GWS R1B: Gender, Violence & Globalization

It's hard to find what you need, if you're looking in the "wrong" place. Choose a resource that includes the kinds of materials needed.

• Encyclopedias provide brief background information. They are often a good place to begin when you don't know much about a topic.


• Books & articles: You're likely to need the library catalog and an article database for your assignment. Which one, and when, depends on what you already know and the kind of materials sought.
  
  
  • if you already have a citation for an item, or you want to find books on your topic, you can start with the catalog
  • if you need to isolate articles or essays on a topic, you will want to use an "article" database
  • here's the scoop

List what a library owns, its location and availability...

• OskiCat is the UCB libraries' catalog
  • books, journals, films, etc.
• access via CATALOGS tab on UCB Library website
  
  
  
  

• access is via FIND INFORMATION tab on UCB Library website




• electronic resources are viewable by subject or by the general (interdisciplinary) category
  • article databases shown by default
  • sidebar menu links to other types of resources
  • Recommended sun = central, typically helpful resources
• database description typically includes
  • subject(s)
  • type of materials
  • dates of publication
  • if results' full text is available
• resources can also be viewed by type
  • dictionaries
  • encyclopedias
  • image and sound databases
  • news databases, etc.

Many library databases incorporate the UC-eLinks feature.  You use it when a result's text is not provided by the database searched. It checks the UC-wide collections to see if the source is available elsewhere...

• online (through a different database)
• in print (at a library)
  example database results with UC-eLinks

Encyclopedias provide background that helps when searching for other materials: identify people, events, issues, etc. Entries may have an associated bibliography that identifies other materials related to a topic.

Online Access...

• review information in electronic resources section, above
• link to e-resources by Subject > then use left sidebar menu to link to (subject specific) encyclopedias
• or...link to e-resources by Type >  Encyclopedias and almanacs (to see all of them)

To find print encyclopedias use OskiCat
(for tips of searching OskiCat, see Putting It All Together tab)