Pollak Library Research Guides Course-Based Guides

CAS 490T
Senior Seminar on Gender and Development
Dr. Patricia Szeszulski

According to your CAS 490T course syllabus, you will need to produce four products for this class. In order to produce these products, you will need to use the Pollak Library Website in order to access, find, and evaluate current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles.


Product 1---Newspaper Editorial
In addition to the article from the class reading list, you also need to find two (2) other articles from popular press sources (newspapers or magazines).
To find relevant articles, use either of the sources listed below:
 

Proquest Newspapers---provides full text articles from 300+ newspapers such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and Orange County Register.

Academic Search Elite---provides full text articles and citations with SFX links to articles published in magazines and peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals. 1985-present.

Remember to critically evaluate all the articles you read. Is the author reliable and the facts and figures provided accurate? Select the best, most relevant articles for your research.
For more information on evaluating sources, including web sites, click here.


Product 3---A Magazine Article  top
In order to complete this product, you will need to find, evaluate, and use a minimum of twelve (12) sources (magazines, journals, books); at least half of these sources must be peer-reviewed articles from scholarly journals. 
To find relevant articles, use any of the sources listed below:
 

GenderWatch---provides full text articles and citations with SFX links to articles from magazines, scholarly journals, newspapers, newsletters, reports, and books. 1970-present.

Academic Search Elite---
provides full text articles and citations with SFX links to articles published in magazines and peer-reviewed articles in scholarly journals. 1985-present.

ERIC WEBSPIRS---provides citations with SFX links to education-related documents, reports, and articles published in scholarly journals. 1966-present.

PsycInfo---provides citations with SFX links to psychology-related articles published in scholarly journals. 1887-present.

CQ Researcher---provides full text reports, bibliographies, statistics, and more on gender related issues such as education and gender, gender and learning, and equity in sports.

Google Scholar---freely available web access to scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research.

Pollak Library Catalog--provides a listing of Pollak Library books, documents, videos and more

(Do you need to know more about SFX---what it is, and how to use it? If so, click here)

 

A portion of Product 3 must also include an annotated bibliography. Want to know what an annotated bibliography is and what it looks like? Click here.


Citing Sources    top  
Do you need more information on citing sources according to APA style? If so, click:

How Do I Cite Sources according to APA style?

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