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Human Sexuality- Professor Jill White

A Library Guide

Goal: To successfully locate information for your research reports.

Steps for locating information:

  • Consult Databases for research articles and information from scholarly sources
  • Search the Public Internet for reliable sites and documents.
  • Consult Books for information on your research topic.

Using Databases to locate research articles and scholarly information.

A database is the best place to start your research. You will find citations to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles in the library databases, frequently, you will find the full text of the article right in the database.

When searching in databases you will quickly find out that not everything is in full text. If you find just a citation (no electronic full text) click on the title of the article, and then the FIND IT button to determine if the article is in full text in another database, in our print journal collection on the fourth floor, or available for one dollar through InterLibrary loan. If you have questions don't hesitate to contact the reference desk.

If off campus you will need to enter your username and password (the same information you use to log on to the campus network).

  • PsycINFO contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law.

  • GenderWatch: full text database that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
  • Academic Search Premier from EbscoHost: indexes journals in a variety of areas including human development and human sexuality. Select "Choose Databases" from near the top of the screen and add MasterFILE Premier for additional caverage.
  • Social Sciences Full Text Topics include anthropology, area studies, community health and medical care, criminal justice and criminology, economics, family studies, geography, gerontology, international relations, law, minority studies, planning and public administration, policy sciences, political science, psychiatry, psychology, social work and public welfare, sociology, urban studies, women's studies, and related subjects.
  • MEDLINE MEDLINE is the National Library of Medicine's bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system, and the preclinical sciences.

Finding Reliable Websites

There are many wonderful resources available to you on the public web, below find two guides that may help in uncovering the best resources possible.

Finding Books:
Cofrin Library Catalog: use to search for items that this library owns and to use Universal Borrowing to search other UW library catalogs. Most materials arrive in 2-3 days.

WorldCat: use to search for and request items that are owned by libraries worldwide. Most requests are filled in 5-10 days.

If you have questions give us a call at 465-2303 or come see us at the reference desk. Click here for summer reference hours. You can ask a question via email by writing refdesk@uwgb.edu.