Theology and Peace, a research institution of the Catholic Church. The emphasis of research and documentation is on the political and social debate on questions of peace from a theological-ethical point of view.
For databases that will help you find articles on ethics, please go to Article Databases for Ethics.
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Blackwell Reference OnlineOnline reference resources. Includes numerous titles in philosophy and ethics, including: A Companion to Applied Ethics; A Companion to Bioethics; The Blackwell Companion to Christian Ethics; and The Blackwell Guide to Ethical Theory.
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Contemporary Women's IssuesProvides full-text access to global information on women.
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GenderWatchGenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and newsletters.
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Globethics.netGlobal digital library on ethics providing users free access to full text versions of about 200 journals and more than a million documents in the field of applied ethics.
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Kennedy Institute of Ethics Bioethics DatabasesThis freely accessible website from Georgetown University's Kennedy Institute of Ethics provides access to four databases: ETHXWeb; GenETHX; International Bioethics Organizations; Syllabus Exchange Database.
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Philosophy CompassPhilosophy compass publishes peer-reviewed surveys of research including surveys of current research discussing the major topics, issues, viewpoints, and controversies within each area of the discipline.
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