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FINDING RESOURCES AND INFORMATION ON
WOMEN OF COLOR

California State University, Sacramento,
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Course Description

Objectives

Sample Searches

Selected Links

Bibliographies

Sample Subject Headings

 

 


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Course Description

This course has been designed to assist you in finding resources in the CSUS Library by and about women of color. This information is not exhaustive, it is meant to give you an introduction into finding information by and about women of color.

Objectives

  • To assist students with their research utilizing work by and on women of color
  • To give voice to the words of women of color
  • To learn how to use Eureka, the online public access catalog, to find resources about women of color
  • To celebrate the rich and diverse experience of women of color

Sample Subject Headings

Library of Congress Subject Headings are one of the most comprehensive ways to search for
information about women of color. Some sample headings are:

For African-American Women use: Afro-American Families; Afro-Amercian Teenage mothers;Afro-American Women; Blacks; Women, Black

American Indian/Native American Women use:

Asian American use: Asian Americans, Japanese Americans; Women, Oriental

Chicana/Latina/Hispanic Women use: Cuban-Americans; Hispanic Americans; Mexican American Women; Mexicans--California, Northern; Women--Puerto Rico

Additional useful headings are: Child care; Children of minorities; Equality; Feminism; Minoirities; Minority women; Sex discrimination agaginst women; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex role history; Single parent familly; Teenage mothers; Women,; Women domestics; Working class women

Sample Searches

 

Selected Links


http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/women/womenHP.html (Chicana Studies Web Page)
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links_wc.html (Women of Color websites)
http://www.now.org/nnt/10-97/summit.html (1998 Women of Color & Allies Summit)
http://www.igc.apc.org/women/activist/color.html(Women of Color Resources)
http://ccserver.uoregon.edu/~womenctr/woc.html(1998 Women of Color Conference)
http://www.sat.net/semgem/ (African American women online)
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/wocbibs.html (Women of color reference sources)
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/naglea/html (Fiction and nonfiction work by women of color)

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  • Bibliographies


     
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    Reading Materials

    Required: The text for the course this semester is/are:

    1. Author, A. (date). Book title. City, State: Publisher.
    2. Author, B. (date). Book title. City, State: Publisher.
    3. Author, A. (date). Book title. City, State: Publisher.
     

    List other book information you might want to include.

    Suggested Readings: The list below contains supplemental readings pertaining to the course.

    • List other reference books
    • Link to web resources listed on the Course Resources page

    You may want to include a brief summary of the supplemental readings

     

    Other Materials

    Each student needs an Internet account and access to a machine with a Web browser. Basic e-mail, netiquette, and file management skills are helpful.
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