What is Genderwatch?

Genderwatch is a full-text online database of book chapters and articles from newsletters, journals, and other sources, covering gender and women's issues.

How to access Genderwatch on the World Wide Web:

Begin at Buley Library's Home Page (http://library.southernct.edu) and click on the "Online Databases" link.

If you are in the library or on campus, or have connected to a database from off-campus before, skip to the next step. If you connecting to a database for the first time with an off-campus ISP (such as SNET, AT&T, or AOL), click on the "Off-Campus Access Instructions" link and follow the directions about changing your browser settings and selecting a PIN number. Directions for browser settings and PIN numbers are also provided in our "Library Access from Home" handout.

Select Genderwatch from the Arts and Humanities Databases, Social Sciences Databases, or Full Text Databases menu.

Search tips for Genderwatch:

Type your keywords into the blank box.

Use and or + to include two or more ideas (ex: malpractice and surgery).
Use or or - to include similar terms (ex: doctors or physicians)
Use not to eliminate a term (ex: surgeons NOT pediatricians)
Use * to search for plurals or variable endings (ex: child* will find child, child's, children, childhood, etc.)
Use ? to search for words with internal letters that might change (ex: wom?n will find woman and women)
Use near# to look for words within # words of each other in any order (ex: sexual harassment near3 legislation will find items with "legislation concerning sexual harassment")
Use adj# to look for words within # words of each other, in exact order (ex: sexual harassment adj3 legislation will find items with "sexual harassment legislation" but not "legislation concerning sexual harassment")

The default search is for Words in Articles (checks the full text of the article for your search terms) but you can also search for, or limit your search with:

Words in Titles: Searches for words in article titles instead of the full text.
Publication Name: Allows you to limit your search to one or more specific publication(s).
Publication Date: Use mm-dd-yy format, or > and < for a range of dates.
Author/Byline: Search for a specific author.
Type of Article: Use the pull-down menu for a list of choices.
Type of Publication: Use the pull-down menu for a list of choices.

Reading results:

The list of results gives you the title of the item, the publication it's in, the date of publication, and the item type (book review, article, etc.).

Click on the title to see the complete article.

Use the buttons at the bottom or top of the screen to see more results.

List returns you to the results list.

Biblio gives you a brief citation for the item you are viewing.

Article returns you to the full text of the item you were viewing previously.

Printing and Marking for Print/Export:

Print out individual records as you view them by pressing the print button on the browser menu.

When the dialogue box appears, press the "Enter" key or click on "OK."

You can also mark records from the results list by clicking in the box to the left of the titles. When you've marked all the ones you want, click on "Print/Export" and follow the directions on the screen.

Susan Clerc
Reference Librarian

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