SWG 697: Special Topics in Working With Diverse Groups
Gender and Sexuality
Instructor: Jennifer Lewis
Librarian: Joe Buenker
| Recommended Articles · Diversity Web · Books & Videos · Recommended Databases · Useful Websites · Citing Your Sources |
Recommended Articles:
Gomes, Christopher A. True Nature: A Theory of Human Sexual Evolution. Part 1. Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, 4:1 (2000), 19-29.
Full-text access is available to ASU affiliates.
Gomes, Christopher A. True Nature: A Theory of Human Sexual Evolution. Parts 2-4. Journal of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association, 4:2(2000), 57-83.
Full-text access is available to ASU affiliates.
Diversity Web
In case you are not already aware of it, you will want to know about the Fletcher Library's Diversity Web.
The "Diversity Web" project has subject guides listing recommended resources (article indexes/databases, reference sources and websites) for the study of both gender and sexual orientation.
Books & Videos
Neither Gender nor Sexuality is an official Library of Congress Subject Heading. Both can be searched as keywords, but keyword searching is rather imprecise.
Relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Try these subject headings when searching the ASU Libraries' Catalog.
Abortion
Acquaintance Rape
Androgyny (psychology)
Bercaches (Two-Spirited Persons in some Native American cultures)
Bisexuality
Birth Control
Chastity
Contraception
Females
Fetishism (sexual behavior)
Gender identity
Hermaphroditism
Heterosexism
Homophobia
Homosexuality
Homosexuality, Male
Infertility
Lesbianism
Men--Sexual Behavior
Premarital Sex
Promiscuity
Rape
Same Sex Marriage
Sex
Sex (biology)
Sex Customs
Sexology
Sexual behavior
Sex differences
Sex discrimination
Sex discrimination against men
Sex discrimination against women
Sex discrimination in employment
Sex role
Sex role in the work environment
Sexism
Sexual Consent
Sexual Division of Labor
Sexual Ethics
Sexual Harassment
Sterilization (Birth Control)
Transsexualism
Transsexuals
Transvestites
Women--Sexual Behavior
Recommended Databases
In order to be authorized for off-campus use of the Library's licensed Web products, you will need to activate your Library PIN.
My Social Work Research Guide includes a section on searching databases for journal citations and full-text articles.
Licensed Databases/Indexes
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
Useful Websites
- Gender 2000 (2001)
- http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf
- Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to read this document. This report based on data collected in the 2000 Census "presents the number who are male and female in regions, states, counties and places 100,000 or more and highlights comparisons with data from the 1990 census."
- gender Inn
- http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/datenbank/e_rech.htm
- "gender Inn is a searchable database providing access to over 7,500 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature."
- GenderStats
- http://genderstats.worldbank.org/
- "GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features. It offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects." Provided by the World Bank Group.
- Women in the United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/women.html
- Includes news releases about Census reports related to gender issues, often with links to the report being described.
Citing Your Sources
For examples of how to cite commonly used types of information, consult the Library's Citation Style Guides.
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