Women's Studies Research Resources

workshop led by
Lenny Adler and Jenna Freedman
 But first: RefWorks
• Web based
• Workshops
o Barnard: Monday, March 21, 4:30 - 5:30
o Columbia: Thursday, March 24, 2011 11:00 -12:00
o Columbia: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:00 -12:00
 CLIO/Zines
• Advanced search
• Wildcard: ? e.g., feminis? or wom?n
• Limits
• Zines: "Barnard's zines are written by women with an
emphasis on zines by women of color. A woman's
gender is self-defined. We also collect zines on
feminism and femme identity by people of all genders.
The zines are personal and political publications on
activism, anarchism, body image, third wave
feminism, gender, parenting, queer community, riot
grrrl, sexual assault, and other topics."
 Gender Studies Database
• Private
• Boolean Capable 
 Contemporary Women's Issues
• Kill the book reviews! (and other limits)
• Near
• Automatic stemming (no truncation
needed)
• Get to the full text with LibX (eLink would
also work)
Women and social movements in th
e United States 1600-2000
• Term Selection 
• Detailed author search
• Document Archives
 Open Access Gender Studies
Journals
• Free!
• Unsophisticated search (Boolean illogic)
 Woman Stats Project
• Public
• Video Tutorials
• Political Geographies of Women
Worldwide
 Gerritsen collection : women's history online, 1543-1945
North American immigrant letters, diaries, and oral histories
North American women's letters and diaries

• Search: select from lists

• Limits
 ProQuest
• Modify the Date Ranges 
• Full Text and Scholarly Journal Search 
• Subject area search 
• Synchronous with Ref Works 
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