Selected Resources for
Writ 101-Animal Rights
April 7, 2008
Gail Egbers
535-8869  egbersgl@plu.edu

FINDING BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library. Subject headings relevant to your topic include:

Animal Welfare
Animals—Treatment
Vegetarianism
Human-animal relationships
Animal experimentation
Animal rights--Religious aspects--Christianity



FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes and abstracts provide the most efficient subject access to journals and periodicals.  Since animal rights can cover a wide variety of disciplines, you may want to use several different indexes.   Here are some that might be helpful:


 
 
LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to identify the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor. Journals at PLU will also help you find full-text journals online.


REFERENCE MATERIALS

 

INTERNET RESOURCES:  Like other resources, the information found on the Internet should be evaluated. There are many ways to assess the materials you find on the Internet.  You might want to link to the web page: http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet

AnimalConcerns.org  (http://animalconcerns.netforchange.com/)
AnimalRights.Net (http://www.animalrights.net/)
Animal Rights Law (http://www.animal-law.org/)
Animal Rights Online (http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/1395/)
Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights (http://www.avar.org/)
Feminists for Animal Rights: An Ecofeminist Alliance (http://www.farinc.org/)
Herbweb (http://www.hedweb.com/hedweb2.htm)
Moral Status of Animals (http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/animals/)
Northwest Animal Rights Network (http://www.narn.org/)
PAWS (http://paws.org/)
PETA (http://www.peta-online.org/)
 
 

BEYOND PLU:  PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.   We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:


You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  


If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.

 
 
If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.  My office hours are:  Tuesdays  & Thursdays 3-5 .  Feel free to call for other times!

 

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