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HIST 454, Gender in the United States

This guide has been developed as an introduction to resources for the study of major themes in the history of gender in the United States from the colonial era to the present.

Why Use Reference Sources?

Reference books provide background information on a topic, such as definitions of terms, key figures and events, and well written overviews. They can be a useful starting point for any research project, because they fill in missing knowledge about the topic or provide you with the language of the discipline.  UFV Library has many reference titles both in print and online to get you started.

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Online Reference Collections

Search selected dictionaries and encyclopedias from Oxford University Press:

Examples:

  • Gender stereotypes
  • Bias, gender, and Sexuality
  • Gender and Religiosity in the United States
  • Health and Gender in the United States

 

 

Examples:

  • Gender identity
  • Gender inequality
  • Gendered systems

SAGE publishes peer-reviewed journals in Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science, Technology and Medicine.

Examples:

  • Gender and Society
  • Gender expression
  • Sex roles
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