Campion Library: Sciences Research Guides: Reproductive Technology

USEFUL WEBSITES

Medline Plus: Assisted Reproductive Technology
Why legalising commercial surrogacy is a good idea
This article argues the case of legalising commercial surrogacy for the protection of women and children.
Hormones in human reproduction
From the BBC, a simple explanation of IVF
Weblinks search on reproductive technology and ethics
Assisted reproductive technology – IVF and ICSI
Human Anatomy
Human body systems from Khan Academy

REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND CATHOLIC SHURCH

Reproductive Technologies and the Vatican
Editorial article discussing the view from the Vatican about ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology)
Begotten Not Made: A Catholic View of Reproductive Technology
This article explains why the Church believes that IVF is wrong.
In Vitro Fertilization and the Church's Teaching
Ray Campbell
Director, Queensland Bioethics Centre

Research is a process with many steps, and is rarely linear. A good researcher uses multiple sources and continually goes back and reviews their question and keeps adding new vocabulary and learning to their search. This Libguide has been created to provide support for your research tasks in History.

DIGITAL RESOURCES

The following PREMIUM DIGITAL RESOURCES may be useful for research in this subject . However they are password protected and when you click on any of the icons below you will be re-directed to a page that requires authentication.

Encyclopedias are good starting points for research on a topic as they usually provide concise accurate information on a whole range of topics. Just type in reproductive technology or IVF.

Consumer Health Complete supports the information needs of patients and fosters an overall understanding of health-related topics.

The Gale in Context database provides a range of resources on a selected topics which include reference material, articles, videos, images and links to relevant websites.

You can do a search for your topic or you can choose one of the titles in the reading list created for this topic. Look for Reproductive Technology under Browse Collection. You can search within each title.

Weblinks K-12 is a database of websites that have been chosen with the Australian National Curriculum in mind and targeted at secondary and primary school aged students and will retrieve a small selection of relevant websites on your topic.

BOOKS

Issues in Society: Reproductive ethics
This book is available in the library however it is also available in pdf format. Click on the link to go to Oliver and follow the instructions to download.
Other books on the reproductive system

Before starting your research, it is good practice to think about and create a list of keywords that you can use to search for information on your topic. Google is very intuitive however databases usually require a search string. Here are a few tips to help you.

Many search engines and databases use Boolean logic to construct a search term. The asterisk is known as a wild card. The use of AND, OR and NOT can also be helpful.
Sometimes it is useful to use other words that mean similar or the same thing (synonyms)
Use quotation marks when you are searching for a phrase.
Using keywords that relate to the topic will focus the search

Suggestions for this topic:

reproductive system

human reproduction

"reproductive technology"

"assisted reproductive technology"

in vitro fertilization

"reproductive technology" and ethics

"reproductive technology" and "catholic church"

reproduction ethics

human reproduction gene editing

religion and science