Selected Resources in
SOCI 440—Sex, Gender & Society
October 17, 2002
PLU Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Some of these indexes are print and some electronic.  Access the electronic resources from the PLU library home page:  (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).  Some electronic resources require a username and password.  A few indexes that might be useful:

Alternative Press Index--Indexes 250 non-mainstream journals, magazines, and newspapers that offer alternative perspectives in the humanities and social science fields, including areas such as cultural, economic, political and social change.

Contemporary Women's Issues--Indexes articles from international journals on women and women's studies, 1992 to present.

EBSCOhost -- A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals, magazines, and
newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those, nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This academic database provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas –including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and education.

JSTOR -- an archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s.  JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

Lexis-Nexis--Provides access to a range of news, business, legal, and reference information. It is particularly strong in its news coverage, featuring mostly full-text articles from newspapers around the world. It is also strong in its law coverage, offering full text from law reviews, federal case law, and state case law.

PAIS International--Indexes and abstracts international publications of all kinds in the social sciences and public policy, from the mid-1970s to present

PsycINFO--Indexes and abstracts the international literature of psychology, 1887 to present.  It includes some full text.
 
Sociological Abstracts--Covers the fields of sociology, anthropology, and related social science disciplines. Citations and abstracts are available for over 2,600 journals, books, conference papers, and dissertations (1986 - present). Full text is available for many of the journals when searched simultaneously with EBSCOHost’s Academic Search Premier database
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.

REFERENCE BOOKS

Almanac Of Women And Minorities In American Politics (ref. HQ1236.5.U6M3778 1999)
Almanac Of Women And Minorities In World Politics (ref. HQ1236.M347 2000)
American Attitudes: Who Thinks What About The Issues That Shape Our Lives (ref.
    HN90.P8M58 1998)
Encyclopedia Of Birth Control (ref. HQ766.R442 2000)
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures (ref. F1406.E515 2000)
Encyclopedia of Crime & Justice (ref. HV6017.E52 2002)
Encyclopedia of Criminology And Deviant Behavior (ref. HV6017.E53 2001)
Encyclopedia of Family Life (ref.HQ534.E53 1999)
Encyclopedia of Major Marketing Campaigns (ref. HF5837.E53 2000)
Encyclopedia Of Obesity And Eating Disorders (ref. RC552.E18C37 1994)
Encyclopedia Of Parenting Theory And Research (ref.HQ755.8.E523 1999)
Encyclopedia of Women And Crime (ref. HV6046.E56 2000)
Encyclopedia Of Women In American Politics (ref. HQ1236.5.U6E53 1999)
Encyclopedia Of Women's History In America (ref. HQ1410.C85 1996)
Feminism: A Reference Handbook (ref. HQ1410.H365 1998)
Gay Histories And Cultures: An Encyclopedia (ref. HQ75.13.G37 2000)
Growing Up In America: An Atlas Of Youth In The USA (ref. HB1323.C52U658 1998)
Oxford Companion To Fairy Tales (ref. PN3437.O94 2000)
Oxford Companion To Politics Of The World (ref. JA61.O95 2001)
Parenthood in America: an encyclopedia (ref. HQ755.8.P3783 2000)
Reader's Companion To U.S. Women's History (ref. HQ1410.R43 1998)
Routledge International Encyclopedia Of Women: Global Women's Issues And Knowledge
    (ref. HQ1115.R69 2000)
Women's Issues (ref. HQ1115.W6425 1997)
 

OTHER USEFUL SOURCES

Dissertation Abstracts Online--Guide to American dissertations at accredited institutions since 1861. Abstracts since 1980.

WorldCat--Worldwide online catalog of books and other materials available in OCLC member libraries
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for
all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet"  (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).

Body Image and Advertising (http://www.mediascope.org/pubs/ibriefs/bia.htm)
Body Image Test (http://www.emode.com/emode/tests/body_image.jsp)
Center for American Women & Politics (http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~cawp/)
Fatherhood: Myths and Realities (http://www.uakron.edu/hefe/father/parke1.htm)
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (http://www.glaad.org/org/index.html)
International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (http://www.iglhrc.org/)
League of Women Voters (http://www.lwv.org/)
Mirror Image (Men’s self image) (http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mbi1.html)
National Center for Fathering (http://www.fathers.com/)
National Organization for Women (http://63.111.42.146/home/)
Operation Smart (http://www.girlsinc-oc.org/gismart.htm#opsmart)
Planned Parenthood—Emergency Contraception (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ec/)
Reproductive Rights (http://www.aclu.org/issues/reproduct/hmrr.html)
Status of Women in the United States (http://www.womenswork.org/girls/refs/status.html)
Violence and Women
    (http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/WomensStudies/GenderIssues/Violence+Women/)
Women’s Body Image and Health (http://www.4woman.gov/BodyImage/)
Women’s Issues (http://womensissues.about.com/mbody.htm)
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU belongs to a consortium of small private colleges and universities.  This consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget Sound. You may check materials out from these libraries using your PLU ID.

You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan.  Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.
 
 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an  appointment with me for personal research assistance.

 
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