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Databases for Feminist and gender studies

Academic Search Complete

Coverage: 1865 - current

Large database with extensive full text access to journals, in addition to abstracts and indexing. Subject coverage is general and broad.

Africa Knowledge Project

Coverage: N/A

Journals and databases from the Africa Resource Center focusing on Africa and the African Diaspora. Content includes JENdA: A Journal of Culture and African Women Studies, Journal on African Philosophy, and the African Music Database.

African Women Bibliographic Database

Coverage: 1986 - current

Indexes English language materials: books and government documents; articles in edited books; periodical and journal articles; theses and dissertations; conference papers; videocassettes. Some full text.

Alternative Press Index

Coverage: 1969 - current

Alternative Press Index is a classic bibliographic database of articles from hundreds of international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. API is now part of EBSCOHOST in two databases: Alternative Press Archives, 1969-1990; and Alternative Press Index, 1991-current. The link above will search both simultaneously; API is cross-searchable with other EBSCOHOST databases.

America, History & Life

Coverage: 1863 - current

Covers American history.

British And Irish Women's Letters And Diaries, From 1500-1950

Coverage: 1558 - 1950

Contains 100,000+ pages of letters and diaries of over 500 women. Organized for detailed browsing and searching. Cross-searchable under Social and Cultural History.

Films On Demand

Coverage: pre-1990 to current

Films on Demand subscription to the following categories: Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Science & Mathematics, and Health & Medicine. Hundreds of documentaries and educational films viewable as a whole or by segment. Register for an account to build playlists and set preferences. If you have trouble viewing from off campus, please contact the Reference Desk at x6662.

Gender Studies Database

Coverage: pre-1972 - current

Combines the Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with sexual diversity issues and gender-engaged scholarship. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations, and freely available full text articles & documents on the Web.

Manuscript Women's Letters And Diaries

Coverage: 1719 - 1976

Growing collection of writings of women from the 18th-20th centuries, drawn from the American Antiquarian Society. Offers advanced browsing and searching, and high-quality scans. Some materials are cross-searchable under Social and Cultural History.

North American Women's Drama

Coverage: 1714 - current

1500+ plays (some never before published) by 300+ playwrights together with detailed, indexed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera. Cross-searchable under North American Theater Online.

North American Women's Letters And Diaries

Coverage: 1675 - 2002

150,000+ pages of diaries and letters from over 1,300 women, supplemented with biographies and bibliographies. Browse and search by detailed factors like author, race, occupation, age at first childbirth, year written, and geographical setting. Cross-searchable under Social and Cultural History.

PsycARTICLES

Coverage: 1988 - current

Full text articles on current issues in psychology, general psychology, and specialized, basic, applied, clinical and theoretical research in psychology, covering journals published by the American Psychological Association and other allied organizations. NOTE: You can search both PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES at the same time. Contact Reference Desk x6662.

PsycINFO

Coverage: 1887 - current

Comprehensive international database of psychology. Covers the academic, research, and practice literature in psychology. NOTE: You can search both PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES at the same time. Contact Reference Desk x6662.

Social Sciences Abstracts

Coverage: 1983 - current

International, English-language periodicals in sociology, anthropology, geography, economics, political science, and law. Broader coverage than SocIndex.

SocINDEX

Coverage: 1895 - current

Indexes core sociology journals dating back to 1895. More focused on sociology as a discipline than Sociological Abstracts.

Women And Social Movements In The United States 1600-2000

Coverage: 1600 - 2000

Growing collection of documents related to women and social movements in U.S. history. Includes primary source documents, images, dictionary of movements, biographical dictionary, chronology, reviews, notes, and teaching tools. Organized for in-depth browsing and searching.

Women Writers Online

Coverage: 1400 - 1850

Contains fulltext of nearly 400 works of early modern women writers.

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