Resources for Librarians

The Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University is open to the public, and has both scholarly and popular resources.

Patrons can access directly one-click bibliographies from EthxWeb on specific bioethics topics, and pathfinders on selected bioethical issues

Searches of EthxWeb can be limited to popular literature:

	Use the plus sign, +, as the wildcard/truncation symbol.
Search:		Any of the words All of the words Exact Phrase Only In: Keyword anywhere Author Book or Article Title Journal Title Subject
	Full text available on-line
General Approach:	All Analytical Case Study Empirical Legal Philosophical Popular Religious Review
Publication Type:	All Types Audiovisual Material Bill Book Chapter Book / Monograph / Report Court Decision Journal Article Law Newspaper Article Textbook Unpublished Document
Display per page:	5 10 20 30 50 100 MAX

The numeric classification scheme is helpful for patrons who need an easy way to access the interdisciplinary literature on bioethical issues.

For more complex searching, browse the Bioethics Thesaurus Database to identify indexing terms.

In addition to reference assistance, Bioethics Research Library at Georgetown University librarians can provide information on document delivery and interlibrary loan. The library's collection development manual is available for reference.