LibGuides: WGS 100 & 200 Prof. Fisher Annotated Bibliography: Research Tools and Sources

Good Research Databases for your Topics

GenderWatch
Provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. GenderWatch supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies; gender studies, and women's studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach. Combining hundreds of academic, gray, and popular literature titles, GenderWatch provides researchers with hundreds of thousands of articles on wide-ranging topics like sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, day care, and the workplace.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context
Provides media-rich resources including pro/con essays, topic overviews, interviews, graphs, images, podcasts and more covering current social topics. It is a helpful starting point for students preparing research papers, speeches, or visual presentations.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is our largest database containing thousands of journals covering many academic subjects. This is a great resource, but don't forget to try our many specialized subject databases.
Communication & Mass Media Complete
Full text journal articles in the field of communication and mass media.
CQ Researcher
Original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.

Good Articles

"Pay Gap Is Because of Gender, Not Jobs" by Claire Cain Miller in The New York Times
by Claire Cain Miller in The New York Times, April 23, 2014. You may or may not agree with her. Click on "Comments" to see what other readers thought about the article.
Check out the accompanying chart, "Where Women Fare Best and Worst."

Websites You Might Find Useful

9 to 5 (National Association of Working Women)
"Today 9 to5 is one of the largest, most respected national membership organizations of working women in the U.S., dedicated to putting working women’s issues on the public agenda. 9to5 is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year." Great resources for understanding gender issues in the workplace.
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union
For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Feminist Majority Organization
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) was created [in 1987] to develop bold, new strategies and programs to advance women's equality, non-violence, economic development, and, most importantly, empowerment of women and girls in all sectors of society. Take a look at their Mission and Principles!
Human Rights Campaign
The Human Rights Campaign has more than 1.5 million members and supporters nationwide. It's the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, HRC envisions a world where LGBTQ people are ensured of their basic equal rights, and can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.
National Center for Transgender Equality
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Founded in 2003, this is the nation’s leading social justice advocacy organization winning life-saving change for transgender people.
Women Employed
The mission of this organization: "Fair wages. Advancement opportunities. Respect in the workplace. Access to high-quality education and training. Women Employed is fighting to ensure that all women can achieve their aspirations and support themselves and their families."