ETHICS/

PHILOSOPHY

Oklahoma Baptist University                                                                                                                Updated September 2002

Introduction

Looking for information on Eastern Philosophy?  Need to know some information on a great philosopher?  Do you want to examine the ethical arguments related to the medical field? These and other questions can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below.  If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding the information you need.

 


General Background Information

Abortion, Medicine, and the Law

Ref 363.46 A154bu

Codes of Professional Responsibility

Ref 174 C669go3

Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy

Ref 181 C737cr

Companion to Metaphysics

Ref 110.3 C737ki

Companion to the Philosophy of Mind

Ref 128.2 C737gu

Dictionary of Concepts in the Philosophy of Science

Ref 501 D953ds

Dictionary of Ethics, Theology and Society

Ref 241.0321 D554ce

Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology

Ref 103 R94d

Dictionary of Philosophy and Religion

Ref 103 R329dw

Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics

Ref 170.3 E56cdk

Encyclopedia of Biblical and Christian Ethics

Ref 241.0321 E56ha

Encyclopedia of Bioethics

Ref 174.2 E56r

Encyclopedia of Ethics

Ref 170.3 E56bek

Encyclopedia of Morals

Ref 170.3 F35e

Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics

Ref 203 E56hgs

Ethics

Ref 170.3 E84jkr

Guide to Buddhist Philosophy

Ref 181.043 I35gu

Guide to Marxist Philosophy

Ref 335 B665g

Keyguide to Information Sources in Business Ethics

Ref 174.4016 M151ke

Muslim Almanac: A Reference Work on the History, Faith, Culture, and Peoples of Islam

Ref 297 M987ni

Nurse’s Book of Advice

Ref 610.7306 N974nm

Oxford Companion to Philosophy

Ref 100 O98ho

Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

Ref 103 B629odp

Philosophy: A Guide to the Reference Literature

Ref 100.016 B994pg2

Ready Reference to Philosophy East and West

Ref 109 B184re

Resources for Research in Legal Ethics

Ref 174.3 G763re

Traditional Values In Action Resource Directory

Ref 309 T763k

Westminster Dictionary of Christian Ethics

Ref 241.0321 W532cs

World Philosophy: Essay Reviews of 225 Major Works

Ref 100 W927mg

 

Also check the On-line Library Catalog for listings of video recordings and other materials.


Biographical Information

 

Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth Century Philosophers

Ref 109.2 B615bwn


Locating the Ethics and Philosophy Collections

Books are arranged on the shelf in broad subject categories.  Some of the major categories included are:


100                     
Philosophy and Psychology

110                      Metaphysics

140                      Specific Philosolphical Schools

160                      Logic

170                      Ethics (Moral Philosophy)

180                      Ancient, Medieval, Oriental Philosophy

190                      Modern Western Philosophy


GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS


AE                Federal Register Office

PrEx            Executive Office of the President

Y                  Congress

Y4                Congressional Committee


Materials on philosophy and ethics may be found in the following areas:


1st floor, north             Reference

1st floor, west               Periodicals

1st floor annex             Government Documents

2nd floor                        General Books

3rd floor                        General Books


Sources of Journal Articles

PRINT RESOURCES

Essay & General Literature Index

Humanities Index

Religion Index One

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)

Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)

Article1st (FirstSearch)

ATLA Religion (FirstSearch)

GPO Catalog (FirstSearch)

LegalTrac (InfoTrac)

WorldCat (FirstSearch)

Print and microform indexes and journals are located on the 1st floor, north. 
For a complete list of journals and other periodicals owned by the library, look at Periodical Directory (http://www2.okbu.edu/library/periodcl/index.html)

Internet Resources

Online databases and indexes

EBSCOHost:     Full text periodical database

NetLibrary:       Full text e-book database

NewsBank:        Full text newspaper database

First Search:     Periodical and information indexes

WWWeb Sources

AMERICAN LEGAL ETHICS LIBRARY

http://www.law.cornell.edu/ethics/

This digital library contains both the codes or rules setting standards for the professional conduct of lawyers and commentary on the law, governing lawyers, organized on a state by state basis.

 

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LAW, MEDICINE, AND ETHICS

http://www.aslme.org

The mission of the American Society of Law, Medicine, & Ethics is to provide high-quality scholarship, debate, and critical thought to the community of professionals at the nexus of law, health care, and ethics.

 

BIOETHICS

http://platon.ee.duth.gr/~xirot/Bioethics/BIOETHIC_NEWS.html

 

CENTER FOR PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION

http://www.nd.edu/~cprelig/

The Center for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Notre Dame was established in the fall of 1976 in order to promote, support and disseminate scholarly work in philosophy of religion and Christian philosophy.

 

DICTIONARY OF PHILOSOPHICAL TERMS AND NAMES

http://people.delphi.com/gkemerling/dy/ index.htm

 

DR. ROBERT SUTTON’S PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS WEB RESOURCES

http://www.willmington.net/cfcc-pr/

 

ETHICS CENTER

http://www.taknosys.com/ethics/

The ethics clearinghouse on the web with many interesting ethical cases, case analyses, ethical problem-solving methods, and categorized links to other ethics sites.

 

ETHICS INFORMATION CENTER

http://www.gaiafriends.com/ethics/

 

ETHICS UPDATE

http://ethics.acusd.edu/index.html

Ethics Updates is designed primarily to be used by ethics instructors and their students. It is intended to provide updates on current literature, both popular and professional, that relates to ethics.

 

FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

http://www.afseee.org

Our mission is to forge a socially responsible value system for the Forest Service based on a land ethic which ensures ecologically and economically sustainable resource management.

 

HINDU UNIVERSE

http://www.hindunet.org

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

http://www.intelproplaw.com

General information on patent, trademark, and copyright law, including links, forums, legal services directory, and publication of articles.

 

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ETHICS INSTITUTE

http://www.business-ethics.org

Fostering global business practices that promote equitable economic development, resource sustainability and just forms of government.

 

INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY

http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/

 

IRIZ: INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ZEN BUDDISM

http://www.iijnet.or.jp/iriz/

 

ISLAMIC GARDEN

http://epix.net/~sarieh/

 

ISLAMIC TEXTS AND RESOURCES METAPAGE

http://wings.buffalo.edu/student-life/sa/muslim/isl/isl.html

 

JEWISHNET

http://jewishnet.net/

 

JSCOPE (JOINT SERVICES CONFERENCE ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS)

http://www.usafa.af.mil/jscope/

The Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics (JSCOPE) is an organization of military professionals, academics and others formed to discuss ethical issues relevant to the military.

 

LEGALETHICS.COM

http://www.legalethics.com

Legalethics.com offers legal professionals a gateway to understand the unique ethical issues raised by the Internet and Internet technology. Attorneys and state and local authorities will find links to articles, rules, and information relating to Internet ethics issues, including attorney advertising, e-mail communication, and UPL on the Internet. Our "Research" section, in turn, offers links to most of the primary Internet legal research resources. We also offer links to most of the ethics resources available on the Internet.

 

META-ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY

http://www.ditext.com/encyc/frame.html

 

NATIONAL REFERENCE CENTER FOR BIOETHICS LITERATURE

http://www.georgetown.edu/research/nrcbl/

The National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature (NRCBL), is a specialized collection of books, journals, newspaper articles, legal materials, regulations, codes, government publications, and otherrelevant documents concerned with issues in biomedical and professional ethics.

 

NOEMA: COLLABORATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WOMEN IN PHILOSOPHY

http://billyboy.ius.indiana.edu/WomeninPhilosophy/WomeninPhilo.html

NOEMA: The Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy is a project in collaborative scholarship with a database now containing over 16,000 records representing the work of over 5,000 women. This project was posted in June of 1995 in order to take advantage of possibilities inherent in the World Wide Web to do some sorts of academic work more effectively than can be done in other media.

 

PHILOSOPHER’S INDEX

http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog/ phil.htm

 

PHILOSOPHY IN CYBERSPACE

http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/ ~dey/phil/

 

PLURALISM PROJECT

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralism/

The Pluralismm Project was developed by Diana L. Eck at Harvard University to study and document the growing religious diversity of the United States, with a special view to its new immigrant religious communities.

 

RELIGION IN THE HUMANITIES

http://www.einet.net/galaxy/Humanities/Religion.html

 

SECULAR WEB

http://www.infidels.org/

The Secular Web is published by the Internet Infidels, an educational nonprofit organization of unpaid volunteers dedicated to the growth and maintenance of the most comprehensive freethought web site on the Internet. Our mission is to defend and promote metaphysical naturalism, the view that our natural world is all that there is, a closed system in no need of an explanation and sufficient unto itself.

 

TAOISM INFORMATION PAGE

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/

 

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

http://www.usoge.gov/

The Office of overnment Ethics (OGE), a small agency within the executive branch, was established by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. Originally part of the Office of Personnel Management, OGE became a separate agency on October 1, 1989 as part of the Office of Government Ethics Reauthorization Act of 1988. The Office of Government Ethics exercises leadership in the executive branch to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of Government employees, and to resolve those conflicts of interest that do occur. In partnership with executive branch agencies and departments, OGE fosters high ethical standards for employees and strengthens the public's confidence that the Government's business is conducted with impartiality and integrity.

 

 


 

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