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Searching Tips to Get Started
The library contains a wide variety of books to support your course work in Gender & Women's Studies. An effective strategy for searching on a topic is to begin with keywords - significant nouns that describe what you want to learn about. If you search the catalog using a simple KEYWORD search, then you can explore the subject headings located within each item's record that are used to describe it. Clicking on those headings can lead you to more targeted resources.
Example: women sex trafficking
Finding Books through the Catalog
Search the catalog by keyword, subject, author or title. Identify the items you need and follow the Library of Congress call number to the proper locations.
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Encyclopedias & Handbooks
Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work by Call Number: Reference HQ115 E53 2006 v. 1ISBN: 0313329680Publication Date: 2006
Depending on your topic, you may need to find out more background information first to develop a good search strategy when looking for books, articles, and other sources. Take a look at some of these resources that can help give you an idea of where to look:
The Penguin atlas of women in the world by Call Number: Carothers Library Reference G1046 E1 S4 2009ISBN: 0142002410This fourth edition of Seager's book "employs up-to-the-minute research and data" to explore "how women live across continents and cultures."
Childhood Sexual Abuse by Call Number: Reference HV6570 K55 2007ISBN: 1851099050Publication Date: 2007- Encyclopaedia on women and children trafficking byCall Number: URI Reference HQ281 S56 2009ISBN: 8126138068Publication Date: 2009
