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Community Studies 100Q Theory and Practice of Sexual Politics Suggestions for Library Research

 

Searching for Books

The following subject terms, many of which are are among those that are relevant to this course. Find additional terms by searching your movement or organization and examining the terms used; if you already have good sources, check on the terms used for them and search for additional materials using those terms. Many subject terms can be combined with place names to limit results geographically, and most have subdivisions (such as "feminism and art"). Bear in mind that the terminology related to sexuality and gender has changed many times, and that subject headings may not yet reflect all of the current language used in this area. For this reason, an open-minded and flexible approach that accomodates old and new terminology will lead to the most comprehensive results. A few of the more prominent terms that are assigned in this area are:

gender identity sex role sexual orientation sex differences feminism abortion pro-life movement pro-choice movement gays lesbians transsexuals gay rights

patriarchy matriarchy radicalism political activists women political activists politics and government (under geographical subdivision) social conditions (under geographical subdivision) community organization power (social sciences) social advocacy

Selected Reference Books -- others will include subject headings such as those above, combined with such terms such as "dictionaries," "encyclopedias," or "handbooks." You may also find it valuable to browse the reference stacks in the call numbers that match your topic (especially "HQ"). These books include encyclopedias and dictionaries with brief entries, multi-volume encyclopedias with extensive review articles, comprehensive and annotated bibliographies, and directories and almanacs. ALL TITLES BELOW ARE IN THE MCHENRY REFERENCE STACKS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

Encyclopedia of women social reformers, 2 v. HQ1236 R29 2001
Encyclopedia of Sex HQ9 D7 2000
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality v. 1-3 HQ21 I68 1997
Sex, Youth, and Sex Education: A Reference Handbook HQ57.5 A3 C36 2002
Completely Queer: The Gay & Lesbian Encyclopedia HQ75 H63 1998
Lesbian Histories & Cultures: An Encyclopedia HQ75.13 E53 2000
Reader's guide to lesbian and gay studies HQ75.15 .R43 2000
Queer theory : a bibliography HQ75.16.U6 N76 1997
Asian Pacific Islander Lesbian collection and bibliographyHQ75.6.A78 K56 2001
St. James Press gay & lesbian almanac HQ76.3.U5 S75 1998
Resource directory for the Santa Cruz gay, lesibian, bisexual and transgender community HQ76.3.U52 S348 2001
Wimmin, wimps & wallflowers : an encyclopaedia HQ76.45.U5 H47 2001
Historical dictionary of the gay liberation movement HQ76.5 .H86 1999
The gay and lesbian movement : references and resources HQ76.5 .R53 1996
Gay rights HQ76.8.U5 K73 2000
The anti-abortion movement : references and resourcesf HQ767.5.U5 B54 1996
Abortion : a reference handbook HQ767.5.U5 C67 1996
Pro-choice/pro-life issues in the 1990s : an annotated selective bibliography HQ767.5.U5 F49 1996
Encyclopedia of women and gender : sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender HQ1115 .E43 2001
Routledge international encyclopedia of women HQ1115 .R69 2000
Women's issues (3 v.) HQ1115 .W6425 1997
Women's studies encyclopedia (3 v.) HQ1115 .W645 1999
Reader's guide to women's studies HQ1180 .R43 1998
Encyclopedia of feminist theories HQ1190 .E63 2000
A glossary of feminist theory HQ1190 .L68 1997
The women's movement HQ1236.5 U6 R93 1996
The Women's liberation movement in America HQ1421 B47 1999
Alternative press index, 1970-,  McH Ref Tables    Z7164.S66A5
Beacham's encyclopedia of social change : America in the twentieth century HN59.2 .B43 2001  v.1-4 
The radicalism handbook : a complete guide to the radical movement in the twentieth century HN17.5 .R356 1995 
Encyclopedia of social history HN28 E53 1994
Encyclopedia of European social history, 6 vol. HN373 E63 2001
Encyclopedia of American social movements, 4 v. HN57 .E594 2004
A history of women in the United States : state-by-state reference HQ1410 .H58 2004
Men and masculinities : a social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia HQ1090.3 .M436 2004
Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America HQ76.3.U5 E53 2003 (also online)
The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide, 6 v. HQ1115 .G74 2003

Library Databases -- Consult "Community Studies -- Information on the Web" for commonly used resources in community studies. For this class, additional resources may be found by consulting Library Subject Guides for other fields in the arts, humanities, and sciences. Identify those databases that match your topic best in subject, date coverage, or other aspects. For citation-only databases, use UC-LINKS (if offered) or open a second browser to CRUZCAT. All of these databases provide keyword searching (often providing options to focus the search on the full-text when available, the abstract, the title, or other features). As when searching for books, examination of the subject terms assigned to relevant articles (sometimes called descriptors) may be useful in finding additional citations or in narrowing your search results.