LibGuides: SOC 306: Introduction to Gender Studies: Citation and Writing Help

Note: If your instructor requires ASA but it's not given as an option, choose APA and make minor adjustments to format in ASA style.

APA Style Guide
WSU Libraries' APA Guide.
ASA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)
Links to the Formatting and Style guide for ASA (American Sociological Association) Citation, provided by the Online Writing Lab (OWL) of Purdue University, if you can use it in a paper, they can show you how to cite it.
Why should I cite data, and how do I do it?
Rationale and examples for citing data from ICPSR.

ZoteroBib
ZoteroBib helps you build a bibliography instantly from any computer or device, without creating an account or installing any software. If you need to reuse sources across multiple projects or build a shared research library, we recommend using Zotero instead.
Zotero
A free, open-source citation management tool developed by and for researchers. Plugins are available for web browsers and Word.
EndNote
Citation management software available to those with a WSU ID and password.
Mendeley
A free citation management tool similar to EndNote and Zotero, available from Elsevier.

Writing Empirical Research Reports-7th Ed by Fred Pyrczak; Randall R. Bruce
Call Number: LB2369 .P97 2011 (Textbook Collection - Ask at Ablah Reserve Desk)
Publication Date: 2011

Literature Reviews

Creating Literature Reviews
This tutorial was created by student workers at UCLA Libraries. It includes several videos to help make sense of Literature Reviews.
Literature Reviews Library Guide - WSU Libraries
Comprehensive research guide including examples and tutorials for conducting and writing a literature review
Writing a Literature Review
Simple outline of elements of Lit Reviews from Lincoln University
Ten Simple Rules for Writing a Literature Review
by Michael Pautasso, published in the Public Library of Science

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A tool allowing researchers to explore methods concepts in over 175,000 pages of SAGE's book, journal and reference content. This can help with designing research projects, understanding particular methods or identifying a new methods, conducting research, and writing up findings. It can be used as a cross-disciplinary source across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.
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