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Gather Information about
CLONING
from a Variety of Sources


Resources
Information Literacy Skills:
Reference sheets and mini-lessons for using resources effectively
Internet Resources Skills

Click and Clone (Steps of Cloning/Techniques)

What is Cloning?

Dr. Frankenstein, I Presume

Center for the Study of Bioethics

The American Journal of Bioethics

DNA files - The Cloning Race

Human Cloning and Genetics

Searching and Locating

Collecting and Organizing

 

Electronic Database Resourcesdata

  • Do a keyword search in one of the BCPS Digital Library Information Databases (keywords might include, but not be limited to, cloning, genetics, Dolly, DNA).

  • Brain Pop and view the Cloning, DNA, and Dolly videos.

Local Print and Nonprint Resources

Skills

Obtain print materials from:

School Library Media Center:

  • Do a keyword search in Destiny to find nonfiction, reference booksand websites about your topic. (keywords might include, but not be limited to, cloning, genetics, Dolly, and DNA).
  • Use indexes or tables of contents in nonfiction and reference books to locate information related to your topic and questions.

Baltimore County Public Library holdings

  • Do a keyword search in the BCPL Catalog to locate additional resources. (keywords might include, but not be limited to, cloning, genetics, Dolly, and DNA).
  • Chat online with a real live librarian at Ask Us Now! Be sure to have your research questions handy!

Possible results might include, but not be limited to:

  • Shannon, Thomas A.. Genetic Engineering. Westport: Greenwood, 1999.
  • Yount, Lisa, ed. Cloning. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000.
  • Messina, Lynn, ed. Biotechnology. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 2000.
  • Torr, James D., ed. Genetic Engineering. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc., 2001.