Here are a number of links that I
have found to be helpful to students in doing research on the internet.
There are a number of sites here that have primary texts online, as well
as other sites I have found to be pretty reliable. Be sure to look at some
of my suggestions for evaluating web
sites. (All links were checked on December 22, 2011)
Religion and Public
Life: Here are a couple of publications that address issues regarding the interaction
of religion and public life in the United States.
Religion:
The Freedom Forum - this site has current court cases and articles
on the freedom of religion and separation of Church and State.
Religion
Online- many different topics addressed by religious scholars --
includes a searchable database.
The
Woodstock Center (Georgetown University) - this site has a number of
publications on
the interaction of Religion (mostly Catholic sources) and public policy.
Center
on Religion and the Professions - The latest surveys and polls
related to religion, beliefs, trends and current events. The Center updates
reports periodically.
Ethics links: These links might help to understand some of the language of ethics and ethical theories.
Ethics Update another good site with both ethical theory and applied ethics.
Markkula Center for Applied Ethics This site is located at Santa Clara University. It
has links and information about different areas in applied ethics.
Feminist
Ethics - a good article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
on Feminist Ethics. You can also find entries on other issues by
clicking on the letters at the top of the page.
The Commonwealth Fund - good
site with lots of research on health coverage and and access issues.
The Kaiser Family Foundation -
has lots of good statistical information. In many of the reports,
there are graphics (PowerPoint slides) that can be downloaded.
Business Ethics
- a Canadian resource for business ethics that includes some good links.
Business
Ethics - Sharon Stoerger MLS, MBA of University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign maintains this page with a number of good links to various
sources.
The John
Ryan Institute - at University of St. Thomas. There are some
interesting conference
papers on aspects of Catholicism and business as well as other
resources..
Ethics, Law and Computing Resource Center -- by Brian
M. O'Connell of the Department of Computer Science at Central
Connecticut University. A very extensive listing of sites
related to ethical and legal concerns with computers
The Vatican -- Links
to Pontifical Councils
that have statements on a number of ethical issues. See also the
search page.
United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) --As the title says, web site of
USCCB that can be searched for statements on a variety of issues by the
Catholic Bishops of the US.
Indiana
Catholic Conference -- The public policy advocacy arm of the Indiana
Catholic Bishops which has a number of position
papers issued by the Conference on several ethical issues.
The
Woodstock Center (Georgetown University) - this site has a number of
publications on
the interaction of Religion (mostly Catholic sources) and public policy.
Catholic
Education Resource Center - has a list of links by
topic. There are a variety of sources linked, some scholarly
others not, so just be careful when using these for research paper.
Reading,
Exegesis, Interpretation and Application of Magisterial Documents -
by James T. Bretzke, S.J., S.T.D. - a very good summary on
interpretation of Catholic Church documents and the "hierarchy of
truths" and levels of authoritativeness of Church documents.
Some other Denominations positions of ethics issues
Media
Ethics on the Web -- from the communications Department at
California State University, Fullerton, contains some links to sources in
media ethics, including another page on Movie
and TV Ethics.
Dialogue on
Science Ethics and Religion - like the title says, there's some
interesting information here on relationship of science, ethics and
religion, from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Ethic
in Coaching - by Sue Dulaney on the US Sports Academy web site.
Role
of Sports in Society - a brief paper by the World Economic Forum
outlining some of the issues with regard to the role of sports
Professional
Codes of Ethics: Here is
the beginning of some sites that have professional codes of ethics listed
online.
Codes
of Ethics Online
-- from the Illinois Institute of Technology. A pretty comprehensive
listing (according to categories) of some professional codes of ethics.
Ethics
on the World Wide Web
-- from the School of Communication at the California State University,
Fullerton. Has several links to professional codes.
Epsco
Host databases (available only on SJC Campus) a host of online
databases some of which provide full text articles. This is a
"must" for SJC students..
Searchgov
-- provides a search engine for quite a number of government sites, agencies
and independent agencies.
Searchedu --
from the same site as above, only this search engine surveys over 20
million educational institution pages.
Google Scholar - this beta
version of Google Scholar searches scholarly journals and books, the text of
a number of these can be found online.
MEDLINEplus® will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MEDLINEplus brings together,
by health topic, authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other government,
non-profit and other health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in
MEDLINEplus and give easy access to the medical research literature. It also provides you with a
database of full-text drug information and an illustrated medical encyclopedia
Wikilaw3K
- has a number of sources for legal information on a number of topics.
Page updated 01/08/2013
by
T. McFarland, C.PP.S., Professor of Religion
Saint Joseph's College
Questions or comments to timm@saintjoe.edu
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