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Bradshaw, Homer L. and Richard Kahoe. “Differential Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership upon Academically Promising Students .” The Journal of Educational Research 61.2 (1967): 62-64.
In their research article “Differential Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership upon Academically Promising Students” (1967), Homer L. Bradshaw and Richard Kahoe look to prove whether fraternity and sorority membership has negative affects on the grade point average of students admitted to academic honor societies after their first semester of college. By first citing other similar studies done by other researchers at other colleges, and then by presenting the statistics of their own study, the pair discusses how time and place of studies produces inconsistent findings about whether belonging to a Greek organization affects GPA and why this inconsistency may occur. The authors’ purpose is most likely to discover the universal trends of academic success in Greek organizations and uncover why exactly these trends occur, thereby determining whether Greek organizations are helpful, neutral or detrimental to the academic success of promising students. The audience is an educated bunch knowledgeable in statistics and social discovery and interested in Greek organizations and their influence on students and society.

Clark, Thomas Arkle. The fraternity and the college; being a series of papers dealing with fraternity problems. Menasha, WI: George Banta publishing company, 1915.
P. 5  I  Introduction
P. 7  II The Fraternity and the College
P. 29  III  Fraternity Home Life
P. 53  IV  The Fraternity and its Underclassmen
P. 69  V  The Play and Rough House at Initiations
P. 83  VI  Fraternity Finances
P. 103  VII  Extra-fraternity Organizations
P. 121  VIII  Concerning the Brothers in Town
P. 137  IX  College Activities
P. 151  X  The Fraternity and Scholarship
P. 165  XI  The Fraternity and its Alumni
P. 183  XII  College Spirit
P. 199 XIII  The High School Fraternity
P. 211  XIV  Fraternity Ideals

Dunn, Jennifer L. “What Love Has to Do with It: The Cultural Construction of Emotion and Sorority Women’s Responses to Forcible Interaction.” Social Problems 46.3 (199): 440-459.
P. 441  I  Previous Research and Conceptual Framework
P. 443  II  Research Design and Methods
P. 445  III  Responses to Forcible Interaction
P. 449  IV  Accounting for Forcible Interaction
P. 454  V  Conclusion: Ambivalence and Acquiescence
P. 456  VI  References

Gordon, Michael and Stephen R. Wilson. “Status Inconsistency and Satisfaction with Sorority Membership.” Social Forces 48.2 (1969): 176-183.
P. 178  I  Method
P. 179  II  Results
P. 182  III  Conclusions
P. 183  IV  References

Handler, Lisa. “In the Fraternal Sisterhood: Sororities as Gender Strategy.” Gender and Society 9.2 (1995): 236-255.
P. 238  I  Methods
P. 240  II  The Sisterhood: Woman to Woman
P. 240  II.1  Friendship and Sisterhood
P. 241  II.2  Sisterhood as a Contract
p. 244  III  The Sisterhood: Men to Women
P.244  III.1 The Extended Kin Network: Sisters and Brothers Together
P.247  IV  The Transmutation of Sisterhood
P.248  IV.1  The Male Presence and its Affect on Membership
P.249  IV.2  The Respectful Sisterhood and the Double Standard
P.250  IV.3  The Expansion and Constriction of the Dating Pool
P.252  V  Conclusion

Paxton, Pamela and James Moody. “Structure and Sentiment: Explaining Emotional Attachment to Group.” Social Psychology Quarterly 66.1 (2003): 34-47.
P. 34  I  Explaining Emotional Attachment to Group
P. 37  II  Data and Measurement
P. 41  III  Results
P. 45  IV  Conclusion
P. 46  V  References

Stone, Carol Larson. “Sorority Status and Personality Adjustment.” American Sociological Review 16.4 (1951): 538-541.
In their research article Sorority Status and Personality Adjustment” (1951), Carol Stone Larson looks to understand the positive or negative affects Greek life has on adjustment to college as compared to non-Greek individuals . By administering a test to 864 students, researchers were able to determine the overall adjustment ability of students to see the relationship between adjustment and belonging to a Greek organization. The authors’ purpose is to determine whether Greek life is helpful or detrimental to adjustment (ie well or poor) in college students over a scope of situations. The audience is either heads of universities determining whether to allow Greek life on particular campuses, or those (or the parents of those) already enrolled in Greek systems.

Whipple, Edward G. New challenges for Greek letter organizations : transforming fraternities and sororities into learning communities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.
P.1  I  Editors Notes
P. 7  II  Greek Letter Organizations: Communities of Learners?
P. 19  III  The Future of the Greek Experience: Greeks and Diversity
P. 29  IV  Greek Experience and Critical-Thinking Skills
P. 39  V  Influencing Ethical Development in Greek Letter Organizations
P. 49  VI  Greek Letter Organizations and Alcohol: Problems, Policies, and Programs
P. 61  VII  Legal Issues and Greek Letter Organizations
P. 79  VIII  Standards and Expectations for Greek Letter Organizations
P. 87  IX  Greeks as Communities of Learners

Bradshaw, Homer L. and Richard Kahoe. “Differential Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership upon Academically Promising Students .” The Journal of Educational Research 61.2 (1967): 62-64.
In their research article “Differential Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership upon Academically Promising Students” (1967), Homer L. Bradshaw and Richard Kahoe look to prove whether fraternity and sorority membership has negative affects on the grade point average of students admitted to academic honor societies after their first semester of college. By first citing other similar studies done by other researchers at other colleges, and then by presenting the statistics of their own study, the pair discusses how time and place of studies produces inconsistent findings about whether belonging to a Greek organization affects GPA and why this inconsistency may occur. The authors’ purpose is most likely to discover the universal trends of academic success in Greek organizations and uncover why exactly these trends occur, thereby determining whether Greek organizations are helpful, neutral or detrimental to the academic success of promising students. The audience is an educated bunch knowledgeable in statistics and social discovery and interested in Greek organizations and their influence on students and society.

Clark, Thomas Arkle. The fraternity and the college; being a series of papers dealing with fraternity problems. Menasha, WI: George Banta publishing company, 1915.
P. 5  I  Introduction
P. 7  II The Fraternity and the College
P. 29  III  Fraternity Home Life
P. 53  IV  The Fraternity and its Underclassmen
P. 69  V  The Play and Rough House at Initiations
P. 83  VI  Fraternity Finances
P. 103  VII  Extra-fraternity Organizations
P. 121  VIII  Concerning the Brothers in Town
P. 137  IX  College Activities
P. 151  X  The Fraternity and Scholarship
P. 165  XI  The Fraternity and its Alumni
P. 183  XII  College Spirit
P. 199 XIII  The High School Fraternity
P. 211  XIV  Fraternity Ideals

Dunn, Jennifer L. “What Love Has to Do with It: The Cultural Construction of Emotion and Sorority Women’s Responses to Forcible Interaction.” Social Problems 46.3 (199): 440-459.
P. 441  I  Previous Research and Conceptual Framework
P. 443  II  Research Design and Methods
P. 445  III  Responses to Forcible Interaction
P. 449  IV  Accounting for Forcible Interaction
P. 454  V  Conclusion: Ambivalence and Acquiescence
P. 456  VI  References

Gordon, Michael and Stephen R. Wilson. “Status Inconsistency and Satisfaction with Sorority Membership.” Social Forces 48.2 (1969): 176-183.
P. 178  I  Method
P. 179  II  Results
P. 182  III  Conclusions
P. 183  IV  References

Paxton, Pamela and James Moody. “Structure and Sentiment: Explaining Emotional Attachment to Group.” Social Psychology Quarterly 66.1 (2003): 34-47.
P. 34  I  Explaining Emotional Attachment to Group
P. 37  II  Data and Measurement
P. 41  III  Results
P. 45  IV  Conclusion
P. 46  V  References

Clark, Thomas Arkle. The fraternity and the college; being a series of papers dealing with fraternity problems. Menasha, WI: George Banta publishing company, 1915.

Dunn, Jennifer L. “What Love Has to Do with It: The Cultural Construction of Emotion and Sorority Women’s Responses to Forcible Interaction.” Social Problems 46.3 (199): 440-459.

Gordon, Michael and Stephen R. Wilson. “Status Inconsistency and Satisfaction with Sorority Membership.” Social Forces 48.2 (1969): 176-183.

Handler, Lisa. “In the Fraternal Sisterhood: Sororities as Gender Strategy.” Gender and Society 9.2 (1995): 236-255.

Paxton, Pamela and James Moody. “Structure and Sentiment: Explaining Emotional Attachment to Group.” Social Psychology Quarterly 66.1 (2003): 34-47.

Scott, William A. Scott and Ruth. Values and organizations; a study of fraternities and sororities. Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1965.

Stone, Carol Larson. “Sorority Status and Personality Adjustment.” American Sociological Review 16.4 (1951): 538-541.

Tempke, Dale Russell. A study of undergraduate drinking behavior, attitudes, and membership in Greek letter social organizations. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois, 1989.

Whipple, Edward G. New challenges for Greek letter organizations : transforming fraternities and sororities into learning communitites. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

2. Searching for books How was your search for books? What keywords did you use and how easy/difficult was the search? List one or two Library of Congress Subjects that you didn’t know existed. What were the Library of Congress subjects for the books you found? List the subjects, no need to separate or discern which books they derived from.
Looking for books was easy once I found the right keywords to use. At first I tried Greek culture, Greek organization, Greek letters, and only found books dealing with Greek antiquity. However, once I search with the keyword sorority, I found a great amount of books that seemed to relate to my topic. I did not know that Greek letter societies was a Library of Congress Subject, and that made up the majority of what my books were categorized as, as well as college students- attitudes, alcoholism- psychological aspects, college students- alcohol use, drinking of alcoholic beverages, and drinking behavior.

3. Searching for articles How was your search for articles: time consuming, quick, frustrating, what adjectives would you use to describe it and why? Which databases did you use (1-3)? What keywords/phrases (3-5) did you begin with? What keywords/descriptors are assigned to the articles that you ended up with?
My journal articles were easy to find. I started with JSTOR because I know it to be a reliable database with full text copies of articles included. I searched first with Greek organizations, as before, and once journals unrelated to my topic came up once again, I tried sorority. With this keyword, I found six pertinent journals.

4.  Topic narrowing/discovery Now that you have gone through the search process, what is your in-process topic for E2?  What do you look forward to finding out as you read your articles and books? Your topic will continue to evolve as you read and think.
I look forward to finding what it is that bonds sororities and fraternities and how this bond makes up the brother or sisterhood and keeps it in tact throughout the years.

**have 2-3 subheadings within the paper

2. Viable Books
Thomas Arkle Clark, The fraternity and the college; being a series of papers dealing with fraternity problems
Edward G. Whipple, New challenges for Greek letter organizations : transforming fraternities and sororities into learning communitites
Dale Russell Tempke, A study of undergraduate drinking behavior, attitudes, and membership in Greek letter social organizations
William A. Scott, with the collaboration of Ruth Scott, Values and organizations; a study of fraternities and sororities

3. Viable Articles
Carol Larson Stone, Sorority Status and Personality Adjustment
Lisa Handler, In the Fraternal Sisterhood: Sororities as Gender Strategy
Michael Gordon and Stephen R. Wilson, Status Inconsistency and Satisfaction with Sorority Membership
Jennifer L. Dunn, What Love Has to Do with It: The Cultural Construction of Emotion and Sorority Women’s Responses to Forcible Interaction
Pamela Paxton and James Moody, Structure and Sentiment: Explaining Emotional Attachment to Group
Homer L. Bradshaw and Richard Kahoe, Differential Effects of Fraternity and Sorority Membership upon Academically Promising Students