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| Montgomery College Libraries > Course Related Pages > Women's Studies | |
1. Reference Books |
2. Circulating Books |
3. Journal Titles
4. Articles in Databases |
5. Web Sites |
6. Citation Styles: APA & MLA
Here is a sampling of our reference books.
- G = Germantown Campus Library
- R = Rockville Campus Library
- T = Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus Library
- Encyclopedia of Women and Gender
- (REF HQ1115 .E43 2001) G R T
- Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
- (REF HQ1115 .R69 2000) G R T
- Encyclopedia of Women and Sports
- (REF GV709 .S44) G R T
- International Encyclopedia of Women Scientists
- (REF Q141 .O27 2002) G
- Women's Studies Encyclopedia
- (REF HQ1115 .W645 1999) G
- Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
- (REF HQ1115 .W6 1999) G R
- Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues
- (REF HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998) G R T
- Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
- (REF HQ1127 .S25 2001) R
- Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
- (REF HQ1236 .R29 2001) R
- Encyclopedia of Women and Crime
- (REF HV6046 .E56) G R T
- Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
- (REF HQ1410 .C85 1996) T
- Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia
- (REF LC1569 .W66 2002) G
- Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs: 1776 to the Present
- (REF HF3023 .A2 O64 2000) G
MC Library Catalog: Open MC Library Catalog and change the search engine setting to "Keyword Boolean" and create a Boolean Search Expression. There are three components to Boolean search expressions:
- Keywords: tend to be the nouns that best describe a topic
- Boolean Operators: AND, OR, and NOT
- Punctuation: quotation marks for phrases, parentheses with OR
Books By Topic: Start by combining only two or three keywords, as "less is more" when searching for books:
- violence AND (children OR women)
- "minimum wage"
- feminism AND history
- "self-image" AND (girls OR teens OR women)
- "glass ceiling" OR (women AND workplace)
- ("national organization of women" OR now)
Browse Shelves: For books on women's issues and feminism, go to this section of the call numbers:
HQ 1075 -- HQ 1075.5 Sex Role HQ 1088 -- 1090.7 Men HQ 1101 -- HQ 2030 Women, Feminism
Request Book From Another Campus: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the REQUEST ITEM button (pictured at right). 
Renew Books Online: Go into MC Library Catalog and use the MY ACCOUNT button (pictured at right). 
Help: Speak to the reference librarian on duty or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536
AskUsNow!: For 24/7 help, IM an academic librarian at a college or university library by using Maryland's AskUsNow! service. 
Comprehensive Listing of Women's Studies Journals at the Montgomery College Libraries
A. Searching: The collections below are enormous databases of citations, abstracts, and often the full text of articles that originally appeared in scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers. To search for an article, use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT), keywords (tend to be nouns), and punctuation (quotation marks for phrases, parentheses for OR). For example:
- women AND "minimum wage"
- "self image" AND (television OR tv)
- sex AND role AND socialization
- "children's literature" AND stereotypes
- "mother-woman"
- women AND (arts OR artistic)
- women AND (marriage OR wife OR wives)
- women AND (suicide OR depression)
- GenderWatch
- A collection of publications that "offers a perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles."
- Primary Sources in American Women's History
- A combination of primary documents, reference tools, and secondary sources on the history of American women.
- Academic Search Premier
- Full text articles from 5,000+ scholarly publications, indexing and abstracts for 3,500 peer-reviewed publications. Covers all subject areas.
- National Newspapers
- Full text of New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Baltimore Sun.
- Expanded Academic ASAP
- Indexes over 3,500 titles; 2,000+ are full text. Covers all subject areas.
- CQ Researcher
- In-depth analysis of social issues.
- SIRS Knowledge Source
- Full-text articles exploring social, scientific, health, historic, economic, business, political and global issues.
B. Sorting: Results can be sorted by date (most recent first) or relevance (highest occurrence of keywords).
C. Printing: Use the Print button in the database, not the Print icon or menu option in the browser.
D. Help: Read the Help or Search Tips information for the database; speak to the reference librarian on duty; or call the reference desk:
- Germantown: 240-567-7853
- Rockville: 240-567-7130
- Takoma Park Silver Spring: 240-567-1536
- Feminist Majority
- National Organization for Women
- National Women’s History Project
- Women’s Studies Database at UMD
- Institute for Women’s Policy Research
- National Partnership for Women & Families
- American Association of University Women
- Feminist Majority Online
- National Council for Research on Women
- National Women’s Law Center
- Business and Professional Women Foundation
- Women’s Studies Online Resources EXCELLENT!
- A portal to a host of sites. (University of Maryland Baltimore Campus)
- Department of Labor: Women's Bureau
- Statistics and data on women in the workforce. (U.S. Department of Labor)
- Medline Plus
- *The* place to start when researching women's health issues. (National Institutes of Health; U.S. National Library of Medicine)
Here are two handouts on formatting citations. Each is a six-page MS Word document:
APA: References Page MLA: Works Cited Page
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