For better results try using these search strategies when necessary:
Wildcard: The query behavi?r finds the behavior or behaviour. Truncation: The query organiz*= organization, organize, organizational Put a phrase in “quotes”. For example, “Gender roles”. |
Use Boolean Operators to narrow or expand a search, and exclude irrelevant results. For example: media AND violence, teens OR adolescents, psychology NOT clinical |
Examples of keywords/concepts: Gender roles, Patriarchy, Androcentrism, Subjectivity, Sexuality, Gender stereotypes, Language, Subjugation of women, Race, Class and cultural differences, Institutionalized sexism, Liberation, Violence towards women, Misogyny, Power dynamics, Feminist movement, Female empowerment |
Philosophers: Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Butler, Gloria Steinem, bell hooks | Writers: Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Steinem, Toni Morrison |
Artists: Frida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Judy Chicago |
Example of an article:
Levin, Richard. “Feminist Thematics and Shakespearean Tragedy.” PMLA, vol. 103, no. 2, 1988, pp. 125–38. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/462429.
Example of an article:
Wayne, Valerie. "Historical Differences: Misogyny and Othello." Shakespearean Criticism, edited by Lynn M. Zott, vol. 68, Gale, 2003. Gale Literature Criticism, link-gale-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/apps/doc/EPVYVD447079133/LCO?u=nypl&sid=bookmark-LCO&xid=59166e57. Originally published in The Matter of Difference: Materialist Feminist Criticism of Shakespeare, edited by Valerie Wayne, Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1991, pp. 153-179.
Example of an article:
Shahwan, Saed. "Gender Roles in The Merchant of Venice and Othello." Theory and Practice in Language Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 2022, pp. 158-164. ProQuest, https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/gender-roles-merchant-venice-othello/docview/2620024617/se-2, doi:https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1201.19.
Example of an eBook:
Garner, Shirley and Madelon Sprengnether. Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender. Indiana University Press, 1996. Project MUSE, https://muse.jhu.edu/book/113353.
Example of an article:
"Feminism Is All About Equal Opportunities." The Professional Medical Journal, 24 May 2024, p. NA. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A795248776/GPS?u=nysl_me_nyc72_bh&sid=bookmark-GPS&xid=ac31fe92.
Example of an article:
"Feminism and Feminisms." The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History, edited by Wilma Mankiller, et al., HarperCollins, 1998, p. NA. Gale OneFile: Gender Studies, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A176833459/PPGB?u=nysl_me_nyc72_bh&sid=bookmark-PPGB&xid=17037626.