Accounts
Women and Gender Studies 435
Course Specific Resources
A quick Poll of Potential Topics (for start of library session)
Library session feedback (for after library session)
3 Steps to starting a successful Research Project
- Browse and select a topic.
- Learn the basics of your topic (who, what, when, where, why) through a general information source.
- Formulate a good question by identifying a controversy or gap in the literature.
Topic Exploration:
CQ Researcher explores important issues ranging from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology.
sample searches: (browse>social movements>feminism)
(browse>law and justice)
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
The premier online resource covering all sides of contemporary social issues.
Sample searches: (browse issues>women's rights>viewpoints)
(browse issues>women....>viewpoints)
(browse issues>LGBTQ....>viewpoints)
(browse issues>Gender....>viewpoints)
General Sample Searches in Search@UW
General Subject Search: Women's Studies OR Gender Studies
eBooks search: Women's Studies OR Gender Studies
TIP: To try another eBook search with another keyword: go to the main library homepage and enter your
search. Limit search by 'Books and Media'--next to search box. On the results screen, limit on the left by
selecting 'Oshkosh Online Resources.' Or underneath Topic by 'Electronic Books.'
TIP: Browse sub-topic on the left column to narrow down.
TIP: Once you've noted some sub-topics and keywords, use those keywords in the following databases.
TIP: One way of finding a good question is to use the keywords: debate, controversy, or argument that
will lead you to a sub-topic that is being wrestled with.
Research Databases
GenderWatch provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women.
LGBT Life with Full Text provides indexing and abstracts for over 190 journals and 330 books and reference works.
Contains over 2 million records from 1,200 core journals including full text from 700 journals.
Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports in the field of psychology and related disciplines.
Includes over 255,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
Education Research Complete provides indexing and abstracts for more than 2,100 journals, as well as full text for more than 1,200 journals, books, and monographs.
ERIC, the Education Resource Information Center, provides access to more than 1.3 million records related to education literature and resources.
Educational Administration Abstracts
Educational Administration Abstracts contains more than 190,000 records, which are carefully selected from the most important sources within the discipline.
Business Source Premier provides full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles.
Provides full text for 400 journals and 700,000 full-text articles dating back to 1985.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media, including full text for over 450 journals.
Database searching Tips:
-If you identify a recent, relevant item, make good use of their references and literature review.
-Don't forget to Truncate. Eg: Interpret* Searches for: Interprets, Interpreting, Interpreted, interpretation,
interpreter
- Don't forget to use quotation marks for exact phrases: such as “Social media” "Gender Violence"
- Use Google Scholar to see who cited your source (this is called a cited reference search); can also send
google scholar citation to refworks.
Inter-library Loan
If you would like to request an item we don't have, you can request it via inter-library loan. Go to the library
homepage, select Accounts, then choose to sign into Inter-library loan.
- Login and place an ILL request. (looking for items to request, try looking at WorldCat)