This URL opens the University of Minnesota website on Teaching Ethics for Research, Scholarship and Practice. The material is organized in categories of Ethical Issues, Discipline and Format. The scope of material is comprehensive and organized in each category by source with links to material available on the Internet.
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The ONLINE ETHICS CENTER is a website managed by the Center for Ethics Engineering and Society (CEES) at the National Academy of Engineering. It is aimed to further"knowledge and discussion of the responsible conduct of research" with illustrative cases, essays and articles, and guidelines on various ethical issues. The 9 role-playing scenarios on conduct of responsible…
This website is a compilation of resources to deliver ethics training and instruction for undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students by the "Ethics Education Library" of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Both online links and references to hardcopy material are listed in the areas of Case Study Collection, Examples and Best Practices, Syllabi, Pedagogical Materials, and…
This is a website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an agency of the Department of Commerce. The site takes you step-by-step through the process needed to obtain a patent, starting with a patent search to see if your idea has already been patented and what type of application you should file. The Intellectual…
The "ACS Publication Copyright and the Journal Publishing Agreement" page contains a learning module for college undergraduate/graduate science students as well as educators on copyright rules applicable to academic works (e.g., term papers, reports, theses, publications, etc.). A link at the bottom of the page is for a PowerPoint presentation on copyright and includes frequently asked…
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building a globally-accessible public commons of knowledge and culture. They provide licensing as a means to register ownership of internet material (e.g., texts, images, audio, video, etc.) as well as listing the acceptable usage rights for such material. Their site details the full legal language for each of…
This laboratory safety guide was published by the CDC and NIOSH in 2006. It was written to provide high school chemistry teachers with an easy-to-read reference to create a safe learning environment in the laboratory. The document provides information to teachers, and ultimately their students, so that they can take the appropriate precautionary actions to prevent…
The Web Guide to Research for Undergraduates (WebGURU) is an interactive web-based tool intended to assist undergraduates navigate the hurdles of an undergraduate research experience.
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This website is part of an online writing laboratory of Purdue University, which provides an expansive guide to writing. The section on "Research and Citation" may be of greatest interest to researchers and practitioners of science. The section for writing instructors contains many useful guides for teachers and instructors. There are many links embedded to provide…
This is a link to the Environmental Health and Safety Office of the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). Here you will find the essential directions and forms for creating a lab-specific Chemical Hygiene Plan in accordance with California - OSHA.
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