Assited Suicide & Euthanasia

"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

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

(please read special instructions)

 

Death and Dying Sourcebook   REF R726.8 .D3785 2000

see Ch. 17, 33, 34

 

Encyclopedia of Aging 3rd ed.   REF HQ 1061 .E53 (2001)

see "Euthanasia," vol. 1, pp. 361-362; "Living Wills," vol. 1, pp. 611-613; and "Physician Assisted Suicide," vol. 2, pp. 801-802

 

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics   REF BJ 63 .A66 (1998)

check the index volume
 

Encyclopedia of Bioethics   REF  QH 332 .E52  (2004)

see "Death and Dying: Euthanasia and Sustaining Life," vol. 1, pp. 554-587, especially "Ethical Issues," pp. 565-571 and "Advance Directives," pp. 572-576
 

Encyclopedia of Human Development   REF HM 626 .E53 2006

see "Right-to-die movement," vol. 3, pp.1088-9 and "Assisted suicide, " vol. 1, pp.121-122

 

Handbook of Death and Dying     REF HQ1073 .H36 2003

see "Euthanasia," vol. 1, pp.405-424
 

American Attitudes, 4th ed.   REF HN 90 .P8 A527 (2005) -- p.119.

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 term:
Subject:               assisted suicide
Subject:               euthanasia
Subject:               right to die

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 "refereed publications."

    Search Term(s): assisted suicide or euthanasia or right to die

2.  Use ProQuest Newspapers to look for articles in major newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post and Minneapolis Star Tribune.
 

Search Term(s):

assisted suicide or euthanasia or "right to die" (include the quotation marks)

Internet Resources

Physician Assisted Suicide part of Ethics in Medicine from the University of Washington School of Medicine

Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide maintained by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance

Euthanasia Rsearch and Guidance Organization (ERGO)

International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide