Cloning and Genetic Engineering

"Pathfinders" are guides to help you get started finding information on a topic. A St. Kate's Reference Librarian has written this guide to help you perform Library research for your structured controversy paper and presentation. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your hunt.

Please stop or phone the Reference Desk (651-690-6652) if you have questions or need further assistance.

Contents:   Reference Works  | Finding Books  |  Journal Articles  |  Internet Sites

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Appied Ethics
Ref. BJ 63 .A66 (1998)
See "Genetic Engineering," vol. 2, pp. 407-417; "Playing God," vol. 3, pp. 525-530

Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Ref.  QH 332 .E52  (2004)
Check the index volume

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
Ref. TP 248.16 .E539 (2000)
See "Cloning, Ethics," vol. 1, pp. 129-139; "Cloning, Overview of Animan Cloning," vol. 1, pp. 139-149; "Cloning, Overview of Human Cloning," vol. 1, pp. 149-157; "Cloning, Policy Issues," vol. 1, pp. 157-172.
Also see "Genetic engineering" in the index.

Encyclopedia of Evolution
Ref. QH 360.2 .E54 (2002)

McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology
Ref. Q 121 .M3 (1997)
See "Genetic Engineering," vol. 7, pp. 762-768

Encyclopedia of Science and Religion
Ref. BL 240.3 .E43 2003

Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual
Ref. QH442.2 .M26 (2001)

The Ten Commandments: A Handbook of Religious, Legal, and Social Issues
Ref. BV4655 .H44 (2003)

Note: Please remember that Reference Books may not be taken from the Library

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and at other ACTC colleges. Use the "Request" feature to obtain items not at St. Kate's.

Search terms:
        Subject: cloning
        Subject: human cloning 
        Subject: genetic engineering

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

Use EBSCO's Academic Search Premier and InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP to look for journal articles, adding enough terms to limit the search to your topic. To find only academic journals, click before the box for "scholarly (peer reviewed) journals" or "peer-reviewed publications."

   Search Term(s):   cloning and genetic engineering

Internet Resources

Biofact Report
http://www.biofact.com/cloning

Public Agenda: A Nonpartisan Opinion Research Organization Helping Americans Explore and Understand Critical Issues

Find public opinion polls and graphs on the latest issues. Look for cloning under "Medical Research".

http://www.publicagenda.com

Human Genome Project Information
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/cloning.shtml

UNESCO Report, Human Cloning: Ethical Issues

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001359/135928e.pdf