Human embryonic stem cell research

"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 American Civil Liberties
Ref  KF 4747.5 .E53 2006
see "Stem Cell Research/Research Using Fetal Tissue"

Encyclopedia of Bioethics
Ref  QH 332 .E52 2004
see the section "Stem Cell Research and Therapy" in the "Embryo and Fetus" article

Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal, and Policy Issues in Biotechnology
Ref  TP 248.16 .E539 2000
see the several articles beginning "Gene Therapy, Ethics, ..."

Encyclopedia of Global Health
Ref  RA 441 .E53 2008
see "Stem Cells/Stem Cell Transplantation"

Encyclopedia of Life Sciences
Ref  QH 302.5 .E54 2002
see "Bioethics of Gene Therapy"

Ethics
Ref  BJ 63 .E54 2005
see "Stem Cell Research"

Magill's Medical Guide
Ref  RC 41 .M34 2008
see "Stem Cells"

West's Encyclopedia of American Law
(please read special instructions)
search for the article "Fetal Tissue Research"

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:  stem cells; embryonic stem cells; stem cell research

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: fetal tissue transplantation and   

Search Term(s): stem cells and 

Combine with any or all of the following:
analysis, laws, moral and ethical aspects, medical ethics or research

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

Search Term(s): embryonic stem cell research; fetal tissue transplantation

You may also find opinion polls and surveys on your subject using LexisNexis. Select Reference, then Polls & Surveys.

Search Term(s): stem cell research

CQ Global Researcher has a good 2006 report on this subject.

Internet Resources

Stem Cell Information
From the National Institutes of Health

http://stemcells.nih.gov/

Stem Cell Research
From the Center for Science, Technology, and Congress of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

http://www.aaas.org/spp/cstc/briefs/stemcells/index.shtml

Medical Research
From Public Agenda, a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization

http://www.publicagenda.org/citizen/issueguides/medical-research

University of Minnesota Stem Cell Institute

http://www.stemcell.umn.edu/

Stem Cell Research
From the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/specials/stemcells/

The President's Council on Bioethics: Stem Cell Index

http://bioethics.gov/topics/stemcells_index.html

Stem-cell Research and the Catholic Church

http://www.americancatholic.org/News/StemCell/

Do No Harm

http://www.stemcellresearch.org/index.html