Research Guides: WGS202H5: Fundamentals of Research in Women and Gender Studies: Foundations, Foundational Resources

Recommended Book and References

Please consult your course readings first. Secondly, if you have taken WGS101H5, you probably have this book:

Feminist Research Practice: A Primer by Sharlene Hesse Biber (Editor)
Call Number: HQ1180 .H47 2014
Publication Date: 2013
WGS202 COURSE TEXTBOOK
Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies by Joan Simalchik
Call Number: HQ1181 .U5 W6532 2017
Publication Date: 2017
This is the textbook for WGS101.
Handbook of Feminist Research by Sharlene Hesse Biber (Editor)
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2011
The Oxford Handbook of Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research Inquiry by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber (Editor); R. Burke Johnson (Editor)
Call Number: Online
Publication Date: 2015
― Feminist Approaches to Multimethod and Mixed Methods Research: Theory and Praxis
― Feminism, Causation, and Mixed Methods Research

Definitions and Key Concepts

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Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)
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