FE 136 Introduction to the Study of Gender: Theories and Psychology

Library Research Guide

Library instruction provided for Professor Eileen Bresnahan’s Block 1, 2009 class by Diane Westerfield and Krystyna Mrozek.

The Good, Bad, Ugly, and Just Plain Weird Websites

Bad:

Website 1

Website 2

Website 3

Meh:

Website 4

Pretty Good:

Website 5

Good:

Website 6

Evaluating Website Checklist

Web Literacy Assignment

Evaluating your Sources

Many of the Tutt Library databases index only scholarly, peer reviewed journal articles but some include articles from popular magazines as well. Some of the databases provide a means of limiting your search to scholarly, peer reviewed journals, others don’t. Please review the Vodka Ad Test criteria for determining if an article is from a scholarly journal.

Vodka Ad Test from Colorado College Tutt Library

I found it on the Web

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Libraries tutorial on “Evaluating Information”, especially “Evaluating Websites”

Finding Books

• Search the Tiger Catalog for books available in Tutt Library.

Search TIGER for Keyword Title Author Subject Journal Title Go

Try searching “third” AND “wave” AND “feminis*” in KEYWORD search to find books on third wave feminism and feminists.

Try searching “Women — Social Conditions — 21st century” in SUBJECT search.

• Search Prospector for books available from academic and public libraries in Colorado. Materials can come in as few as 3 days.

• Search Google Books to identify books by words in the text. Try searching “herstory”.

Selected Scholarly Journals

Feminism and Psychology
Feminist Studies
Gender and Society
Journal of Gender Studies
Psychology of Women Quarterly
Sex Roles

Finding Journal Articles

Google Scholar

Academic Search Premier

Coverage: 1988 - current

Provides access to basic journal index and some full text resources. Subject coverage is general and broad. Shows CC holdings.

JSTOR

Coverage: late 1800's - most recent 5 years

Archival access to many scholarly periodicals. Jstor does not cover the most recent three years of most journals.

Gender Studies Database

Coverage: pre-1972 - current

Combines the Women’s Studies International and Men’s Studies databases with sexual diversity issues and gender-engaged scholarship. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations, and freely available full text articles & documents on the Web.

SocINDEX

Coverage: 1895 - current

Indexes core sociology journals dating back to 1895. Use in place of Sociological Abstracts.

America, History & Life

Coverage: 1967 - current

Covers American history.

Finding Journal Articles in Subject Specific Databases

Try searching a subject specific database from Databases by Subject for more articles from individual disciplines.

For example, try searching MLA International Bibliography listed under Databases for Literature, for the topic “masculinit* and gay”.

Finding Full Text Versions of Articles

When searching article indexing databases, sometimes the full text of the article you need is not provided to you by the database. Or you have identified a citation in a bibliography or footnote and need to find the full text. There are two ways of finding the full text of any article that you need.

1. Check Find Journals to see if Tutt Library subscribes to an electronic version of your journal or magazine or if we own databases which may have your article in full text. Find Journals a.k.a Tutt Link a.k.a Full Text Online is available next to the citations in most of our databases and in GoogleScholar.

1. Request an ILLiad/Interlibrary Loan of your article directly from your database (use button or hotlink) or log into ILLiad and fill out an Interlibrary Loan Request Form. (Articles can come in as few as 24-48 hours.) You must be registered with ILLiad for either method to work – see First Time User Registration for Interlibrary Loan.

Selected Reference Works

Encyclopedia of women and gender : sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender
1st Floor North-Reference HQ1115 .E43 2001 v. 1-2

Citing Your Sources

How to Cite Sources?

A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations / Kate L. Turabian
PE1478.T8 2007 (1st Floor North-Ref Desk, 1st Floor North-Reference, Permanent Reserves – Circ, Tutt North Basement)

Managing Your Bibliography

RefWorks training every Wed. 1 p.m. @Tutt Library.

Additional Assistance

Contact Reference Desk, 9 a.m. – 10 p.m., x6662, IM=tuttlibrarian

Contact Krystyna Mrozek, Interdisciplinary Programs Librarian, x6669, Tutt Library 201, kmrozek@coloradocollege.edu, IM=tuttkrystyna

Last revised, 8-31-09, km.