Overview of Existing and Upcoming Databases and Data Collections Dealing with Ethics in Medicine and Biotechnology
Information submitted by the EURETHNET partners, 2002
This list is also available in MS Word document.
| Database | Provider | Description |
| BDESR | INRA-ESR | A
bibliographic database of documents within the scope of ESR. Web Access: http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Produits/WEBTEXTO/ESR/BDESR/ |
| BEKIS® | DRZE | BEKIS®
(Bioethics Communication and Information System) is a database providing
information about research institutions and research projects in
the area of bioethics. Web access: http://www.drze.de/BEKIS/ |
| BELIT® | DRZE | BELIT®
(Bioethics Literature Database) is an integrated bibliographic database
containing records from several databases on bioethics: BOOKS and
ETHX, DRZE catalogue, ETHINSERM, ETHMED, EUROETHICS, LEWI. Web access: http://www.drze.de/BELIT/ |
| Bioethics Events | DRZE | Bioethics
Events is a database providing information about upcoming and past
events in the field of bioethics. Web access: http://www.drze.de/events/ |
| Bioethics Links | DRZE | Bioethics
Links is an extensive collection of links classified by categories
(institutions, ethics committees, databases, areas of research,
research reports, statements, laws & guidelines, specialist
journals). Web access: http://www.drze.de/links/ |
| BioGea | Fondazione Basso | A
database dealing with the bioethical and scientific debate in Italy.
The interface is based on the GEA software running against Microsoft
SQL Server. Web access: http://www.biogea.org |
| CENDIBEM | FCCS | Records from the reference databases of several centres are presently being brought together under the DB/TEXTWORK platform from Inmagic. A list of journals indexed is available at http://www.fcs.es/fcs/html/cendibemPub.html |
| Bioethicsweb | ETHOX | Within the BIOME framework, a quality-evaluated gateway to Web based bioethics resources has been set up and is available via the BIOME Health and Life Sciences gateway at http://www.bioethicsweb.ac.uk |
| ETHINSERM | CDEI | A
database covering documents on medical ethics and ethics in the
life sciences held by the CDEI specialist library. At regular intervals,
records from ETHINSERM are exported to BELIT. Older records are
also included in EUROETHICS at DIMDI. Web access: http://dicdoc.kb.inserm.fr:2010/basiscdei/cdei.html |
| ETHMED | IDEM | A bibliographic database running under the LIDOS software. It contains references to journal articles, books, unpublished documents, conference reports, dissertations and legal documents in the field of biomedical ethics. The documents derive from Austria, Germany and Switzerland.At regular intervals, ETHMED records are exported to the database hosts DIMDI and DRZE. ETHMED records are included in the databases Euroethics (at DIMDI) and BELIT (at DRZE). See EUROETHICS and BELIT. |
| EUROETHICS | KIB | A database is presently being created under the Microsoft SQL Server platform. Records from BioGea, CENDIBEM, ETHINSERM, ETHMED, EURETHIK, MIKS, and SveMed+ will be imported into this database. |
| EUROETHICS segment in "Free Medline and more" |
DIMDI | Records from ETHIQUE, ETHMED, EUROETHIK and SPRILINE. The records are also included in BELIT. Web access: Via Free grips-Websearch (database EU93) at http://www.dimdi.de/engl/fr-search.htm |
| EUROETHIK | EFG | A bibliographic database running under the LIDOS software. Contains references to journal articles and other document types dealing with ethics in the medical field. Older records are included in EUROETHICS at DIMDI. Web access: See EUROETHICS and BELIT. |
| LEWI | IZEW | LEWI contains bibliographic records of journal articles, book contributions and monographs in the field of ethics in the sciences from the collection of IZEW and the Chair of Ethics in the Life sciences, University of Tübingen. The records are delivered to BELIT and the University Library of Tübingen. Web access: http://www.izew.uni-tuebingen.de/index_doku.html |
| MIKS | KIB | Local
library system for the library of Karolinska Institutet, running
under the Millennium software. Some of the records derive from the
database SPRILINE. Web access: http://library.kib.ki.se/screens/mainmenu.html and http://search.kib.ki.se/miks |
| New Titles | DRZE | New
Titles is a database providing information about most recent books
of publishing houses on medical and bioethics. Web access: http://www.drze.de/NewLIT/ |
| Pallas Literature System | CBG | In
collaboration with the library of the Universtity of Utrecht, the
records of the Pallas Literature System will be transferred to the
Library catalogue of the University. Web access: http://aleph.library.uu.nl/ALEPH |
| SveMed+ | KIB | A bibliographic
database running under Microsoft SQL Server and BRS/Search. Contains references
to journal articles in the medical field, mostly in Swedish. Some of the
records derive from the database SPRILINE. Web access: http://micr.kib.ki.se/netahtml/arti.html |
| (Not applicable) | CRIB | A bioethics database produced by the documentation center of CRIB. The database covers literature in the field as well as other aspects of bioethics. It is expected to become Web accessible in the near future. |
| (Not applicable) | Center for Etik og Ret i Natur og Samfund | Records from the REX catalogue of the Royal Library will be converted to the FileMaker Pro platform, including new entries. The Filemaker database will be rendered Web accessible. |
| (Not applicable) | CERISS | Presently, CERISS relies on catalogue cards. A database of the bibliographic records will be set up in conjunction with the EURETHNET project. |
| Link lists | SIBLE | SIBLE collects links on ethical and legal issues raised by developments in biotechnology. Lists of the links are available at the address http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/projects/sible/index2.html |
| Literature list | Cátedra Interuniversitaria de Derecho y Genoma Humano | A list of literature in the field covered by the centre is available at the address http://www.genomelaw.deusto.es/Base_dat.htm |
