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Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
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David Michalski —
April 16, 2020
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
by
David Michalski —
April 16, 2020
Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
by David Michalski – April 16, 2020
Use this guide to research the literature in gender studies and sexuality. It aims to provide a list of key journal databases, and primary source collections. If you have questions about the use of these databases, research in Women’s Studies, Gender Studies, Sexuality Studies, cultural studies or the social sciences, or if you need support with social sciences data, I am happy to help, or get you in contact with those who can. Feel free to contact me via email, michalski@ucdavis.edu or make an appointment https://calendly.com/michalski-1/research-librarian-consultation.
In this Guide:
Subject Specific Databases
Women’s Studies International [via EBSCO]
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Provides access to citations for a wide range of topics in the study of women and gender, 1972-present.
Feminist Periodicals
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From Office of the Gender and Women's Studies Librarian at University of Wisconsin, this resources provides digitized table of contents pages of 150 academic journals and pop culture magazines for researchers and scholars to view what is currently being published in the field of Gender and Women's Studies.
Gender Watch [via ProQuest]
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A full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, NGO and special reports.
LGBTQ+ Life [via EBSCO] [via EBSCO]
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LGBTQ+ Life (previously LGBT Life) contains indexing and abstracts for LGBT-specific core periodicals, in addition to data mined from over 1400 select titles. LGBTQ+ Life contains all relevant data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies database.
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940
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This Primary source collection draws from hundreds of institutions and organizations, including both major international activist organizations and local, grassroots groups to present important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. The archive includes gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS, materials tracing LGBTQ activism in Britain from 1950 through 1980, and more.
Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History,
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Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) History,
This encyclopedia covers LGBTQ topics in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, as well as North America, and takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, using film, literature, human rights, politics, landmark legislation, activism, the arts, language, sports, and historical events as points of entry into the content.
Related Databases
Sociological Abstracts [via ProQuest]
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Provides abstracts to sociology articles and the literature of related disciplines in the social, behavioral, and cultural studies. Covers over 1,800 journals, and book reviews. Mainly in English, but Includes materials in 30 languages.
America: History and Life [via EBSCO]
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Bibliographic database containing citations to articles on American and Canadian history, including ethnic history and relations, from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals published worldwide.
Historical Abstracts [via EBSCO] [via EBSCO]
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Citations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America:history and life.) Indexes more than 2000 journals worldwide.