If you have a general area of interest, use ChatGPT to help you brainstorm specific research questions. You can also prompt ChatGPT to suggest good keywords to use for your searching.
If you don't have a topic area in mind, try searching for interesting scholarly studies in recent issues of these journals. These often feature articles about gender and business.
See also this larger list of scholarly journals on work and family issues. To search any of these through Meredith's library, search the journal's name in the Journals tab on the library homepage, and follow the link into the online resource.
When searching the library's databases for articles, keep these tips in mind:
1) Use AND and OR to connect keywords: e.g., "gender gap" AND (income OR pay)
2) Limit by date to get recent articles
3) In news sources, watch for editorial or opinion pieces. You can use these, but recognize that they only represent one perspective on the issue.
Don't just Google it! The US government and various organizations conduct good-quality research on policy issues.
To find reports written by government agencies, add the following to your Google search:
site:gov filetype:pdf
To find reports written by organizations, add the following to your Google search:
site:org filetype:pdf
Remember to evaluate any web sources using the ABC test. If your source isn't relevant and/or doesn't meet all three criteria, you probably shouldn't use it!
Zotero is a free tool for managing your references, and creating citations and bibliographies in Microsoft Word or Google Docs. It involves two components: the Zotero program itself, and a browser "connector" for adding items to your Zotero library.
For more information, see our Zotero 101 guide.
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