FG160/PY160 Women and Madness

Library Research Guide

Library instruction provided for Professor Tricia Waters’ Block 8, 2009 class.

Finding Sources to Support a Feminist Analysis

Wright, N., Owen, S. (2001). Feminist conceptualizations of women’s madness: a review of the literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 36, 1, 143-150.

Search by topic and terms like “madness”, “feminis*”, “gendered”, “gender differences”, “sex roles”.

Finding Books

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

Search TIGER for Keyword Title Author Subject Journal Title Go

Try searching “madness” AND “histor*” AND “women or gender*” in KEYWORD search.

Try searching “Hysteria — History” 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 “erotomania”.

Selected Scholarly Journals

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

Finding Journal Articles

Google Scholar

PsycINFO

Coverage: 1887 - current

Comprehensive international database of psychology. Covers the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology. NOTE: You can search both PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES at the same time. Contact Reference Desk x6662.

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.

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.

America, History & Life

Coverage: 1967 - current

Covers American history.

Historical Abstracts

Coverage: 1967 - current

Covers world history.

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 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

Explanation of DSM-IV

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: DSM-IV-TR
1st Floor North-Reference RC455.2.C4 D536 2000

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-IV
1st Floor North-Reference RC455.2.C4 D54 1994

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders : DSM-III-R
1st Floor North-Reference RC455.2.C4 D54 1987

Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
1st Floor North-Reference RC455.2.C4 A48 1980

Diagnostic and statistical manual: mental disorders
1st Floor North-Reference RC455.2.C4 D5 1952

Citing Your Sources

How to Cite Sources?

Publication manual of the American Psychological Association. Washington, D.C.: APA, 2001.
PE1478 .P83 2001 (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, 4-28-09, km.