Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI)

OK so here is one for the girls

– so they say. So ladies, let’s find out all about this database.

The database covers areas such as age, education, employment, health, income, and legal issues for example. The front page of the database is uncluttered and easy to navigate. There is a Full text search box and then four search option buttons:

• Search title and enhanced title

• Article author

• Search full texts and citations

• Book author

There are options to custom design your search such as:

• Date range – from mm/dd/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy

• Subject area – alphabetical list

• Geographic region – and yes, you can choose New Zealand

• Article type – any, instructional or research etc

• Publication – electronic journal, journal, national newspaper, newsletter and report

• A specific source – there is a huge list with years and an A-Z title list

One of the features that can be useful is that when you get a search result list, you can see at the right of most results the word count.

There is also the ability to use the Ctrl key on your keyboard to multi-select options for your search. For example, you might like to select Australia and New Zealand as geographic regions.

The results are also presented with the most recent at the top of the list. When you go into a result you get a tools option for printing, emailing or downloading the information. Your search terms appear in red text for ease of finding.

At the bottom of the home page you can find a link called “About CWI” and this gives you a very detailed guide on how to use the database, which is most helpful for a first time user.

This database would be helpful to find data to support research in many different areas relating to women, but could certainly by used by men as well.

Vanessa