Information Resources for Women's Studies

Best Resources for Finding Articles

• Alt-Press Watch
  • Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Covers a broad range of critical issues confronting contemporary society. 1994- present.
• America History & Life
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of North American history (United States and Canada). 1964- present. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Contemporary Women's Issues
  • Interdisciplinary and international index of journal articles, newsletters, and research reports relevant to women and girls. 1992 - present.
• Core Lists of Women's Studies Books
  • Interdisciplinary, searchable database of in-print books and e-books compiled by the Association of College & Research Libraries, Women's Studies Section.
• Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
• GenderWatch
  • Full text collection of articles covering women's and gender topics.
• LexisNexis Academic
  • Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional and statistical information.
• MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
  • Over one million citations to books, scholarly journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies from languages, literatures, linguistics and folklore. 1926 - present.
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries
  • Search or browse writings and biographies of over 1,500 women, representing various age groups, life stages, ethnicities, and geographic regions. Includes published and previously unpublished materials, from colonial times to 1950.
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
  • Books, images, primary resources, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies documenting women's reform activities from colonial times to the present.
• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
  • Interdisciplinary journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. Does not cover books written by a single author.
• Viva - Woman's History Database
  • A current bibliography of women's and gender history in historical and women's studies journals. Articles in English, French, German, Dutch, and Scandinavian languages are selected from 180 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals. From 1975 to the present.

Additional Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information

• Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
  • Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities, education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965- present for selected titles. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
  • Full page and article images with searchable full text; articles from the first issue, Sept. 18, 1851, through 2004. Some articles and photographs by freelance writers and photographers are not included.
• 19th Century Masterfile
  • Series I: Index for 19th century USA and British periodicals.
    Series III: Indices for the New York Times Index, 1863-1905 (full-text available from ProQuest); New York Daily Tribune Index, 1875-1906; Palmer's Index to the Times (London), 1880-1890; Index to the Oregon Spectator, 1846-1854.
• Historical Abstracts
  • Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of world history from 1450 to the present, excluding the United States and Canada. (To search multiple EBSCOhost databases, click the "Select Databases" tab.)
• Article1st
  • Index to 12,600 + journals pertaining to science, medicine, technology, social science, business, humanities, and popular culture. Now includes journal Tables of Contents (formerly in Contents1st). 1990 - present.
• Book Review Index Online Plus
  • Over 5 million book review citations from magazines and scholarly journals, with links to full-text for over 630,000 reviews.
• PapersFirst
  • Index to conference papers contained in the British Library's collection of proceedings of symposia, conferences, and workshops. 1993 to present.
• ProceedingsFirst
  • Index to the proceedings of conferences from the collection held at the British Library. Contains tables of contents for most proceedings. 1993 - present.
• Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (formerly Dissertation Abstracts)
  • ProQuest Dissertations and Theses — Full text is the world's most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses. It includes 2.4 million dissertation and theses citations from around the world from 1861 to the present day together with 1 million full-text dissertations that are available for download in PDF format. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and strong retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.
• WorldCat
  • A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the world. Contains more than 61 million items.
• Ingenta
  • Indexes more than 20,000 journals covering all subject areas, with tables of contents for the journals included.
• Dolley Madison Digital Edition
  • Dolley Payne Madison was the most important First Lady of the nineteenth century. This is the first complete edition of her known correspondence. Browse letters by time period. Search by text, names, dates, topics, or places. Select Contents for a list of letters sorted by date, author, or recipient. 1788 to June 1836.
• eHRAF World Cultures
  • A web-based collection of ethnographic and other texts indexed by culture and subject. Formerly known as eHRAF Collection of Ethnography. Produced by Human Relations Area Files, Inc. at Yale University.

Electronic Books

• 10 Smartest Decisions a Woman Can Make Before 40
• Abortion Pill - Study Guide
• Aesthetics in Feminist Perspective
• Betty Friedan and the Making of "The Feminine Mystique"
• Chartbook on Women and Disability
• Coping with Sexual Harassment and Gender Bias
• Documents from the Woman's Liberation Movement: An Online Archival Collection
• Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women
• Ecofeminism: Women, Culture, Nature
• Equal Pay: A Thirty-Five Year Perspective
• Feminisms
• Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
• Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives
• Language and the Sexes
• Pornography and Sexual Representation: A Reference Guide
  • Comprehensive work on the history, scholarship, social, cultural, and legal aspects of pornography and American society. Includes bibliographies and links to court cases cited in the Guide.
• Psychology of Winning for Women
• Reconcilable Differences: Confronting Beauty, Pornography, and the Future of Feminism
• Reinventing the Sexes: The Biomedical Construction of Femininity and Masculinity
• Rethinking Ethics in the Midst of Violence: A Feminist Approach to Freedom
• Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Manual for Managers and Supervisors: How to Prevent and Resolve Sexual Harassment Complaints in the Workplace
• Sexual Harassment: A Debate
• Speaking Out: Women, Poverty and Public Policy
• Theory in Its Feminist Travels: Conversations in U.S. Women's Movements
• Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
• Unbiased Editing in a Diverse Society
• Violence by Intimates (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
• Woman, Church and State
  • One of the first books to draw the conclusion that Christianity is a primary impediment to the progress of women, as well as civilization.
• Woman's Bible
  • Written by 19th century feminist Elizabeth Cady Standon and a "Revising Committee," is one of the first attempts by women to evaluate the Judeo-Christian legacy and its impact on women through history.
• Women in the Third World: A Reference Handbook
• Women of Color Health Data Book (National Institutes of Health)
• Working Hard, Living Poor. Part II: Nevada's Economy, Who Benefits?
  • A report by PLAN: Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.