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Women's Studies: Journal and Newspaper Articles


These databases and indexes focus entirely on women and gender:


book imageWomen's Studies Index
1989-2002; 13+ volumes

Selective author / subject index to relvant articles in 70 scholarly and popular periodicals, mostly American in origin.

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Ref HQ1190 .W66

Location:
Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor


book imageWomen Studies Abstracts
1972-2004; 26+ volumes

Quarterly index to over 50 women's studies and related field journals with summaries of journal articles, magazines, book reviews, and media reviews relevant to women's issues. Indexes at the back of each issue provide access to more detailed subject information. Issue number four contains an annual index.

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Ref HQ1180 .W65

Location: Current 4 years: Gleeson Reference Room, 1st Floor; earlier volumes: Reference Annex, Lower Level


database photoFeminae

Citations to journal articles and essays on medieval women and gender.

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These databases cover many topics, including women and gender:


database photoAcademic OneFile

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Full-text articles, citations and abstracts covering all subjects.		 vertical barfull descriptionremote accessdatabase guide


database photoProQuest

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Full-text articles, citations and abstracts covering all subjects.

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database photoWilson OmniFile Fulltext

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Full-text articles, citations and abstracts covering all subjects.

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database photoOpposing Viewpoints Resource Center
(via GaleNet)

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Full-text "pro" and "con" essays and articles on controversial social issues.

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database photoCQ Researcher

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CQ Researcher provides overviews and analyses of current issues.

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database photoJSTOR

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Historical full-text coverage of arts and sciences journals. Does not contain recent issues of journals (last 3-5 years), only older issues.

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These two databases have full text newspaper articles:


database photoLexisNexis Academic

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Hundreds of regional, national, and international newspapers; business publications, and much more.

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database photoProQuest Newspapers

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Nine national newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Wall Street Journal.

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These databases have articles on women and gender, but from various disciplinary perspectives:


database photoAlt-Press Watch

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Newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.

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database photoAmerica: History and Life
(via EBSCOhost)

Citations and abstracts for publications covering all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs.		 vertical barfull descriptionremote access


database photoEducation Full Text
(via WilsonWeb)

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Education Full Text contains full-text articles, citations, and abstracts from over 478 core international periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks in education research. It covers more than 90 periodicals not indexed in ERIC.

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database photoERIC
(via EBSCOhost)

The most important database in the field of education, with nearly a million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. See also the free Gov. ERIC web site.

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database photoEthnic NewsWatch

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Newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.

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database photoHistorical Abstracts
(via EBSCOhost)

Citations and abstracts for publications covering world history (excluding the U.S. and Canada).

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database photoLiterature Resource Center

Biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline.

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database photoMLA International Bibliography

Citations from scholarly publications on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.

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database photoPsycINFO
(via EBSCOhost)

Citations and abstracts from nearly 2000 publications in the field of psychology and the psychological aspects of related disciplines.

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database photoSociological Abstracts
(via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Citations and abstracts of publications in sociology and related disciplines.

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database photoWorldwide Political Science Abstracts
(via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)

Citations and abstracts to political science literature, 1975 to present.

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Also try searching in other subject disciplines such as sociology, education, business, literature, and history.
 
 
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