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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)
Bibliographies
Reading Materials
Required: The text for the course this
semester is/are:
- Author, A. (date). Book title. City, State:
Publisher.
- Author, B. (date). Book title. City, State:
Publisher.
- 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.
required material
required material
required material
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