Resources Available at the Library: Zuni ManWoman and Raising Cain
Library Home page: Search Strategy Handout: Searchpath Library Tutorial: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/ http://tinyurl.com/yplpr5 http://tinyurl.com/3c3gol
Subject Headings
Sometimes instead of searching by keywords, you may have better luck finding materials by consulting the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH). This is important because you can sometimes get better search results. For example, articles, books, and web sites on Gender roles will usually be indexed under “Sex Role." To browse such headings, they are in the five thick red volumes on the reference shelves, on the left side of the reference desk.
Sex Role Femininity Nineteenth Century Matriarchy Sex Differences Feminism Victorian Period Matrilineal Kinship Androgyny GirlsPsychology Matrilocal Residence Sexual Division of Labor Teenage GirlsPsychology Women Sex Role in Children Girls—Family Relationship Women’s Rights Gender Identity
Emotions in Children Homosexuality Social Structure Also be prepared to use Emotions in Adoescence Transgenderism Social Aspects keywords such as: Masculinity Gay men CrossCultural Studies BoysPsychology Lesbians Conduct of Life Third Gender Transgender People Social Conditions Matriarchal societies TwoSpirit People Sexual Behavior and more . . . Mate Selection
Library Subscription Databases: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html. —To find scholarly articles related to your topic that originally appeared in magazines, journals, and newspapers. Originally published in print form.
ProQuest Diversity Databases http://tinyurl.com/4y865 Search AltPressWatch, Ethnic NewsWatch, and GenderWatch to get articles from a good wide range of the alternative presses. Click on the tab that says “Scholarly Journals” to look at strictly scholarly articles.
EbscoHost Academic Search Elite http://tinyurl.com/53mus Find magazine and journal articles in the areas of anthropology, social sciences, psychology, and multicultural studies. Limit your search to “peer reviewed” if you want to find wellresearched studies of your topic.
Project MUSE http://tinyurl.com/4ovhc Scholarly journal articles
Library Catalog—Finding Books and Videos: http://tinyurl.com/7887g
Search the catalog for books related to a topic of your interest. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number.
Searching the Catalog: This is the best approach when your research need relies you to combine search terms. Make sure words or phrase is selected underneath Search For and narrow your search down to Chabot College if you only want to find books available at Chabot. Combine different terms such as: Education AND African Americans. . enter your terms with AND in between and then click on .
See Your Search Strategy for more information on phrasing a search statement. Reference and Statistical Resources The Library contains many reference books, which are useful for many purposes such as: providing you with an overview of a particular subject, leads to other good resources, statistics and facts.
CQ Researcher Reference: H35 .E35 Index at reference desk or at: http://tinyurl.com/46yapq Statistical Abstract of the United States Reference Desk: HA202 .U58 S7 2008 Also available at: http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ Historical Statistics of the United States Reference: HA202 .H57 2006
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender Reference: HQ16 .E53 2003
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Reference: HQ9 .E52 2003
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality Reference: HQ21 .I68 2003
Gay Histories and Cultures Reference: HQ75.13 .G36 2000
Lesbian Histories and Cultures Reference: HQ75.5 .L4395
Encyclopedia of World Cultures Reference: GN307 .E53
Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology Reference: GN307 .E52 1996
Encyclopedia of Anthropology Reference: GN11 .E63 2006
Africana Reference: DT14 .A37435 2005 Native North American Almanac (Reference Library of Native Reference: E77 .N37 1994 North America) Countries and Their Cultures Reference: GN307 .C68 2001
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century Reference: E169.1 .E626 2001
American Eras Reference: E169 .1 .A471979
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life: 19 th Century Reference: GT31 .G74 2004
Web Resources (PeerReviewed Content Only) This assignment asks you do not use public WWW sites, however there are peerreviewed journals available on the Web (outside of our databases). To find most of them, perform a search in the Library’s Custom Web Search Engine:
Public WWW Sites Selected by Librarians Narrow down your search, by clicking on the link that says Journals. Do NOT use any other sources.
The Myth of Matriarchy: Why Men Rule in Primitive Society Famous 1973 article by Anthropologist, Joan Bamberger
Matriarchal Society: Definition and Theory Published in 2004 by advocate that Anthropology have a Matriarchy Studies, Heide GottnerAbendroth. The print function is turned off, so be sure to select text, then copy and paste into a word processing file, if you want to print.
Library Research Tips and Citing Responsibly
Searchpath: Chabot Library Tutorial http://www.chabotcollege.edu/library/searchpathclassic/
You Quote It, You Cite It: How to Avoid Plagiarism http://tinyurl.com/55azbs
MLA Works Cited Handout http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/cited.html