We have all these faculty experts from different disciplines that could put together materials for other universities to use. Introductory courses usually require faculty to present an overview of women's studies, including academic areas other than their own. Fonow said selecting articles from other disciplines for course packets can be time consuming and demanding. The database is arranged around 18 themes, including autobiography, education, health and medicine, sexualities and violence. Faculty ordering textbooks can choose articles based on one of the themes available, and make use of topic introductions written by Ohio State faculty, or they can mix and match from all categories.
Faculty also have the option of including articles they've written.
The books have a common Reading Women's Lives cover, but come with a title page that includes the names of the instructor, institution and course. Everybody here, graduate students and faculty, uses it. It's particularly helpful for those who have not been with the program very long. It pulls everything together for a novice or a new teacher. Prices for the textbooks are based on the number of articles they include.