Overview - Evolution/Creationism: An Undergraduate Research Guide - Research Guides at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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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.

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AAAS Evolution Resources
The American Association for the Advancement of Science Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion encourages the exchange of ideas between scientific and religious communities.
Credo Reference
A collection of 100 reference tools that may be searched collectively or individually. It includes encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, statistical sources, biographical tools, thesauri, books of quotations, image collections, and more.
Evolution vs. Creationism
Links to various resources such as books, videos, databases and more.
Intelligent Design?
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.
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center (OVRC) provides viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles related to controversial social issues.
Tennessee vs. John Scopes - The "Monkey Trial" - 1925
Site contains biographies of the trial participants, excerpts from the trial transcripts, and H.L. Mencken's reports from the trial.
The Complete Works of Charles Darwin
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.