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 January 2, 2009)
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
in Public Life - This page is from the Acton Institute for the study of religion and liberty.
Religion
Online- many different topics addressed by religious scholars --
includes a searchable database.
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.
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.
Business
Ethics - Business Ethics - has a number of links to Business White
Papers dealing with ethical issues.
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
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.
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.
Recent
Reference Questions - from Erksine Seminary has a link to several
Christian denomination's perspectives
Gambling
- Some Resources - Dr. William Buckley, adjunct faculty member
at Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg has a number of interesting sources.
Gambling
- from the Catholic Encyclopedia give some of the basic principles regarding
gambling and the Catholic perspective.
Supreme Court Cases: A rather good site from Cornell University School of Law which provides access to
the Court's rulings on cases since 1990. One can search this database according to year or subject. Definitely worth a look!
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
Page updated 01/02/2009
by
T. McFarland, C.PP.S. Assoc. Prof. of Religion
Saint Joseph's College
Questions or comments to timm@saintjoe.edu
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