Transgenic and genetically modified foods

"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 Biodiversity

           Ref. QH 541.15 .B56 E53 (2001), 5 vols.
           Look in the index under 'genetic diversity'

Encyclopedia of Environmental Biology

           Ref. QH 540.4 .E52 (1995), 3 vols.
           Look in the index under 'genetic diversity,' 'biodiversity' and 'genetic drift'

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.

Subject: transgenic plants or genetic engineering
Keyword: genetically modified food

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): transgenic plants or genetically modified foods
combined with any other the following: safety, opinions, effects, risks, environment

Internet Resources

What are genetically modified foods?
Web site from the Human Genome Project, this site presents the pros and cons of the use of GM organisms. Contains link for further exploration. Highly recommended site.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/gmfood.shtml

The National Centre for Biotechnology Education

Website is concerned with promoting biotechnology education, not promoting biotechnology per se . They are not a campaigning organization and the NCBE takes no particular stance on GM issues.

http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/GMFOOD/menu.html

What are Transgenic Plants?

Colorado State University's Center for Life Sciences and Department of Soil and Crop Sciences.  Highly recommended site, with an especially useful collection of links to more sites on transgenic plants, genetically modified farming, and biotechnology.

http://www.colostate.edu/programs/lifesciences/TransgenicCrops/what.html