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Gender and Women's Studies

Research resources in the areas of Gender & Women's Studies

Using Wikipedia

Wikipedia can be considered a reference source, but, because the content in Wikipedia can be created by anyone, it has not been entirely accepted by the scholarly community as yet. (Traditionally published reference sources are vetted by scholars, generally.) Read Wikipedia articles with a critical eye in order to detect bias.

Wikipedia articles can be very helpful, however, because they often contain links to external content and additional references listed at the end.

Why Use Reference Sources?

Reference books are helpful starting places if you need:

  1. An overview of topic, person, place, or event.
  2. To browse for topic ideas.
  3. Help with focusing or narrowing your topic.
  4. A list of core resources for your topic. Many reference books provide a short bibliography and/or suggested scholarly readings. These readings usually represent the best scholarship for the topic at hand up to the time the reference work was published.

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