Getting Started - WGS 120 - Gender, Sex and Power - Guides at Milner Library, Illinois State University

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This guide is a starting point for students taking WGS 120: Gender, Sex, and Power. The guide will help with conducting research on a range of WGSS topics as well as offer suggestions for specific books, databases, websites, and other resources that may be helpful.

Research at Milner

Keep Current with your Research: Using Alerts
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Conducting research is an iterative process. For more information about how to conduct research, consult the An Overview: The Research Process web guide.

Contemporary Women's Issues
Full text database focused on world-wide critical issues and events that influence women's lives and includes information from journals, newsletters, and research reports produced by non-profit groups and government and international agencies.
Includes sources published from 1972 to present
SocINDEX
Full text database for sociology and all sub-disciplines and includes journal articles, books, conference papers, and author profiles cover topics like abortion, crime, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, social problems, substance abuse and violence.
Sociological Abstracts (SocAbs)
Citation database covering all aspects of sociology and related disciplines and includes journals, books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.
Includes sources published from 1963 to present

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program
Understanding Call Numbers
Find books on the shelves more quickly with this quick overview of how to read Library of Congress call numbers.
Citing Sources
Learn more about why we cite the sources we use, how to cite sources in a specific style, and strategies for avoiding plagiarism.
Determine Credibility (Evaluating)
Criteria and examples of how to evaluate a source to determine relevance and credibility.
Help Videos for Using Milner
A suite of short step-by-step videos showing you how to use the various resources available in Milner Library.

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