Gender differences

"Pathfinders" are guides to help you get started finding information on a topic. A St. Kate's Reference Librarian has written this guide to help you perform Library research for your structured controversy paper and presentation. It is not meant to be an exhaustive list of resources, but some places to begin your hunt.

Please stop or phone the Reference Desk (651-690-6652) if you have questions or need further assistance.

Contents:   Reference Works  | Finding Books  |  Journal Articles  |  Internet Sites

Reference Books

Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.

REF BF31 .E52 2001

           See "Sex Differences," vo. 4, pp. 1501-02 and "Sex Roles," vol. 4, 

pp. 1503-1506, and references cited at end of both articles.s

 

Encyclopedia of Human Biology.

REF QP11 .E53 1997
See "Sex Differences, Biocultural," vol. 7, pp. 801-809; "Sex Differences, Biological," vol. 7, pp. 811-817; "Sex Differences, Psychological," vol. 7, p. 819-827.

 

Encyclopedia of Psychology. Alan E. Kazdin, editor.

REF BF31 .E52 2000
See "Gender Differences and Sex Differences," vol. 3, pp. 436-442; "Gender Roles," vol. 3, pp. 448-453; and "Gender Socialization," vol. 3, pp. 455-457.

 

Encyclopedia of Psychology. Raymond I. Corsini, editor.

REF BF31 .E52 1994

See "Sex Differences," vol. 3, pp. 384-385; and "Sex Differences, Developmental," vol. 3, pp. 385-387.

 

Encyclopedia of Reproduction.

REF QP251 .E635 1998

See "Sex Differentiation, Psychological," vol. 4, pp. 421-430.

 

Encyclopedia of Sociology.

REF HM17 .E5 1991

See "Sex Differences," vol. 4, pp. 1749-1753.

Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender.  Judith Worell, editor.

           REF HQ1115 .E52 2001

Women's Issues

REF HQ1115 .W6425 1997

See "Gender Differences," vol. 2, pp. 369-373.

Note: Please remember that Reference Books may not be taken from the Library

Finding Books

Use CLICnet to search for books and videos in the Library at St. Kate's and at other ACTC colleges. Use the "Request" feature to obtain items not at St. Kate's.

Suggested Searches:
Subject: sex differences
Subject: sex differences psychology
Subject: sex role

Finding Journal Articles

About off-campus access

1. Use EBSCO's Academic Search Premier and InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP to look for journal articles, adding enough terms to limit the search to your topic. To find only academic journals, click before the box for "scholarly (peer reviewed) journals" or "refereed publications."

Suggested searches: (sex or gender) differences and
combined with other terms, for example: psychology, genetics, research, social

2. Use PsycINFO to look for articles published in psychology journals:

Suggested searches:
human sex differences
human sex differences and socialization
human sex differences and genetics

3. Use Biological Abstracts or BioDigest or ScienceDirect for articles in biology and other science journals. 

4. Use Sociological Abstracts to find citations to articles in sociology journals. 

Internet Resources