LibGuides: Bioethics: Background Information

About Background Information Resources

Finding background information at the beginning of your research is important for effectively and efficiently finding pertinent scholarly articles and constructing a convincing argument. Background information can provide:

Introduction to key issues
Keywords and subject-specific vocabulary terms that can be used for database searches
Bibliographies that lead to additional resources

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Online Reference Databases:

Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General encyclopedia containing full text.
Contents: E-books; Encyclopedias
Gale eBooks This link opens in a new window
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Subjects: MANY
Description: General e-book collection from Gale Cengage Learning containing full text.
Contents: eBooks; Encyclopedias.
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Subjects: Biology, Computer Science, Engineering, Physics
Description: Research database containing full text.
Contents: Encyclopedias; Biographies; eBooks.