Selected Resources in
November 18, 2004
PLU Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu
BOOKS: Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library. Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic. Some topics that might be of interest:
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(Via PLU Library Web
page) 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. Requires
PLU
ePass username and password.
Columbia International Affairs Online
(CIAO) CIAO
is designed to be the most comprehensive source for theory and research
in
international affairs. It offers access to research from the world's
leading
international relations centers published from 1991 on, including:
working
papers, course proceedings, policy briefs, books, and other materials
from over
150 contributing institutions; over 95,000 pages of content, with
growth of
3,000 pages monthly; abstracts from leading journals in the field,
maps, and
economic indicators; and, links to 160+ international affairs centers,
institutes, and resources. Not available off campus.
Contemporary
Women's Issues
(FirstSearch) Indexes
articles from international journals on women and
women's studies, 1992 to present. Requires PLU ePass username and
password.
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. Off campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.
JSTOR is 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 (via PLU library Website)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 (Via PLU Library Web page) Indexes and abstracts international publications of all kinds in the social sciences and public policy, from the mid-1970s to present. Requires PLU ePass username and password.
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 World Politics (ref. HQ1236.M347 2000)
Encyclopedia of women and world religion (ref. BL458.E53 1999)
Europa world year book (ref. JN1.E85; newest behind reference desk)
Feminism: a reference handbook (ref. HQ1410.H365 1998)
<>Great debates at the United Nations: an encyclopedia of fifty key issues 1945-2000 (ref. KZ4968.G67 2001)State Of China Atlas (ref. G2305.B4 1999)
< style="font-family: arial;">Women in the Third World: an encyclopedia of contemporary issues (ref. HQ1870.9.W6548 1998)World at risk: a global issues sourcebook (REF JZ1242.W67 2002)
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
Amnesty International (http://www.amnesty.org/)
Chinawomen’s Status (http://www.pbs.org/sixbillion/china/ch-status.html)
<>Committee On Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women Continues Discussing Reports Of Ireland (http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/1999/19990621.wom1143.html)Country
Studies (http://countrystudies.us/)
Cuba Solidarity Campaign (http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/cubasi_article.asp?ArticleID=30)
Feminist Majority (http://www.feminist.org/)
Getting to Know Cuba (http://www.cuba-erleben.de/com/Mentality.htm)
< style="font-family: arial;">Global Connections: Roles of Women (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/questions/women/)Human Rights Watch (http://www.hrw.org/)
Hunger Project (http://www.thp.org/sitemap.htm)
Indiawomen’s Status (http://www.pbs.org/sixbillion/india/in-status.html)
< style="font-family: arial;">International Laws and Statistics on the Status of Women (http://zaza.com/awomansplace/educ.html#international)International
Women's Web Sites
(http://www.research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_intl.html)
Iran Law (http://www.parstimes.com/law/Iran_law.html)
Ireland (http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/beijing+5stat/statments/ireland6.htm)
Islam -
Elevation of Women's Status
(http://www.beconvinced.com/women/STATUS.htm)
Kenyawomen’s Status (http://www.pbs.org/sixbillion/kenya/k-status.html)
<>Magazines and Newsletters on the Web (Women-Focused) (http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/mags.htm)Muslim Women's Homepage (http://www.jannah.org/sisters/)
< style="font-family: arial;">National Guidelines in the Netherlands – Emancipation (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/gems/eeo/guide/nether/eman.htm) <>Status of Women and Girls (http://www.ggef.org/status.html)
Status of women in India (http://www.indiaonestop.com/debate.htm#Status)
Status of
Woman in Islam (http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Park/6443/women/)
Sunshine for
Women
(http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/links.html)
Teaching
about Women in China and Japan
(http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/asianlinks.html)
UNIFEM:
United Nations Development Fund for
Women (http://www.unifem.undp.org/index.htm)
Women and Cuba (http://www.wilpf.org/campaigns/cuba/CUBA_headlines.htm)
Women Fighting Aids in Kenya (http://www.wofak.or.ke/)
Women in an
Ireland of Equals 2003
(http://sinnfein.ie/elections/manifesto/33)
Women in the Arab World HIJAB DEBATE (http://www.al-bab.com/arab/women.htm)
Women in the Middle East (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html)
Women Watch
(http://www.un.org/womenwatch/)
Women’s Rights (http://hrw.org/doc/?t=women_status)
<>Women’s resources are wasted in Iran (http://kilden.forskningsradet.no/english/artikkel.html?vis=4746)World Wide
Status of Women
(http://www.fwhc.org/stats.htm)
OTHER
INTERESTING SOURCES
Shackled women (VIDEO HQ1236.S53 1999)
BEYOND PLU
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You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan. Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.
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