Subject Guide with Search Tips for Animal
Rights
Books and Media | Articles | Internet
These sources provide a good beginning.
Some contain general discussion or an overview. This kind of background
will often suggest topics, jargon, or keywords for further research.
Encyclopedia
of Bioethics by Warren T.
Reich, ed.
REFERENCE
This book has articles on animal welfare as well as animal research.
Books
and Media
Use the Library Catalog http://sirsi.palomar.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi.exe/x/0/0/49
to find books, periodicals, and media on your topic. You can enter
keywords of your own choosing, or you can identify the specific subject
headings that the library catalog uses to group related materials
together.
Suggested Subject Headings
Animal experimentation
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Vegetarianism
Animal
Experimentation: Opposing Viewpoints by Helen Cothran, ed.
HV 4915 .A638 2002 Escondido Center CIRCULATING
San Marcos Campus STACKS
Animal
Rights: A Beginner's Guide: A Handbook of Issues, Organizations, Actions, and
Resources by Amy
Blount Achor
HV 4764 .A24 1996 Escondido Center CIRCULATING
San Marcos Campus REFERENCE
Animal Rights:
Opposing Viewpoints by Andrew
Harnack, ed.
HV 4711 .A58 Escondido Center CIRCULATING
San Marcos Campus STACKS
Diet for a
New
TX 371 .R62 1998 Escondido Center CIRCULATING
San Marcos Campus STACKS
The Lives of
Animals by J.M. Coetzee
HV 4708 .L57 1999 Escondido Center CIRCULATING
Articles are usually identified by using
online research databases or printed indexes. Printed indexes are
especially helpful for older material. Journal, magazine, and newspaper
articles can supply the latest information on a topic and often contain details
not available elsewhere. NOTE:
Passwords required to use off-campus http://www.palomar.edu/library/OnlineDatabases/offcampus.htm
·
EBSCOhost http://prozy.palomar.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web
EBSCOhost provides access to several
databases including magazine, journal and newspaper articles. For a guide
on how to search EBSCOhost, go to Using EBSCOhost at http://www.palomar.edu/library/OnlineDatabases/ebsco.htm
CQ Researcher consists of
weekly reports on controversial issues in the news.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
http://prozy.palomar.edu/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cclc_palomar?db=OVRC
Opposing Viewpoints provides access to viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics,
primary documents, links to websites, and full-text
magazine and newspaper articles.
Basic
internet Search Strategies - Use a directory, subject portal, or search engine
to focus your Internet search. In addition to those listed below,
find more sites on the Palomar Library Subject Links site at http://www.palomar.edu/library/subjects.htm.
Information on evaluating websites can be found at http://www.palomar.edu/library/ResearchAids/SelfHelp.htm#websearching.
- American
Association for Laboratory Animal Science http://www.aalas.org/
- American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals http://www.aspca.org
- Animal Concerns
Community http://animalconcerns.org
- Animal Welfare
Information Center of the USDA http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic
- Animal Welfare
Institute http://www.awionline.org
- Johns
- People for the
Ethical Treatment of Animals http://www.peta.org
Information on Citation Styles – In order to create a bibliography for your research
paper, you will need to follow the rules of a specific style. For a list
of styles and information on how to use them, go to Subject Guide Writing
Styles.
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