Discover: Start here for books, articles & more.
Discover Advanced Search includes limiting options.
Look for books in the Five College Library Catalog. Ask or look for signs for call number locations.
Ebooks from EBL, JSTOR, ebrary and others are in the catalog and Discover. Links to Google Books help you check the contents of printed books. For example, search "social movements" or "women's movement" in Women, Gender & Politics: A Reader.
Use the Request Item button in the catalog to request books from the other Five Colleges.
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Search by title for books cited in background readings. Check the subject headings and continue your search. Use Library of Congress Subject Headings for "Subject begins with" - see specific examples below.
Social movements -
Political activists
Social action
Elections -
Presidents - [country] - Election
Political participation
[country] - Politics and government
Use Advanced search to combine concepts, or create your own "boxes" in a Basic search, using parentheses, for example:
(women* or gender* or female*) and (parliament* or candidate* or election* or politician*) and [country]
As you find books in the catalog, keep track and click to follow the most relevant subject headings.
Women political candidates --- [country]
Women presidential candidates -- [country]
Sex role -- Political aspects -- [country]
Women politicians -- [country]
Women -- Political activity -- [country]
Clinton, Hillary Rodham -- Public opinion