SOCIOL 214: Sociology of Gender
Library Resources

Recommended Reading
Reference Books
Library Catalogue
Journals
Database & Articles
Referencing and Plagiarism

Subject Librarian:
Musarrat Begum

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Recommended Reading

Books in the Short Loan Collection are in the Course Materials list.

• Chafetz, Janet S., ed. 1999. Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. New York: Kluwer/Plenum. Library copies
• Gamble, Sarah, ed. 2000. The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism. New York: Routledge. Library copies
• Kimmel, Michael, Jeff Hearn, and Robert W. Connell, eds. 2005. Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities. Thousand Oaks: Sage. Library copies
• Pilcher, Jane, and Imelda Whelehan. 2003. 50 Key Concepts in Gender Studies. London: Sage. Library copies

Reference Books

Reference Books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.

• O’Brien, Jodi, ed. 2009. Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. Los Angeles: Sage.
• Ponzetti James J., ed. 2003. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. 2nd ed, New York: Macmillan Reference. Library copies
• Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
• Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2005. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library copies
• Worell, Judith, ed. 2001. Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender. San Diego: Academic Press. Library copies

Library Catalogue

Keyword Searches

Tips for searching:

• Use truncation symbols to find variant word endings. Use * in The Catalogue and ? in Voyager: Search for gender* to find gender, gendered, genders
• Search for variant spellings: socialisation or socialization; labour or labor
• Search for phrases in quotation marks: "domestic violence"; "paid employment"
• Search for synonyms and related terms: domestic or family

Examples of keyword searches in The Catalogue
"domestic violence" OR "family violence"
gender* AND violen*
gender* AND violen* AND zealand

Subject Headings

General topics often have more specific subdivisions, for example:
   Feminism
   Feminism - New Zealand
   Feminism - New Zealand - History

Journals

• Feminism and Psychology
• Feminist Theory
• Gender & Society
• New Zealand Sociology
• NWSA Journal (National Women's Studies Association)
• Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
• Women's Studies International Forum

Databases & Articles

To find more information on a topic, a good place to start is a database that indexes journals and books. More databases are listed on the Sociology resource pages.

• Gender Studies Database Indexing with abstracts and links to some full-text sources.
• Sociological Abstracts An index with abstracts from almost 2000 social science journals.
• FindNZarticles Includes Index New Zealand INNZ (an index with abstracts from New Zealand journals, magazines and newspapers) plus other indexes of New Zealand newspapers and book chapters.
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context Newspaper and journal articles, reference and statistical data, primary documents, images and websites relating to a range of social issues.

Referencing and Plagiarism

The Chicago Manual of Style Online

Referen©ite Academic referencing resource

The EndNote program can help you manage your list of references. The program is available on most University computers and you can buy your own copy for $5 from the IC HelpDesk (Level 2, Kate Edger Information Commons). You can get more help with EndNote at the Library training course.

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