POLI 815/648: FEMINIST CRITIQUES OF PUBLIC POLICY

LIBRARY WORKSHOP

Michelle Lake

Political Science, SCPA,

FPST & Government

publications Librarian

Vanier Library – Loyola Campus24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm

1st, 2nd, and 3rd floor VL – “Vanier Library”

Sciences, Psychology, Communications &

Journalism

Special Collections

Print Journal Archive

Graduate Study Carrels

Webster Library – SGW Campus24/7 access, with student card, after 11pm

3rd, 4th, and 5th floor of LB - “Library Building”

Poli Sci, Government Info, Maps, History, Social

Sciences, Humanities, Engineering & Fine Arts

Interlibrary Loans

Current Print Journals

Dissertation Writer’s Rooms – LB5

Grey Nuns – SGW CampusAccess 9am-9pm, with student card

Group Study Rooms

Quiet Study

Bring your own device

Outlets/Wifi

No collections

GRADUATE STUDENT SPACE - LB5

4 Dissertation writers’ rooms & Quiet reading room

Lounge, kitchenette & book lockers

Dedicated printer, copier, scanner

COLLECTIONS

Political Science & Government, J – JZ (LB4)

Law, K-KZ (LB4)

Canadian Law, KE (LB4)

Social Sciences: Public Policy, Economics, Statistics, Human rights and Peace studies, Socialism, Communism, H-HV (LB4)

Women, The Family, Sexuality, Sex roles, Parenting, Children, Marriage, Men, Feminism, HQ (LB4)

World History, D-DX (LB3)

History of North and South America, First peoples/Indigenous studies E-FC (LB3)

Print government documents are available at both libraries, with the majority at Webster

REFWORKS

RefWorks is an online database to help you organize and manage all of your journal article and book citations.

Sign-up for a free account and then you can save citations from the Library Catalogue, Discovery search and all our Article Databases.

You can access RefWorks from home/school/wherever you have access to the internet.

It’s a great way to keep track of all your citations for your bibliographies and reference lists.

BCI CARD – BORROW FROM OTHER LIBRARIES

Use a BCI card – to borrow books

You can use the BCI card to visit a different university library in person:

McGill, up to 30 books, 2 weeks at a time, unlimited renewals

UdeM, 20 books, 2 weeks

Also, UQAM, Bishops, Polytechnique, Sherbrooke, BANQ and more across Canada, each with their own parameters

To receive a card, take your student card to the circulation desk at Webster or Vanier libraries and ask for a BCI card

Why wouldn’t Concordia have the book or article?

Different programs/areas of expertise/languages

COLOMBO – INTERLIBRARY LOANS

Use Interlibrary loans/COLOMBO – to borrow books and access articles

Request print books from another university library and it will be delivered to Concordia for your use (for 2 weeks), e-books are unavailable to borrow from other institutions.

Request an article from another university library and (generally) a PDF copy will be delivered to your email within a few business days/a week.

Use the ‘Create Request’ option on the left hand menu in COLOMBO to request articles

HOW TO SEARCH FOR KNOWN ITEMS

Book chapter -> Discovery Search / Library Catalogue

Phillips, S. 1996. Discourse, Identity and Voice: Feminist Contributions to Policy Studies. In Laurent Dobuzinskis, Michael Howlett and David H. Laycock(eds), Policy Studies in Canada: The State of the Art, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, pp. 242–265.

HOW TO SEARCH FOR KNOWN ITEMS

Journal article -> Discovery Search/ Library Catalogue /

Google Scholar

Jenson, J. 1986. Gender and Reproduction, or Babies and the State. Studies in Political Economy, 20 (2), 9–46.

Orloff, A. 1993. Gender and the Social Rights of Citizenship: The Comparative Analysis of Gender Relations and Welfare States. American Sociological Review, 58(3): 303-328.

HOW TO SEARCH FOR KNOWN ITEMS

Journal article -> Discovery Search/ Library Catalogue /

Google Scholar

Mazur, A. 2016. Toward the Systematic Study of Feminist Policy in Practice: An Essential First Step. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, DOI: 10.1080/1554477X.2016.1198210

HOW TO SEARCH FOR KNOWN ITEMS

1. Identify the format: is it a book, book chapter or an article?

2. For books& book chapters: search the discovery search or library catalogue with the title of the book.

3. For articles: search the Discovery search with the title of the journal article.

4. For articles: search Google Scholar with the title of the journal article.

5. For articles: Search the Library Catalogue – Journal Title search for the Journal’s title.

6. Ask or assistance/request from elsewhere: If you are unable to locate the items, use Ask-a-librarian chat and/or request them through COLOMBO

SEARCH TIPS – CLUES & DATABASES

AND –limits how many results your search produces

◦ Example: gender AND policy

OR –increases the number of results your search produces

◦ Example: bureaucracy OR administration

“ ” -exact phrase◦ Example: “political economy”

*- truncation: retrieves all words that start with the letters entered.

◦ Example: Feminis* (feminism, feminist, feminisms)

KEYWORDS, KEY CONCEPTS & SYNONYMSTopic: In light of the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, what are the feminist critiques of current government policies that create unsafe conditions for indigenous women in Canada.

Policy

Policies

Law

Legislation

Government

Women

Gender

Sex

Girl

Female

Indigenous

Aboriginal

First Nations

Native

Indian*

Questions?

Michelle.Lake@concordia.ca