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| Indexes & Databases |
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Information about women can be found
throughout the library collection, in many subject and call number areas. Locate books,
videos, CD's and other media programs by and
about women in the online public access catalog (OPAC)
by Author, Title, Subject, or keyword in title & topic. If
you want to browse the book collection,
the
basic call number area for books on women's issues is HQ 1101 - HQ 2037.
Here are a few of the
subject headings you can use for a SUBJECT
search in the online catalog to find specific titles and call numbers of
books and videotapes about women.
ABUSED WOMEN
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENTS
FEMINISM
GYNECOLOGY
HISPANIC AMERICAN WOMEN
INDIAN WOMEN
MARRIED WOMEN (SINGLE
WOMEN, etc.)
MEXICAN AMERICAN WOMEN
MOTHERS
MUSLIM WOMEN
PREGNANCY
RAPE
SEX DISCRIMINATION
SEX ROLE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
WOMEN
WOMEN -- BIOGRAPHY
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WOMEN -- EDUCATION
WOMEN -- EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN -- HEALTH
AND HYGIENE
WOMEN -- HISTORY
WOMEN -- LEGAL STATUS, LAWS, ETC.
WOMEN -- PSYCHOLOGY
WOMEN -- SUFFRAGE
WOMEN -- UNITED STATES
WOMEN AND LITERATURE
WOMEN AND RELIGION
WOMEN AND THE MILITARY
WOMEN ARTISTS
(AUTHORS, EXECUTIVES, etc.)
WOMEN IN ADVERTISING
WOMEN
IN JUDAISM
WOMEN SLAVES
WOMEN'S COLLEGES
WOMEN'S RIGHTS
WOMEN'S STUDIES |
SELECTED REFERENCE BOOKS
For quick-reference information and/or a
concise overview of various issues concerning women, you may want to use some reference
materials that focus specifically on women.
Black Women in America
E 185.86 B542 1993 Ref
Chronology of Women's History
HQ 1121 O47 1994 Ref
Encyclopedia of Feminism
HQ 1115 T87 1986 Ref
First of
ALL: Significant "Firsts" by American Women
HQ 1412 M24 Ref
Women in Science
Q 130 W67 1990 Ref
Women in
World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
HQ 1115 W6 1999 Ref
Women's Studies Encyclopedia
HQ 1115 W645 1991 Ref
Current Print Subscriptions
The current issues of
the magazines and journals that the CCC Library receives are
on the display racks near the
Information Commons.
See the Periodical Holdings list for
additional titles.
The most current issues may be used in the Library only. Older
issues may be checked out of the Library. Lift the tilted display shelf to find
the issue from the previous 6 -12 months. If you want issues older than those
available here, you will need to fill out a Periodical Request slip at the
Circulation Desk.
Bound Periodicals
Many
older magazines and journals were bound in hard covers for preservation. They
are kept on the low shelves at the far end of the Library, next to Stack #28.
These volumes may be used in the Library only.
Magazine & Journal Indexes & Databases
Use a
periodical index to locate specific articles in older issues of magazines
and journals. The CCC Library has both print and computerized indexes. Printed
indexes list articles by Author and/or Subject. The
Library's computerized indexes are databases that also contain the full-text of
the majority of their citations; they can be searched by Author, Title, Subject
and Keyword. Ask the librarian at the Reference Desk
for assistance with subject headings
for your research topic and/or for help in using the computerized
databases as needed.
Some
of the indexes and databases that
might be most useful in researching topics in Women's Studies are:
Ethnic Newswatch (online database
available via the Library's Database page)
Expanded Academic Index ASAP (online database
available via the Library's Database page)
SIRS Researcher (online database
available via the Library's Database page)
The Library
subscribes to several newspapers, including The
San Francisco Chronicle and The New York Times.
The current issues are in the hanging rack at the end of the
Periodicals Display Rack.
Older
issues are available on microfilm and/or CD-ROM. The
printed indexes to
these newspapers are on Index Table #9a.
Use the computers in the Information Commons to index the New
York Times CD-ROM. Ask a librarian
to show you how to use the newspaper indexes, and how to operate the microfilm
reader/printer machines.
INTERNET / WEB
SITES
There are
many sites on the Internet where you can information pertaining to
Women's Studies. Use a search engine to help you locate them. Some search
engines also provide an directory of sites arranged by broad subject area. These lists are
usually broken down into even more specific aspects of a topic. They are great places to
browse for interesting sites.
For a list
of Internet sites about this subject area that have
been reviewed by faculty and/or librarians, see the CCC Site Guide for Women's Studies.
Last updated
27 November 2007
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