Library Collections
The Library collection is intended to meet the educational and research needs of persons concerned with the study and practice of the professions. Consistent with the Center's broad mandate to focus on a wide range of professional fields, the collection includes materials relating to ethical issues and activities in such areas as architecture, computers, dentistry, education, engineering, law, management, medicine, the military, nursing, psychology, public service, science, and social work. The collection also contains a rich variety of materials on important generic issues relating to the professions, including confidentiality, conflicts of interest, loyalty, risk and professional concerns such as self-regulation and continuing education.
Print Collections
The library houses over two thousand books, reports, conference proceedings and other material on ethics in the professions as well as an extensive collection of print journals on business ethics, engineering ethics, research ethics, emerging technologies, and other topics.
Books and Monographs
CSEP Library has a large collection of books,bibliographies, professional
directories, government reports and regulations, court decisions, unpublished
manuscripts, and conference proceedings published from 1975 to the present.
All these materials can be checked out by IIT students, faculty and staff.
To find materials, search through the Galvin
Online Catalog.
Journals
CSEP subscribes to over forty print journals and maintains a large collection
of back issues from 70 different journal titles. Print issues of journals
are not available to check out, but copies of desired articles can be
made for a small fee. A title list of the issues held by CSEP is available
online, and many of the journals
are also available through Galvin's
journal holdings online. To find a specific journal in Galvin's online
collection, type in the title of the journal in the search box.
Audiovisual Material
CSEP Library maintains a large collection of rare and original videos,
DVD's, software, and audio material available for checkout. Material includes
footage from past Ethics Bowl competitions,
case studies, and material for incorporating ethics in professional curriculum.
Much of this material can be found through the Galvin
Online Catalog, a complete list of audiovisual material held by CSEP
can be seen online.
Codes
of Ethics-Print Archive
Along with CSEP's Codes of Ethics Online collection,
the library maintains an extensive paper archive of professional codes
of ethics. A list of the archive holdings in available online.
To request material from this collection, please email us at cseplibrary@iit.edu
or call ahead. Copies of material can be made for a minimal fee of $0.15
per page.
Newsletters
The library maintains a collection of newsletters from other major ethics
centers around the country. A list of these newsletters can be seen online.
CSEP Archive
The library maintains a large archive of professional ethics materials
donated to CSEP spanning from 1975 to the present. The list
of archive holdings is available online, and is divided broadly by
topic area, and then by title. To view any of this material, please email
us at cseplibrary@iit.edu and
allow at least one day for material to be retrieved. .
Digital Collections
The library maintains a number of online collections that are constantly being expanded and updated. The librarian has also compiled an annotated list of Ethics Resources Online, including case studies, subject guides, and links to other ethics centers worldwide.
Codes of Ethics Online
CSEP maintains the largest collection of professional codes of ethics
in the world. New and updated versions of professional codes of ethics
are being added every day. The Codes of Ethics Online collection can be
browsed by professional area or
searched by name or keyword. For more information
about the project please see the Code of
Ethics Online Index.
The NanoEthicsBank is an online annotated bibliography of materials on nanotechnology and its implications for society. Material included in the database falls into the following broad subject categories:
–National and international initiatives to build an oversight
framework, including regulation for nanotechnology.–perception
and acceptance of nanotechnology, media coverage, efforts of public engagement
by governments, academic institutions, and industry
–
Development of best practices for industry and businesses dealing in
nanoparticles.
–
Ethical development of nanotechnology: military use, privacy, bioethics
and nanomedicine
The database includes both normative materials, such as guidelines for safety in the workplace, and descriptive materials, such as analysis of the U.S. government’s capacity for oversight and studies of the media coverage of nanotechnology.
Perspectives on the Professions Online
The Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions main publication,
Perspectives on the Professions is now available online! Issues
can be browsed by issue, or you
can search the collection by keyword.
The IEEE-CS/ACM Software Engineering Code of Ethics Archive documents the drafting, debate, and final adoption of the joint IEEE Computer Society /ACM Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice. Indirectly, the archive illustrates how software engineering developed from an occupation to a profession. The drafting and approval of the Software Engineering Code, carried out in substantial part by email, has produced a detailed record of the development of a professional code of ethics. Please see Requesting Access page for more information about how to access the collection.
If you have any questions about library collections or suggestions of material you would like us to acquire for the collection, please feel free to contact the librarian at cseplibrary@iit.edu.
Last updated December 19, 2007 .
