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Bioethics: A Multidisciplinary Area of Study: Home

This guide provides an entry point into bioethics, with an emphasis on science and social science resources.

Welcome

Welcome to the Bioethics Research Guide!

After using this guide, you will be able to access

Initial guidance and authoritative science and social science resources in bioethics,
Context or initial connections to related fields of study, and
Professional associations and literature within the field.

Happy Searching!

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Databases for Finding Articles

BIOSIS Previews
Bibliographic database for biomedical sciences and premier database for botany abstracts. > 26 million abstracts. International journal coverage. 1926 - present

BIOSIS Previews Tutorial

PubMed
Large biomedical bibliographic database. > 30 million records. Apply the bioethics subset filter to your search by typing AND bioethics [sb] after your keyword search.

Philosopher's Index
Covers scholarly research in all major fields of philosophy.
Philosophy documentation center collection- Bioethics Search
Search for Bioethics completed from a premier philosophy database
PhilPapers- The Philosophy of Biology
PhilPapers is an index of philosophical works on a variety of subjects. This link connects to works in philosophy related to biology. ***Use CTRL or CMD F, to search for ethics within the page