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Articles & Databases: Women's Studies - General

These databases are a good place to start your research on most women’s studies and multicultural queer studies topics. There are additional recommendations for each of the areas of emphasis in the major; Women and the Environment; Women in Global/International Studies; Women's Expression in Art and Language; Women in Social and Community Service, and for the Multicultural Queer Studies Minor. Use these for more specialized research or if the general group doesn't give you enough information.

For additional resources see Research Guides: Women's Studies.

For personal assistance please contact Sarah Fay Philips, Women's Studies Librarian.

Highly Recommended

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Academic Search Elite Scholarly and popular articles on many subjects. More Details...

Can limit to peer reviewed

1983 to present
ArticleFirst Search by keywords in the titles and authors of articles from thousands of journals on many subjects. More Details... Scholarly and professional journals 1990 to present
Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) Lists articles from 400 scholarly and popular journals and includes fulltext for about half of them.  Selected articles only are included for 100 of them. More Details... Can limit to peer reviewed

Vary for each publication; the earliest begins in 1915

Ethnic NewsWatch Fulltext of newspapers, magazines, and journals from the ethnic, minority, and Native press. There is a Spanish language search interface as well as Spanish fulltext materials. More Details... Can limit to peer reviewed Vary for each publication; the earliest begin in 1992 to present
GenderWatch Fulltext of scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government, and special reports that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. More Details... Can limit to peer reviewed Vary for each publication; the earliest begin in the 1970s to present
OmniFile Full Text Mega Scholarly and popular articles on many subjects. Can limit a search to the “art” section only. More Details... Can limit to peer reviewed 1984 to present

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Geobase Lists articles, books, conference papers, and reports on ecology, geography, health, international development, and social issues published in 5,000 journals and other publications. More Details... Scholarly and professional sources; can limit to “Journal” document type for peer reviewed 1980 to present
JSTOR Journal backfiles in many subject areas; fulltext is included for each article. More Details... Yes

From the first issue to 5 years ago for each publication included

LexisNexis Academic Fulltext of newspapers and magazines; in addition to news, a good source for reviews of books, performances, art exhibits, etc., and interviews with contemporary personalities, etc. More Details... No Vary for each publication; most begin in the 1990s

Other Databases to Consider

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Dissertation and Theses: The Humanities and Social Sciences Collection Includes fulltext for thousands of dissertations and masters theses produced in the United States. If fulltext is not linked, order the item on interlibrary loan. Don't use their "order a copy" link. More Details... Dissertations are prepared under scholarly direction 1637 to present