StemCell

toc =Stem Cell Research= Cultured Mammalian embryonic stem cells. //The Gale Encyclopedia of Science, 2010.//

This guide is designed to help you research information about stem cell research. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!
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Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * Pluripotent Cells
 * Embryonic Stem Cells
 * Fetal Tissue
 * Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
 * Cell Therapy
 * Stem Cells and Cancer
 * Stem Cells and Chimera
 * Stem Cells and Controversy

New Books
Fagan, M. B. (2013). //Philosophy of Stem Cell Biology: Knowledge in flesh and blood.// Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan.
 * Call Number: QH588.S83 F35 2013**

Circulating Books
Fox, C. (2007). //Cell of Cells: The Global Race to Capture and Control the Stem Cell//. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
 * Call Number: QH588 .S83 F69 2007**

Bellomo, M. (2006). //The Stem Cell Divide: The Facts, The Fiction, and the Fear Driving the Greatest Scientific, Political, and Religious Debate of Our Time.// New York, N.Y.: American Management Association.
 * Call Number: QH588 .S83 B45 2006**

Panno, J. (2005). //Stem Cell Research: Medical Applications and Ethical Controversy.// New York, N.Y.: Facts On File.
 * Call Number: QH588 .S83 P36 2005**

Dewar, E. (2004). //The Second Tree: Stem Cells, Clones, Chimeras and Quests for Immortality//. New York, N.Y.: Carroll & Graf.
 * Call Number: QH442 .D483 2004X**

Maienschein, J. (2003). //Whose View of Life?: Embryos, Cloning, and Stem Cells//. Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press.
 * Call Number: QP277 .M356**

Reference Books
Kelly, E. B. (2007). //Stem Cells//. Westport, C.T.: Greenwood Press.
 * Call Number: REF QH588 .S83 K45 2007**

Nettina, S. M. (Ed.). (2010). //Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice//. Philadelphia, P.A.: Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
 * Call Number: REF RT51 .B78 2010**

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[|Stem Cell Biology] Marshak, D.R., Gardner, R. L., and Gottlieb, D. (Eds.). (2001). //Stem Cell Biology.// Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

[|Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise] Parson, A. B. (2004). //The Proteus Effect: Stem Cells and Their Promise//. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press.

[|Genetically Yours: Bioinforming, Biopharming and Biofarming] Lim, H. A. (2002). //Genetically Yours: Bioinforming, biopharming and biofarming.// River Edge, N.J.: World Scientific.

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's periodicals section for articles about stem cells:
 * //Scientific American//
 * //U.S. News & World Report//
 * //Time Magazine//

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

==[|Academic Search Premier] == Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including over 18,000 full text, peer reviewed articles mentioning "stem cells." [|Tutorial]

==[|Academic OneFile] == Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. This database provides over 8,000 full text, peer reviewed articles mentioning "stem cells."

[|Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center]
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a one-stop source for information on today's hottest social issues. Visit this database to gain insight on stem cells from multiple perspectives.

[|Global Issues in Context]
Global Issues in Context offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. A search for "stem cells" leads to over 7,000 articles in this database.

==[|Science Full Text Select]== Science Full Text Select contains access to 320 full text science journals with over 700 articles regarding stem cells and stem cell research.

**Streaming Videos** Full length and segment videos from Films On Demand.

Films On Demand
[|Stem Cells: The Ethical Issues] [20 mins.] Providing a balanced look at a highly contentious issue, this program takes viewers inside the scientific, religious, and philosophical debate over embryonic stem cell research.

[|Fix Me: Unlocking the Possibilities of Stem Cell Research] [52 mins.] This program follows three people with currently untreatable conditions as they explore the possibility of cures via stem cells.

**Web sites** There are many good stem cell web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Cornell University] has a very good guide.

[|International Society for Stem Cell Research] The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is an independent, nonprofit organization formed in 2002 to foster the exchange of information on stem cell research.

[|Student Society for Stem Cell Research] The Student Society for Stem Cell Research is an international body of students who believe that stem cell research will revolutionize the field of medicine. It is a sponsored project of the Genetic Policy Institute.

[|National Institute of Health] This website has information on stem cells that is maintained by the National Institutes of Health and the US government.

[|Learn.Genetics--University of Utah] This website, maintained by the University of Utah's genetic science learning center, contains easy to understand animations and diagrams about the basics of stem cells.

[|American Association for the Advancement of Science] Here, the American Association for the Advancement of Science has posted policies and guidelines concerning stem cell research beginning in 1998 when researchers first reported the isolation of human embryonic stem cells.

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Updated on April 28, 2014 by Joy Singletary.