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Women's Studies Research Guide

Subject Overview

At Texas A&M University-San Antonio, students can obtain a minor in Gender Studies. Women's Studies is an integrated program with courses in Sociology, History, Political Science, and Psychology. Students learn about the issues that shape the notions of gender. Finding appropriate research materials can be difficult in an area as interdisciplinary as Women's Studies; this site brings together a variety of resources available at Texas A&M University -San Antonio and online in order to facilitate your research.  Please do not hesitate to ask for help if you have any questions!

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Starting Your Research

The first step is to choose a topic. We recommend you consider the following:

  1. What topic are you interested in?
  2. If your topic was set by the instructor, what does your instructor want you to learn by doing the research?

Once the topic is selected, you should:

  1. Do a preliminary search for background information on the topic using a reference source, such as Credo Reference (Credo).
  2. Take note of significant people, places, events, etc. Consider why your topic is important to learn about today.
  3. Narrow your topic. Focus on the aspects that the paper will discuss.
  4. Create initial thesis statement.

  5. Search for scholarly articles (recently published academic research) that support your thesis. You can find them using library databases like Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) or JSTOR Arts & Sciences I-XV (JSTOR). For additional databases, please see the "Find Articles" tab or our A-Z List.

Acknowledgment

This guide was created  in consultation with the Diversity and Dialogue Working Group in 2018.