RU 486

"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 Applied Ethics

Ref BJ 63 .A66 1998
 

Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Ref QH 332 .E52 2004
 

Encyclopedia of Global Health

Ref RA 441 .e53 2008  

Religion and American Cultures

Ref BL 2525 .R448 2003
 

Reproductive Issues In America 

Ref RG 133.5 .M47 2003
 

The Rights of Women: The Basic ACLU Guide to Women's Rights

Ref KF 478 .Z9 R67 1993
 

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women

Ref HQ 1115 .R69 2000
 

West's Encyclopedia of American Law

Ref KF 154 .W47 1998
 

Women's Issues

Ref HQ 1115 .W6425 199

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.

Suggested Searches:
Keyword: emergency contraception
Subject: mifepristone

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

1. 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."

Sugggested searches: emergency contraception; plan b and contraception; levonorgestrel and contraception; mifepristone; ru-486

2. Use MEDLINE to look for articles in medical journals.

Sugggested searches: emergency contraception; levonorgestrel; mifepristone

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

Sugggested searches: emergency contraception; plan b and contraception; levonorgestrel; mifepristone; ru-486

Internet Resources

Fact Sheet: Emergency Contraception fails to reduce unintended pregnancy and abortion
http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/abortion/factsheetec21607.shtml
From the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Emergency Contraception Over-The-Counter
From the Center for Reproductive Health Research & Policy, Univ. of California, San Francisco

The Emergency Contraception Website
News, answers to common questions, and other information from the Office of Population Research at Princeton University

Plan B Tablets Information
From the FDA

The RU486 Files
A collections of clippings, book citations and links to Web sites