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Find 3 scholarly articles

1. Search your keywords in ProQuest as start.

  • Use "*" to truncate your keywords and get more results of your keywords;
  • Use "AND" to connect your keywords in order to narrow down your search and get what you are looking for;
  • Search within "Abstract", which will help you find what you are looking for;
  • Always pay attention to "suggested topics" or "subjects", which might give you good search queries;

For instance, search "stem cell*" AND "bioethics" in the search box and check what kind of results you have

3. When you have good ideas about your topic, search subject specialized databases

 

 

 

Multisubject Resources

  • ProQuest Research Library
    multi-disciplinary index for multi-subject (newspaper, scholarly information)
  • Wilson OmniFile
    6 individual full-text databases: Education, General Science, Humanities, Readers’ Guide, Social Sciences, and Wilson Business (please check them before searching). Good for scholarly information
  • CSA platform
    After log in, please go to "Specific Databases", select and search the following 4 databases: Philosopher's Index; PsycINFO; Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts; BioOne Abstracts and Indexes.
  • EBSCO platform
    After log in, please go to "Choose databases", select the following databases: Historical Abstracts, Show allAbstracts in Social Gerontology, America: History & Life, Family Studies Abstracts, CINAHL, Family & Society Studies Worldwide, Social Work Abstracts, AgeLine
 

Subject Specialized Resources

 

Websites

  • The President's Council on Bioethics
    Advising the President on ethical issues related to
    advances in biomedical science and technology; Commission created by Presidential Executive order #12975 (10/3/1995).

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