* Women & Gender Studies: Find a Book

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In order to find books held in the University of Maine System libraries you should begin with  LibrarySearch, the online catalog.

If the material you need is not available at the USM Libraries, you should next search MaineCat and Request the material. If the book is not available through LibrarySearch or MaineCat, then you should create a free Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad) account. See links below.

• Women, Gender, Heterosexuals
• Purdah - the exclusion of women
• Suffrage
• Sexism, Sex Discrimination
• Women and ________ - use multiple keywords to narrow within subjects
• Consider: Women in Mass Media Industry vs. Mass Media and Women
• Variations: Feminism or Femininity
• Actresses (or other feminine specific professional titles)

• Search each term: Lesbian(ism), Gay (men), Bisexual, Transgender, Queer
  
• Queer Theory, Gay and Lesbian Studies
  
• Gender Identity, Transexual Identity
• Transgenderism, Sex Preselection
  
• Homophobia, Prejudices, Toleration, Tolerance, Minorities
• Specific Issues: Same-sex Marriage

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