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Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Resources: Books

A quick overview of some books, research databases and websites to get you started on your research in women's studies.

Catalog Searches

Try these basic searches in the BGSU or OhioLINK catalogs to find books relevant to your topic:

Requesting Books From OhioLINK

  • Do a search in the OhioLINK Central Catalog
  • Display a record for a book
  • In the center of the page that opens, you should see two links: one says how many OhioLINK libraries have this item and one that says REQUEST THIS ITEM.
  • Click the REQUEST link 
  • Select your school - BGSU.
    Enter your name and p#
  • You can choose any OhioLINK library as your pickup location
  • If your account is up to date and you entered all your information correctly, you should get a message saying your request was successful.

OhioLINK is a consortium of Ohio libraries. BGSU students can borrow materials from all OhioLINK libraries. If you request items online, it takes 2-5 days.

For more information, see:

Requesting OhioLINK and SearchOhio Materials

Reference Books

Just a few to get you started!