Start early. When using a source consider it carefully. Who is the author? Does he or she have authority, credentials, a political axe to grind, etc.? When using a Web Site as a resource, consider who sponsored that WebSite. Be careful to cite information accurately. Attribute ideas not your own to those of the proper owner.
Looking through popular magazines can give you a better sense of a particular time period. Go to the stack and look at Time or Life
Chronology Of Womens History and Women's Chronology [Chronology of the lives of women worldwide for a particular year; snapshots in sections labeled General, Business and Industry, Science, etc.]
What American women did, 1789-1920 : a year-by-year reference [Overview of the life of women during a particular year; annual account of attitudes toward and attainment by women in the United States excellent bibliography for further research.]
In the First Person [Repository of Interviews]
ProQuest Historical Newspapers (US), ProQuest National Newspapers (Current News), and ProQuest International Newsstand [Newspapers are an excellent source of contemporary accounts and provide economic data; historical newspapers include the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, Chicago Defender, Atlanta Constitution, Connecticut Courant, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times.]
Readers' Guide Retrospective and Readers' Guide Abstracts [Articles from popular magazine and in Monthly Labor Review]
Black Studies Center [Journal articles, popular magazine articles, essays and other documents regarding the African American experience]
FRANCIS [Locate books owned by Williams College Libraries; advanced search with follow-up subject searching is the best way to retrieve relevant information; use to access NEXP]
WorldCat [Locate books held in the United States]
Expanded Academic Index [First database you should use for almost any research topic]
EconLit[Articles in the economics literature; covers over 400 major journals as well as articles in collective volumes (essays, proceedings, etc.), books, book reviews, dissertations, and working papers; certain journals, e.g., Journal of Economic Perspectives can be very accessible]
America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts[America:History and Life is the basic database for finding academic articles in US and Canadian history; Historical Abstracts is for the rest of the world; limit your search to time periods for a particular decade focus.]
PAIS International [Journals and government documents worldwide focused on political issues; covers 1917 - present]
Gender Watch [Articles from journals, primary sources, archival materials, etc. worldwide; covers 1971 - present; worldwide - limit to a specific geographic region.]
Contemporary Women's Issues [Articles and reports about gender issues; about 1500 sources from 200 organizations worldwide]
Women's Studies International [Articles from journals, reports, etc.; covers 1972 - present (some earlier materials); worldwide- ability to limit to geographic region]
JSTOR [Articles in the more prestigious mostly peer-review journals in many disciplines; coverage is from journals inception to 3-5 years ago]
Social Sciences Citation Index[Comprehensive search of titles of articles in the social sciences; few abstracts - so most searching, particularly early searching is limited to titles; forward citation searching.]
Women in American History [Use to get find articles about women in American history from colonial times to the 1970's.]
Women and Gender in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia [Bibliography pertinent to women in the former Soviet influenced areas of Europe and Asia]
Statistical Universe [Statistics published by government, intergovernment, and business organizations; using the table search option focused on subject searching will yield greatest results.]
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millenium Edition and Statistical Abstract of the United States also in print HA and SA [Statistics complied by various US federal agencies. Compiles yearly.]
International historical statistics : Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2000
International historical statistics. Europe, 1750-2000
International historical statistics : the Americas, 1750-2000
Index to International Statistics [Compilation of International Statistics from government and intergovernment organizations; from 1983-1997 documents are included in microfiche collection.
Professor Schmidt has indicated that you should be using Journal of Economic Literature style. A style guide for using Journal of Economic Literature is available on the JEL styles page. Click here for journal Abbreviations used in JEL style.
Created: Fall 2003
Revised: Fall 2007
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