Grant Writing: Empowering Girls and Women in Developing Countries
This guide was created for a 2013 course and has not been updated since.
Schoolgirls, Liberia Clinic, El Salvador
Developing countries
Developing countries--Economic conditions--21st century
Poverty--Developing countries--Congresses
Developing countries--Population
Developing countries Social conditions
Developing countries--Social policy
Women in development
Women in development--Developing countries
Women in development--Africa
Women in development--Latin America
Women in development--Latin America--Case studies
Women--Developing countries
Women--Developing countries--Economic conditions
Women--Developing countries--Social conditions
Sex role--Developing countries
Sex discrimination against women--Developing countries
Prostitution
Prostitution--Cross-cultural studies
Human trafficking
Women's rights--Developing countries
Feminism--Developing countries
Health status indicators
Health status indicators--Developing countries
Public health--Developing countries
Medical policy--Developing countries
Women--Health and hygiene--Developing countries
Women--Health and hygiene--Africa
Women--Health and hygiene--Cross-cultural studies
Reproductive health--Developing countries
Maternal health services--Developing countries
Women's health services--Cross-cultural studies
Infant health services--Developing countries
Children--Developing countries
Education--Developing countries
Educational equalization--Developing countries
Educational equalization--Developing countries--Cross-cultural studies
Politics and education--Developing countries
Education and state--Developing countries
Literacy--Developing countries
Africa--Economic conditions--21st century
Africa--Social conditions--21st century
Africa--Social life and customs
Africa, West--Economic conditions--1960-
Africa, West--History
Africa, West--Social conditions--1960-
Public health--Africa
Women--Africa--Social conditions
Women--Africa, West--Social conditions
Women--Violence against--Africa
Sex role--Africa
Feminism--Africa
Liberia
Liberia--Politics and government--1980-
Liberia--History--Civil War, 1989-1996--Women
Liberia--History--1980-
Liberia--Economic conditions
Liberia--Economic conditions--21st century
Latin America--Civilization--21st century
Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-
Latin America--History--21st century
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-
Latin America--Social conditions--1982-
Latin America--Social conditions--21st century
Latin America--Social life and customs
Sex role--Latin America
Women--Political activity--Latin America
Women--Violence against--Latin America
Central America--Economic conditions
Central America--Economic conditions--1979-
Central America--History
Central America--Social conditions--1979-
El Salvador--History--1992-
El Salvador--Social conditions
El Salvador--Social life and customs
Public health--El Salvador
Developing countries--Economic conditions--21st century
Poverty--Developing countries--Congresses
Developing countries--Population
Developing countries Social conditions
Developing countries--Social policy
Women in development
Women in development--Developing countries
Women in development--Africa
Women in development--Latin America
Women in development--Latin America--Case studies
Women--Developing countries
Women--Developing countries--Economic conditions
Women--Developing countries--Social conditions
Sex role--Developing countries
Sex discrimination against women--Developing countries
Prostitution
Prostitution--Cross-cultural studies
Human trafficking
Women's rights--Developing countries
Feminism--Developing countries
Health status indicators
Health status indicators--Developing countries
Public health--Developing countries
Medical policy--Developing countries
Women--Health and hygiene--Developing countries
Women--Health and hygiene--Africa
Women--Health and hygiene--Cross-cultural studies
Reproductive health--Developing countries
Maternal health services--Developing countries
Women's health services--Cross-cultural studies
Infant health services--Developing countries
Children--Developing countries
Education--Developing countries
Educational equalization--Developing countries
Educational equalization--Developing countries--Cross-cultural studies
Politics and education--Developing countries
Education and state--Developing countries
Literacy--Developing countries
Africa--Economic conditions--21st century
Africa--Social conditions--21st century
Africa--Social life and customs
Africa, West--Economic conditions--1960-
Africa, West--History
Africa, West--Social conditions--1960-
Public health--Africa
Women--Africa--Social conditions
Women--Africa, West--Social conditions
Women--Violence against--Africa
Sex role--Africa
Feminism--Africa
Liberia
Liberia--Politics and government--1980-
Liberia--History--Civil War, 1989-1996--Women
Liberia--History--1980-
Liberia--Economic conditions
Liberia--Economic conditions--21st century
Latin America--Civilization--21st century
Latin America--Economic conditions--1982-
Latin America--History--21st century
Latin America--Politics and government--1980-
Latin America--Social conditions--1982-
Latin America--Social conditions--21st century
Latin America--Social life and customs
Sex role--Latin America
Women--Political activity--Latin America
Women--Violence against--Latin America
Central America--Economic conditions
Central America--Economic conditions--1979-
Central America--History
Central America--Social conditions--1979-
El Salvador--History--1992-
El Salvador--Social conditions
El Salvador--Social life and customs
Public health--El Salvador
ProQuest Research Library : is another comprehensive database with substantial full text. Use the "Thesaurus" (above the search slots) to preview what Subject Headings are available. Subect searching can be a more efficient way to search than with only Keywords, since it guarantees that the articles retrieved actually be about the Subject--not just use a
particular word.
Note that ProQuest wants you to put place names in the Location field. For instance, you might search Liberia as a Location along with women and education as Keywords, or El Salvador as a Location and women and health as Keywords. Or you might loosed the Location somwehat by entering Africa or Liberia or Latin America or El Salvador.
To the right of your search results you can limit your retrieval by "Source Type" (including Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals), "Document Type," (including Cover Story, Editorial, or Interview), "Document Feature" (including Photographs, Illustrations), and "Location."
Above each set of articles you retrieve ProQuest will display related Subject searches to help either broaden or narrow your focus.
Also from ProQuest, take a look at GenderWatch : searching is the same and there may be unique resources here.
ScienceDirect : Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. For example you could put Latin America or El Salvador in one Abstract slot and women and health in the other. Or Africa or Liberia in one, women or health in the other.
Note: Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, click the “Recommended Articles” link beneath the citation This will open a range of articles on the same topic.
User Advisory: Uncheck "Books" below the search slots: we don't have access to the books in this database. And if the "All years" date range is marked, consider changing it to the last ten years option just to the right (full text goes back to 1995)..
General OneFile : is the most user-friendly of our comprehensive databases, covering almost any topic from a wide range of disciplinary angles and offering lots of full text. Use the default Subject search to find the best subject heading for your topic (and when you find a good one be sure to look at the "Related Subjects" to see if there's something even better). Then open the "Subdivisions" link where the retrieval set is broken into categories: Economic aspects," "Ethical aspects," "Forecasts and Trends," "History," "Media Coverage," "Political aspects," "Psychological aspects," "Social aspects," and "Statistics," to name only a few.
Note that there are Subject Headings here for Developing Countries, Liberia, and El Salvador. Also note that to combine more than one Subject term you should use Advanced Search--Liberia and Women or El Salvador and Women. Once you have these retrievals you can then "Search within these results" (top left) and add terms such as "health" or "education."
User Advisory: When first viewing your retrievals in General OneFile, note that you are seeing only the "Magazines" (popular articles) and must click on the tabs for "Academic Journals" (scholarly articles) or "News" (newspaper articles) to see those results.
Academic Search Premier Comprehensive subject coverage with considerable full text. Note that there is a “Subject Terms” link just above the search boxes, allowing you to search the index of Subject Headings--often a good first stop for more efficient Subject searching whereby you are guaranteed that your topic is indeed a main subject of the articles retrieved. And note that there is a special search field for "Geographic Terms" where you would put Africa, Liberia, Latin America, Central America, or El Salvador.
particular word.
Note that ProQuest wants you to put place names in the Location field. For instance, you might search Liberia as a Location along with women and education as Keywords, or El Salvador as a Location and women and health as Keywords. Or you might loosed the Location somwehat by entering Africa or Liberia or Latin America or El Salvador.
To the right of your search results you can limit your retrieval by "Source Type" (including Magazines, Newspapers, Scholarly Journals), "Document Type," (including Cover Story, Editorial, or Interview), "Document Feature" (including Photographs, Illustrations), and "Location."
Above each set of articles you retrieve ProQuest will display related Subject searches to help either broaden or narrow your focus.
Also from ProQuest, take a look at GenderWatch : searching is the same and there may be unique resources here.
ScienceDirect : Because it’s a large database with a great deal of full text, the absence of Subject searching means that your Keyword searches will often retrieve large sets of articles, many of which mention but don’t discuss your search term(s). One way around this is to limit your initial search to the “Abstract Title Keyword” field. For example you could put Latin America or El Salvador in one Abstract slot and women and health in the other. Or Africa or Liberia in one, women or health in the other.
Note: Once you have found an article that sounds on-target, click the “Recommended Articles” link beneath the citation This will open a range of articles on the same topic.
User Advisory: Uncheck "Books" below the search slots: we don't have access to the books in this database. And if the "All years" date range is marked, consider changing it to the last ten years option just to the right (full text goes back to 1995)..
General OneFile : is the most user-friendly of our comprehensive databases, covering almost any topic from a wide range of disciplinary angles and offering lots of full text. Use the default Subject search to find the best subject heading for your topic (and when you find a good one be sure to look at the "Related Subjects" to see if there's something even better). Then open the "Subdivisions" link where the retrieval set is broken into categories: Economic aspects," "Ethical aspects," "Forecasts and Trends," "History," "Media Coverage," "Political aspects," "Psychological aspects," "Social aspects," and "Statistics," to name only a few.
Note that there are Subject Headings here for Developing Countries, Liberia, and El Salvador. Also note that to combine more than one Subject term you should use Advanced Search--Liberia and Women or El Salvador and Women. Once you have these retrievals you can then "Search within these results" (top left) and add terms such as "health" or "education."
User Advisory: When first viewing your retrievals in General OneFile, note that you are seeing only the "Magazines" (popular articles) and must click on the tabs for "Academic Journals" (scholarly articles) or "News" (newspaper articles) to see those results.
Academic Search Premier Comprehensive subject coverage with considerable full text. Note that there is a “Subject Terms” link just above the search boxes, allowing you to search the index of Subject Headings--often a good first stop for more efficient Subject searching whereby you are guaranteed that your topic is indeed a main subject of the articles retrieved. And note that there is a special search field for "Geographic Terms" where you would put Africa, Liberia, Latin America, Central America, or El Salvador.
A good initial strategy in this database is to search a likely topic in the Subject Terms--for example, Developing Countries--and when you find it “explode” the term by double clicking it--this brings up a list of related Subject terms. You can check as many terms as you like before "adding" them to your search by AND-ing or OR-ing them together.
User Advisory: For any retrieved set of articles, there will be a box displayed on the left that will limit the articles to “Scholarly” journals—just check the box and click the “Update Results” button below.
LexisNexis Academic : Our best resource--100% full text--for international news. Choose "News" on the left, then "All News." Leave the "Select Source" default on Major Wold Publications and set "Speficy Date" to the last two years. Then start out with a search on Liberia and women and education or El Salvador and women and health--but before you run either change the default search field from "Anywhere" to "Headline & Lead." This will give you a good international sampling of newspaper stories from recent years, and if you want to focus more specifically on news sources in Africa or Central America, go down to "Article location," choose "World regiion," and then select either Africa or Central America.
LexisNexis Academic : Our best resource--100% full text--for international news. Choose "News" on the left, then "All News." Leave the "Select Source" default on Major Wold Publications and set "Speficy Date" to the last two years. Then start out with a search on Liberia and women and education or El Salvador and women and health--but before you run either change the default search field from "Anywhere" to "Headline & Lead." This will give you a good international sampling of newspaper stories from recent years, and if you want to focus more specifically on news sources in Africa or Central America, go down to "Article location," choose "World regiion," and then select either Africa or Central America.
- Ebrary
- Citation
- Interlibrary Loan
- Plagiarism Tutorial
- Because I Am A Girl: The State of the World's Girls: 2012 report.
- United Nations: Development: Advancement of Women: Note the Gender and Development Programme for Africa and the Gender Affairs Programme for Latin America.
- Transforming Policy and Practice for Gender in Education: 2010 Working paper from the United Nations Girls' Education Initiative.
- The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls: 2009 report for the Population Council.
- Girls Count: A Global Investment & Action Agenda: 2009 report from the center for Global Development.
- What Works in Girl's Education: Evidence and Policies from the Developing World: Comprehensive 2004 report from the Council on Foreign Relations.
- Learn the Issue: Education for Women and Girls: from the US chapter of the Global Campaign for Education. And note the links to related articles at the bottom.
- World Health Organization: Both Women's Health & Reproductive Health provide good overviews, and for more targeted information go to Countries and El Salvador.
- Delivering Solutions: Advancing Dialogue to Improve Maternal Health : This report synthesizes the recommendations of the Woodrow Wilson International Center studies of maternal health 2009-2011.
- "Adolescents' Use of Maternal and Child Health Services in Developing Countries": 2006 study published in International Family Planning Perspectives.
- Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network: Women's Health Journal: The links under Recent Journals lead to full-text access to recent issues of Women's Health Journal.
- International Women's Health Coalition: Try a search on "El Salvador" to retrieve relavent articles.
- More Than Me
- Liberia: World Factbook: from the CIA, a country profile. See especially People and Society.
- El Salvador: World Factbook: from the CIA, a country profile. See especially People and Society.
- MLA citation for books: in print, from databases, on the Web
- MLA citation for articles: in print, from databases, on the Web.
- MLA citation for Web and Multimedia resources, including Web sites, movies, DVDs, CDs, and videos.
- MLA in-text (parenthetical) citation (far less satanic than the first three).
Noodlebib guides you through the required data entry for citation in the MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian styles. It takes care of punctuation, alphabetization and formatting, producing a polished source list for import into Word.
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