Scope

The continuing ideological struggle between evolutionists and creationists has entered a new phase with the emergence of "intelligent design." Intelligent design (ID) is a concept that states that living organisms must be the product of careful and conscious design that cannot be explained by the random workings of evolution alone. This Research Guide focuses on resources which cover the scientific nature of evolution versus creationism, as well as disputes over teaching intelligent design in public schools and its presentation in textbooks.

Overview

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online 1992 (updated daily)
Britannica Online is a searchable collection of authoritative references, including Britannica's latest encyclopedia articles. Basic instructions for Encyclopædia Britannica Online

Encyclopedia of Ethics
College Library Reference Collection: BJ 63 E45 2001
Refer to "Evolution" in volume 1

Encyclopedia of Philosophy
College Library Reference Collection: B 41 E5 1972
Refer to "Creation, Religious Doctrine of," in volume 2

Encyclopedia of Religion
College Library Reference Collection: BL 31 E46 2005
Refer to "Evolution" in volume 5

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 1990 - to date (updated daily)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Finding Journal and News Articles

Below are links to databases that cover this subject area. The truncation symbol for all of them is an asterisk (*) unless otherwise noted.

Sample searches for databases:

creationism and evolution
intelligent design and (curriculum or textbooks)
bible and evolution
scientific creationism
darwin and evolution
evolution and religio*
evolution and schools

Recommended Databases:

Academic Search 1984 - to date (updated daily)
This library database indexes approximately 3,100 popular magazines and academic journals and provides the full-text articles from approximately 1,000 journals. Basic instructions for Academic Search

CQ Researcher November 1991 - to date (updated weekly)
Contains weekly reports from Congressional Quarterly that cover the most current and controversial issues. Basic instructions for CQ Researcher

Education Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 400 scholarly and trade periodicals and selected monographs in education, educational psychology, college life, teacher education and evaluation. Basic instructions for Education Full Text

ERIC 1966 - to date
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) contains citations and abstracts of the international journal and report literature in education and related fields. Subjects include all aspects of education, including child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, higher education, and library science. Basic instructions for ERIC

Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center 1990 - to date (updated daily)
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) includes the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources and provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

Readers' Guide Full Text and Retrospective 1890 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes 240 popular magazines in a wide range of subject areas. Full-text coverage of 131 titles begins with 1994. Basic instructions for Readers' Guide Full Text

Social Sciences Full Text 1983 - to date (updated monthly)
Indexes more than 415 scholarly journals in economics, politics, public administration, public health, sociology, criminology, environmental and urban studies, psychology and anthropology. Basic instructions for Social Sciences Full Text

Finding Books

MadCat
Books on the evolution vs. creationism controversy can be found in MadCat, the UW-Madison library catalog.

Sample keyword searches:

creationism and evolution
darwin and evolution
"intelligent design"
religion and science

Searches can be limited to the last 5 years.

Internet Sites

Evolution vs. Creationism
http://physics.syr.edu/courses/modules/ORIGINS/origins.html

The Talk.Origins Archive
http://www.talkorigins.org/origins/faqs-evolution.html
Site explores the Creation/Evolution Controversy.

AAAS Evolution Resources
http://www.aaas.org/news/press_room/evolution/
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion encourages the exchange of ideas between scientific and religious communities.

AboutDarwin.com
http://www.aboutdarwin.com/
Site provides an introduction to the life and times of Charles Darwin.

The Complete Works of Charles Darwin
http://darwin-online.org.uk/
The largest collection of writings by and and about Darwin ever published, this site provides access to Darwin's complete publications. It includes publications, manuscripts, and supplementary works.

Intelligent Design?
http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/nhmag.html
Three proponents of Intelligent Design present their views of design in the natural world. Each view is immediately followed by a response from a proponent of evolution. Includes links to related sites at the end of the report.

Intelligent Designs on Evolution
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/inteldesign/
A companion to the 2006 documentary by American Radioworks, this site features articles on intelligent design in the classroom, interviews, audio and transcript of the program, and related links and readings on evolution and creationism.

Tennessee vs. John Scopes - The "Monkey Trial" - 1925
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm
Site contains biographies of the trial participants, excerpts from the trial transcripts, and H.L. Mencken's reports from the trial.

Videos

God in the Classroom
College Library Main Collection: KF 4162 A45 G6 2000

Flock of Dodos
College Library Main Collection:  QH 362 F56 2006

In the Beginning: The Creationist Controversy
College Library Main Collection: BL 263 I67 1994

Origin of Species
College Library Main Collection: QH 367 O74 1997

Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
College Library Main Collection: QB 981 O75 2004

Organizations

Institute for Creation Research
http://www.icr.org
10946 Woodside Ave N
Santee CA 92071
Phone: (619) 448-0900

National Center for Science Education
http://www.natcenscied.org/
420 40th Street Suite 2
Oakland CA 94609-2509
Phone: (510) 601-7203