Living for Change: GSWS 0863

This guide is for students in Living for Change (GSWS 0863). Use the resources and information on this guide to help with research on radical women in Philadelphia, and to find sources for your final research paper.

Start with Library Search

Library Search is the best place to start your research on a specific person. Library Search allows you to discover books, scholarly articles, films, music, dissertations, archival material and more in the Temple Libraries collection.

Library Search

Search Tips

To get the best results for your radical woman, try these tips:

search for your person as both a keyword and an author in order to find sources both about them and by them
put your person's name in quotation marks (i.e., "Ramona Africa") to get the most relevant results
look for sources not just about your specific person, but about the organizations she is affiliated with, other activists in the same movement, context about Philadelphia during the time period, etc.

Find Sources at Temple and Beyond

WorldCat
Use WorldCat to find (mostly) books about your topic. This search will find both Temple-owned books, and books from other libraries around the world. If we don't own it, you can request it for free through EZ Borrow or ILLiad, or you can go to a public library near you to request interlibrary loan services.

Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new window
If your radical woman is not often mentioned in mainstream literature, search here to find sources in radical and left periodicals.

Online Books

Here are some examples of potentially relevant books that are available in full text online through the Libraries. Not finding your movement in these? Ask for additional recommendations!