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Research Guide: English 101 - Gender Differences

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Title Location Call Number
Encyclopedia of American Social History Reference HN57 .E58 1992 Vol. 1
The Encyclopedia of the Brain and Brain Disorders
 *See entry on "gender differences"		 Reference QP 376 .T87 2002
International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Reference HQ 9 .E52 2003 Vol. 2
Marshall Cavendish Encyclopedia of Personal Relationships
 *Vol. 3 Childhood: Girls & Boys
 *Vol. 4 Adulthood: Men & Women		 Reference BF 121 .M37 1990
Oxford Companion to the Mind Reference BF 31 .094 2004
Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Human Sexuality Reference HN5 .t35 h86 2008
Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Gender Reference HN 5 .T35 G46 2007
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender E-Book Click here
The Myth of Mars and Venus STACKS P120 .S48 C3525 2007
Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children STACKS HQ1075 .E47 2011
Performing American Masculinities : The 21st-century Man in Popular Culture STACKS HQ503 .C425 2012
The Meaning of Wife STACKS HQ759 .K548 2006
Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue STACKS HQ77.9 .T45 2012
Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience STACKS HQ77.8 .K34 A3 2005
Everywhere and Nowhere: Contemporary Feminism in the United States On-Order (as of 2/14/13) HQ1421 .R44 2012
Masculinities STACKS HQ1088 .C66 2005
Feminism STACKS (Central & Cherokee) HQ1155 .F442 2012
Girls On the Edge STACKS HQ777 .S29 2011
Sexing the Brain STACKS QP360 .R628 2001

 

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Notice the different results links on the left on the search result page: Magazines, Academic Journals, etc. (each link is a different set of results)
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NOTE: Psychology Today (journal) has a good cluster of articles on gender, grouped under the title "The Opposite Sex." To find, go to the Advanced Search and type "opposite sex" in the key word field, check the box to limit to full text and enter "Psychology Today" in the publication title field (toward the bottom). Additional articles can be found in Gale Databases by using the keyword search term "sex differences."
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