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Library Guide 105
Animal Rights & Animal Welfare Subject Guide
This subject guide will help you access Animal Rights-Related sources on the Web and in the Miller Library. This guide will lead you
to Reference materials, books, journals, magazines, newspapers, associations, internet resources & government documents available
through the Library’s holdings, services and databases. It will also direct you to on-line locations of full-text journals. As always,
carefully evaluate all sources before you choose to integrate them into your papers, assignments and presentations.
Animal Welfare is a broad term covering Animal Rights, Animal Abuse, Animal Welfare, Animal Testing, Conservation, Habitat and
Extinction as well as biodiversity and endangerment issues. This guide will help provide general information that will be helpful in the
beginning stages of research. If you have a very specific topic in mind, consult more specific subject guides that more closely
examine your chosen area.
Important Definitions & Search Terms
Vivisection
—literally means cutting into or cutting up live animals, but has taken on wider meaning and now refers to
any procedure that results in the injury or death of animals.
Antivivisection
—the accepted label for those opposed to research on animals.
Ethology
—the scientific study of animal behavior
Endangered Species
—a species having such small numbers, it is in danger of extinction
Biodiversity
—
The variability among living organisms on the earth, including the variability within and between
species and within and between ecosystems.
Conservation
—preservation from loss, damage or neglect
Ecosystem
—
the system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
Some dates & highlights in the evolution of Animal Welfare and Protection
1883—American Anti-Vivisection Society founded
1954—Human Society founded
1969—Endangered Species Act
1970—Laboratory Animal Welfare Act of 1966 is broadened and renamed Animal Welfare Act
1972—American Zoo and Aquarium Association develops accreditation standards
1973—Endangered Species Act strengthened
1976—Fur Seal Act
1980—People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) founded
1981—Silver Springs Monkey case
1990—Veal Crate Ban
1992—International Dolphin Conservation Act
1992—Wild Bird Conservation Act
Reference Books
Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
(1998)—REF 179.3 E56
Over 125 experts contribute essays on all of the major issues from animal cognition to welfare.
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World’s Wildlife
(2001)—REF 590 A598
Dictionary of Ethology
(1989)—REF 591.5 I33d
The Atlas of Endangered Species
(1991)—REF
574.5 A88l
The Official WWF Guide to Endangered Species of North America
(1992)—REF 574.5 O32 4 vols.
Dictionary of Bioscience
(1994)—REF 574.03 M147b
Encyclopedia of Bioethics(1978)
—REF 174.2 E56r
Endangered Animals: A Reference Guide to Conflicting Issues
(2000)—REF 333.95 E56
Presents 49 case studies of specific endangered animal species
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Other Important Books
The Scalpel & the Butterfly: The War Between Animal Research and Animal Protection
(2000)—174.4 R913s
Describes the history of the conflict between scientists and antivivisectionists.
Rattling the Cage
(2000)—344.73 W813r
Author Stephen Wise spent 20 years practicing animal protection law. He argues that establishing a “legal
personhood” for chimpanzees and bonobos can immunize them from infringement and mistreatment.
Animal Rig hts Debate (2001)—179.3 C678a
Explore both sides of the issue as noted defender of animal rights Tom Regan debates with critic Carl Cohen.
Animal Experimentation: The Moral Issues
(1991)—179.4 A598
A selection of sixteen essays by well-known philosophers and scientists exploring Animal Research.
Animal Liberation
(1975)—179.3 S17a
One of the classic texts by Princeton philosopher Peter Singer who is often credited with starting the Animal
Rights Movement.
Animal Rights: Considered in Relation to Social Progress
(1980)—179.3 S176a
A classic by Vegetarian and Humanitarian Henry S. Salt.
That Dwell Therein: Essays on Animal Rights and Environmenta l Ethics
(1983)—179.3 R333a
A collection of essays by Tom Regan, one of the leading proponents of animal rights.
Returning to Eden: Animal Rights and Human Responsibility
(1980)—179.3 F793m
Some of the early writings of Michael W. Fox, senior advisor to the president, the Human Society of the U.S.
The Moral Status of Animals
(1977)—179.3 C595m
Stephen R.L. Clark offers a different i.e., Aristotelian philosophical perspective on animals.
Endangered and Extinct Animals
Gap in Nature: Discovering the World’s Extinct Animals
(2001)—591.58 F585g
Fate of the Wild: The Endangered Species Act and the Future of Biodiversity
(2001)
Library of Congress Subject Headings
These subject headings may be used when searching for books and other materials related to Animal Welfare. They are most useful
for searching online catalogs, but they can also be used in searching indexes and abstracts as well as the Internet.
Animal Welfare
Other Related Terms:
NT
Animal Rescue
Animal Experimentation
Extinct animals
NT
Animal sanctuaries
NT
Vivisection
Animal Intelligence
Animal Ecology
Extinction
Nature Conservation
BT
Animals —Social
Aspects
Animal—Habitations
Biological Diversity
Rare animals
Wildlife Conservation
Endangered Species
Ecology
Some Call Numbers Related to Animal Rights and Welfare
Sometimes, it is difficult to find relevant information through the online catalog. You may prefer to browse the shelves that contain
materials related to your topic. The Miller Library uses the Dewey Decimal Classification System, so these are the areas in the
collection you might like to browse.
179.1 Respect for life and nature—environmental
ethics
591.522 Ecosystems
179.3 Treatment of animals
594
Mollusks
179.4 Experimentation on animals
597
Cold-blooded vertebrates
591.5 Ecology of animals
598
Birds
591.51 Habits & behavior patters (ethology)
599
Warm-blooded vertebrates (mammals)
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On-line Sources/Databases
Research about Animal Welfare is found in the literature of politics, environmental science, law, medicine, social issues , and science.
To find related information, look in the indexes listed below under specific animals, habitats or geographical locations e.g. rainforest
and search topics like vivisection/anti-vivisection, endangerment, extinction or biodiversity. The order the indexes are displayed below
reflects which ones are more likely to have a greater number of references to relevant published materials. All of the indexes and
abstracts listed below can be accessed through Miller Library’s home page.
EXPANDED ACADEMIC ASAP
: a mostly full-text database of popular and scholarly sources.
LEXIS NEXIS ACADEMIC:
Its News and Legal databases offer full-text access to articles on the environment,
environmental law and contemporary issues and events.
EBSCO HOST
(
via the PA POWER Library)
:
Pay particular attention to these segments: MasterFILE Premier
PROQUEST:
Includes some full-text articles from popular and scholarly sources.
GENERAL SCIENCE INDEX
(via FirstSearch):
Index of general science literature from the U.S. and Europe.
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SCIENCES
(via the PA POWER Library):
Contains more than 3,000 original articles written by
5,000 of the worlds leading scientists
SOCIAL SCIENCES INDEX:
Covers core periodicals in the fields of anthropology, economics, geography, law and
criminology, political science, social work, sociology and international relations.
Websites/E-Zines/E -Journals
American Anti-Vivisection Society—
.
Animal Concerns Community at
Free registration is required to access information, calendar of events, discussion groups, etc.
Animal Health, Well-Being and Rights: The World Wide Web Virtual Library at
Animal Industry Information at
The Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at
Factory Farming at
National Animal Interest Alliance—an anti-animal rights group—at
New Scientist: Animal Experiments—contains articles on both sides of the issue at
OLAW: Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare at
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals at
World Animal Net Directory at
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Lists international animal rights and welfare groups.
Relevant Journals
—in the Miller Library
Audobon
Selected full-text through Proquest Selected full-text through EBSCO
Environment
American Zoologist
American Forests
Global Biodiversity
Animal Learning and Behavior
Bioethics
Journal of Soil and Water
Conservation
Environmental Ethics
Bioscience
Journal of Wildlife Management
Ethics
Conservationist
National Geographic
Hastings Report
Environmental Policy & Law
New Scientist
Social Research
Social Justice
Pennsylvania Game News
Selected full-text through Lexis
Nexis Academic
Selected full-text through Expanded
Academic ASAP
Science
Environmental Laboratory Washington
Report
American Naturalist
Science News
In These Times
Duke Environmental Law and Policy
Forum
Scientific American
UK Environment News
Endangered Species Bulletin
New Scientist
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