Women's and Gender Studies Resources

Finding ARTICLES

Academic Search Premier - Provides full text to over 3,600 interdisciplinary scholarly journals dating back to 1985. (Database Service: EBSCO) user guide (PDF 79k)

ProQuest Research Library - Interdisciplinary database with coverage dating back to 1985. (Database Service: ProQuest) user guide (PDF 82k)

Academic OneFile - Covers a wide range of subject areas dating back to 1980. (Database Service: Thomson Gale) user guide (PDF 75k)

Ethnic NewsWatch Complete - A comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. (Database Service: ProQuest)

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Women's & Gender Studies - Electronic encyclopedias that cover: social science and cultural issues, biography, religion, and history.

See also specialized indexes in literature, religion, education, psychology, etc.

Finding BOOKS

Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more. See also new books.

Essay & General Literature Index - Indexing to 5,300 anthologies and collections in the humanities and social sciences accesses around 65,000 essays (chapters) from 1985 to date. (Database Service: H.W. Wilson) user guide (PDF 1.11mb)

Course Reserves - Search by course number or instructor

WorldCat - for books, videos, etc from libraries nationwide

Women's and Gender Studies WEBSITES

Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites - selected and annotated list of sites from The University of Maryland Baltimore County

Women's Studies Section links - Site developed and maintained by the WSS Collection Development Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

American Women - Gateway to Library of Congress resources on women's history and culture.

Feminist Perspectives on TANF Reauthorization - An introduction to key issues for the future of welfare reform.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Queer Encyclopedia - Lesbian, bisexual, and transgender culture.

Gender, Science and Technology Gateway - United Nations site to more effectively incorporate gender concerns into science and technology for development.

gender Inn: Women's and Gender Studies Database - searchable; bibliographies and online journal, Gender Forum

Girl Power - Department of Health and Human Services clearinghouse of information, press releases, and activities for both parents and young women alike.

National Humanities Center - See Toolbox Library for primary documents, discussion guides and links to additional resources. Subtopics include Equality (1789-1820) and Domesticity (1815-1850).

National Museum of Women in the Arts - The museum website.

National Women's History Project links - An exhaustive site on women's history.

Selected Women and Gender Resources on the World Wide Web - From the UW's Women's Studies Librarian's Office.

Women and Smoking - A Report of the Surgeon General 2001 - This report from the US Surgeon General reveals that smoking has become a leading killer of American women in just two generations. Women now account for 39 percent of the country's smoking-related deaths, more than doubling the proportion of 1965.

Women of Our Time - Photographic exhibit of notable women from the National Portrait Gallery.