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Subject
Guide: Gender Studies
| The subject guide to Gender Studies provides information on resources available from the Alvin Sherman Library, both in the library and online, related to gender studies. The subject guide covers subject headings, reference sources, books, periodicals, databases, Web sites, and style guides. |
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Periodicals |
Web Sites |
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Reference Sources |
Databases |
Style Guides |
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Books |
Subject Headings
You can find books and other materials in the library by searching NovaCat, the NSU Libraries online catalog. See the NovaCat tutorial for detailed instructions. To locate books and materials at other libraries, see the Other Library Catalogs help sheet.
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Reference Sources
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Title |
Location & Call Number |
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Encyclopedia of women and gender: sex similarities
and differences and the impact of society on gender |
Sherman Library Reference |
| Battleground: women, gender, and sexuality | Sherman Library Reference |
| Men & masculinities: a social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia | Sherman Library Reference HQ1090.3 .M436 2004 (2 volumes) |
| Historical dictionary of feminism | Sherman Library Reference HQ1115 .B65 2004 |
| The handbook of language and gender | Available in the Netlibrary Database |
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Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global
women's issues and knowledge |
Sherman Library Reference HQ1115 .R69 2000 |
Books
E-books
E-books or electronic books may be accessed via NovaCat
or from the NetLibrary database.
Entries for electronic books in NovaCat will
have the eBook icon 
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| Title | Author |
| Communicating gender | Suzanne Romaine |
| Feminism, the public and the private | Joan B. Landes [editor] |
| Gendered community: Rousseau, sex, and politics | Penny A. Weiss |
| Sex & social justice | Martha C. Nussbaum |
| Sex, paranoia, and modern masculinity | Kenneth Paradis |
Circulating Books
Circulating books may be checked out by visiting the library. Distance students may also request books via Document Delivery.
| Title | Author | Location |
| Gendering bodies | Crawley, Sara L. | Sherman Library |
| The sexual paradox : men, women, and the real gender gap | Pinker, Susan | Sherman Library HD6060.6 .P56 2008 |
| Men speak out : views on gender, sex, and power | Tarrant, Shira [editor] | Sherman Library HQ1075 .M46 2008 |
| The caveman mystique : pop-Darwinism and the debates over sex, violence, and science | McCaughey, Martha | Sherman Library HQ1075 .M4 2008 |
| The gender gap in college : maximizing the developmental potential of women and men | Sax, Linda J. | Sherman Library LC212.92 .S29 2008 |
| Gender and families | Coltrane, Scott | Sherman Library HQ536 .C718 2008 |
| The metrosexual : gender, sexuality, and sport | Coad, David | Sherman Library GV706.5 .C58 2008 |
| Women, science, and myth : gender beliefs from antiquity to the present | Rosser, Sue V. [editor] | Sherman Library HQ1075 .W675 2008 |
| Transpeople : repudiation, trauma, healing | Shelley, Christopher | Sherman Library HQ77.9 .S54 2008 |
| Theorizing discrimination in an era of contested prejudice : discrimination in the United States | Lucas, Samuel Roundfield | Sherman Library JC599.U5 L79 2008 |
| The decline of men : how the American male Is tuning out, giving up, and flipping off his future | Garcia, Guy | Sherman Library HQ1090.3 .G37 2008 |
| Transgender history | Stryker, Susan | Sherman Library |
| The social psychology of gender : how power and intimacy shape gender relations | Rudman, Laurie A. | Sherman Library HM1106 .R83 2008 |
| Gender | Colebrook, Claire | Sherman Library HQ1190 .C653 2004 |
| The sociology of gender : an introduction to theory and research | Wharton, Amy S. | Sherman Library HQ1075 .W48 2005 |
| Undoing gender | Butler, Judith | Sherman Library HQ1075 .B89 2004 |
| Disciplining gender : rhetorics of sex identity in contemporary U.S. culture | Sloop, John M. | Sherman Library HQ1075 .S576 2004 |
| Gendered lives: communication, gender, and culture | Wood, Julia T. | Sherman Library HQ1075 .W69 2003 |
| Evolution's rainbow : diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people | Roughgarden, Joan | Sherman Library QH541.15 .B56 R68 2004 |
| Language and gender | Eckert, Penelope [et al.] | Sherman Library P120 .S48 E34 2003 |
| Gender: psychological perspectives | Brannon, Linda | Sherman Library BF692.2 .B73 2008 |
| Gender, nature, and nurture | Lippa, Richard A. | Sherman Library BF692.2 .L555 2002 |
| Readings in the psychology of gender: exploring our differences and commonalities | Hunter, Anne E. [et al.] [editors] | Sherman Library BF692.2 .R43 2002 |
Periodicals
Periodicals include journals, magazines, newspapers and other serial publications. Search NovaCat for individual titles and holdings information. Periodicals do not circulate, but may be viewed at the library location listed. NSU distance students may request copies of specific articles via Document Delivery.
Many periodicals are available with full-text (or full image) online in the databases. Search the Journal Finder for specific titles.
| Title | Location |
| Gender & Society | Sherman Library Periodicals and Online |
| Feminist studies : FS | Sherman Library Periodicals and Online |
| Sex Roles | Sherman Library Periodicals and Online |
| Women's Studies in Communication | Online |
| Journal of Gender Studies | Sherman Library Periodicals and Online |
| Studies in Gender and Sexuality | Online |
| Men and masculinities | Sherman Library Periodicals and Online |
Databases
The online and CD-ROM databases serve as indexes to the literature, primarily periodicals. They include citations, abstracts and sometimes full-text. Click on the Info icon
for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, see Electronic Resources.
| Title of Database |
| Academic OneFile |
| HeinOnline |
| Ingenta |
| LexisNexis Academic |
| Project Muse |
| ProQuest Central |
| PsycINFO |
| Wilson OmniFile: Full Text Mega |
Web Sites
Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But, remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.
| Gender Studies Page http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2711 A directory page of briefly annotated links. Topics include general resources; women's studies and feminist theory; gay, lesbian, and queer studies; men's movements and men's studies; and cybergender and techgender. A part of the Voice of the Shuttle site from the University of California, Santa Barbara. |
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Gender.org |
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The World Bank: Gender and Development |
Style Guides
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MLA style is generally the standard for papers and publications in Gender Studies. See Style Guides. In addition, the MLA style manual is available at several NSU Libraries.
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