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Guide to Women's and Gender Studies: Home
Feminisms
Use Articles+ to search for scholarly and peer-reviewed journal articles on different categories of feminism. Below are some examples:
Essential Databases
The databases highlighted below are essential to Women's & Gender Studies research. You may also want to browse all Women's and Gender Studies databases.
- GenderWatchFull-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.
- Women's Studies InternationalInterdisciplinary, international database covering the core literature of the field of women's and gender studies with links to full text.
- Women & Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000Database of women's activism in American public life from 1600-2000, including published histories, records of women's organizations, books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies.
- Alt-PressWatchAlt-Press Watch provides full text access to alternative and independent newspapers, magazines, and journals, publications which bring perspectives, insights, and opinions not often found in mainstream journalism. This product offers over 600,000 articles from over 230 publications.
Data & Statistical Resources
- Genders, Institutions, and Development DatabaseCovers a total of 160 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.
- Social Institutions and Gender Index"The OECD Development Centre’s Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) measures discrimination against women in social institutions across 179 countries. By taking into account laws, social norms and practices that restrict women’s and girls’ rights and access to empowerment opportunities and resources, the SIGI captures the underlying drivers of gender inequality."
- GIS & Data ServicesHow to find and evaluate numeric data and statistics at University Libraries.
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