IACUC RESOURCES

Many resources are available to researchers interested in learning more about the ethical treatment of animals in research and the role of the Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee.

The Office of Sponsored Research & Faculty Development

The office maintains a small reference library of books, manuals, and articles, some of which pertain to IACUC matters. Listed below are some of the holdings.

Herzog, Harold A. Discussing Animal Rights and Animal Research in the Classroom.” Eds. Mark E. Ware and Charles L. Brewer. Handbook for Teaching Statistics and Research Methods. Second Edition. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999. Pp. 148-53.

Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources (U.S.). Committee on Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996. [Also available on the web here.]

Larson, Sandra, Ed. Beyond Dissection: Innovative Tools for Biology. Boston, MA: Ethical Science Education Coalition, 1998.

Lutherer, Lorenz Otto and Margaret Sheffield Simon. “The Animal Care and Use Program and the IACUC. ”Targeted; The Anatomy of an Animal Rights Attack. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. 101-19.

The Grasselli Library

The Grasselli Library holds many books of interest to IACUC researchers. Listed below is a selection.

Dawkins, Marian Stamp and Morris Gosling, Eds. Ethics in research on animal behaviour: readings from Animal Behaviour. London: Published by Academic Press for the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour and the Animal Behaviour Society, 1992.

Groves, Julian McAllister. Hearts and minds: the controversy over laboratory animals. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.

Kimmel, Allan J. Ethical issues in behavioral research: a survey. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers, 1996.

OhioLINK

A selection of material available through OhioLINK is listed below:

American Psychological Association. Guidelines for ethical conduct in the care and use of animals. Washington, D.C.: The Association, 1993.

Driscoll, Janis Wiley, Ed. Animal care and use in behavioral research: regulations, issues, and applications. Beltsville, MD: USDA, Animal Welfare Information Center, National Agricultural Library, 1989.

Orlans, F. Barbara. In the name of science: issues in responsible animal experimentation. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.

Podolsky, M. Lawrence and Victor S. Lukas, Eds. The Care And Feeding Of An IACUC: The Organization And Management Of An Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1999

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