Q. I'm needing sources in my study of women's history. What do you recommend?

The TCC Library maintains a Women's History guide with recommended resources, but see below for more and tips on searching! 

Select a cover to view access options. Some titles may only be available via interlibrary loan, a free service for students and employees.

You might try a Discovery Catalog search (the search bar on the library homepage). Listed below are example searches that will yield results. You can then filter search results to limit to source type (find books, articles, and videos): 

• A keyword search: "Women's History"
• A subject search: su: Women
• A keyword search: women's suffrage
• A keyword search: "women's rights"

We also have a list of recommended controversial issues databases that might get you relevant results related to this topic.

• The Issues & Controversies - Facts on File database is recommended for pro/con articles.

With any research topic, you will need to play around with search terms (using synonyms, using multiple spellings, etc.) and your limiters to find the best results. For tips on how to refine searches in the databases and catalog, see this FAQ.

If searching on the web, see the other FAQ linked below to help you find reliable sources online, but here are some example Google searches (in some instances using an advanced search): 

• "Women's History" Oklahoma > News
• female incarceration history OR statistics "united states"
• women rights OR history "disability" site:.gov