Gender and Computers: Understanding the Digital Divide is intended to appeal to those who are particularly interested in computer science (humanities computer interaction) gender differences. Dr. Joel Cooper and Dr. Kimberlee D. Weaver present researched evidence, concluding that girls and young women are being "left behind on the road to information technology." Both authors explore the causes and consequences of computer anxiety, which is a strong inhibitor or performance and learning. Not only does this book discuss the Digital Divide, but it also provides recommendations or "guidelines" for overcoming gender division in Digital Literacy. Gender and Computers: Understanding the Digital Divide puts forth an argument that women are not as digital literate compared to men. Cooper and Weaver rely on important concepts that social scientists have studied for some time: self-fulfilling prophecy, stereotype formations, gender roles, the media, and basic expectations. Another method used to investigate the gender gap in Digital Literacy is by interpreting and analyzing researched data. Cooper and Weaver emphasizes on computer anxiety, noting the research done on college female students - stating women generally have higher computer anxiety then men. Gender and Computers: Understanding the Digital Divide is a great source to our research because it provides well established researched data and Cooper and Weaver puts forth a strong and convincing argument. Both authors analyzed the data and the results are relevant to our hypothesis [that women are behind in Digital Literacy compared to men] to our research topic.

 
    Bridging the Gender Gap assesses the recent "ICT revolution" in order to better determine the reasons why women are behind men in digital literacy. Through looking at the unequal opportunities for women in access to and control over ICTs, Rita Epodoi argues that women have been left behind, and that there are persistent gender inequalities between women and men due to their normal place in the background of development. Epodoi's claim that women are having a difficult time with the ICT revolution because of their general place in the background of development is a interesting a new way to look at the issue. Bridging the Gender Gap correlates well with the research we are doing, but it is a bit limited in that Epodoi focuses on the African nation of Uganda, and does not focus much on other nations.

    The content of Overcoming the Gender Digital Divide: Understanding ICTs and their Potential for the empowerment of Women is mainly based on the INSTRAW (International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women) Virtual Semina Series on gender and ICTs. This article tends to identify persistent barriers to access to and use of ICTs by women and ways to overcome these barriers. By analyzing the relationship between women and technology, Sophia  Huyer and Tatjana Sikoska state that ICTs is an essential tool for women to get as equal opportunities as man. Huyer and Tatjana also claim that women are behind in using ICTs because of genders roles, low level of education, income, and geographical location. Huyer and Tatjana provides some problem-solving suggestions such as ensuring a gender perspective in ICT-based development projects, designing technologies appropriate to women's needs, and promoting gender sensitive ICT policy and regulation. This article correlates well with the research we are doing because it provides well constructed causes to Gender Division. However, Overcoming the Gender Digital Divide is limited because the suggestions of how to close the gender gap are a bit unpractical and seems too difficult to enforce.