WS 124: Gender in Global Perspective

What kind of research is found in databases?
"Popular" articles ~ Who, what, when, where. Informs and entertains the general public through articles in magazines and newspapers. Magazines like Newsweek, Ms., and off our backs are examples of popular sources.	Scholarly articles ~ Why, how, what implications, effects, and/or results. Provides research and analysis for discussion within disciplines through scholarly and peer-reviewed journals and books/book chapters. Journals such as Feminism and Psychology and Journal of Gender Studies are examples of scholarly sources.
This YouTube video from Vanderbilt University explains the differences.

Recommended databases for WS 124: Finding Research and News Articles

Example search:

Same look and operation as Academic Search Premier but it searches women's studies journals, magazines, books, and good quality Web sites.

Example searches (can be copied, pasted, and edited in the search box as well):

women AND education AND China
traffick! AND Nepal -- since women (and girls) are the most prevalent victims of trafficking, adding the terms women or girl is not necessary
women AND poverty AND South Africa
India! AND ("reproductive rights" OR abortion) -- when mixing AND & OR, you must correctly use the parentheses.
Use of the wildcard ( ! ) allows multiple forms of words, e.g. traffick! will yield the terms Traffick, trafficked, trafficking, etc.

Because LexisNexis Academic has thousands of newspapers and millions of articles, you can focus your searches by using "segment" tags. The example above:

Many more databases can be found through the Libraries homepage at http://www.lib.uconn.edu

If you have questions or comments, please contact:

Kathy Labadorf, Liaison to Women's Studies

Email: Kathy.Labadorf@uconn.edu
Voice: 860-486-1253