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* Women & Gender Studies: General Reference Sources

A guide to research, reference and course materials.

Women Studies-Reference Sources

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Dictionaries and reference works published by Oxford University Press, including the "Companion" series.

Women's Firsts (book) by Susan B. Gall, Ed.
Call Number: Request via URSUS
ISBN: 0787601519
Publication Date: 1997
Organized chronologically by discipline and fully indexed by name and subject.
Women's Studies: A Recommended Bibliography (book) by Linda Krikos & Cindy Ingold
Call Number: POR Ref Z7963.F44 K75
ISBN: 1563085666
Publication Date: 2004
Organized by discipline and fully indexed by author, title and subject.

LGBTQ Studies

Archives of the GLBTQ Encyclopedia
The glbtq project was founded in 2000 by Publisher Wik Wikholm to create the world's largest encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture and history and to deliver it online. It went live in 2003. In 2015, the website closed, and this site has the archives.

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America (book) by Marc Stein, Ed
Call Number: Special Coll Ref HQ76.3.U5 E53 vols. 1-3
ISBN: 0684312646
Publication Date: 2004
The articles in this set discuss various aspects of LGBT history, culture, politics, and society in America.

Critical Analysis

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Objective Reasoning: Fact or Opinion? Evidence? Objective?
Coverage: Marginally or extensively related? Primary or secondary source?
Style: Word choice? Organized argument?
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