WGST 695: Principles of Feminist Inquiry
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About this guide
This guide provides links to (mostly digital) resources for the course: Principles of Feminist Inquiry.
- Essential Resources
- Research Process - Research design, writing and citing
- Primary (and Reference) Resources
- Media Resources
- Campus Resources
bell hooks
Some Top Women's & Gender Studies Journals
Browse the Women's and Gender Studies journals to which UNC has some electronic access.
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
Gender, Work, and Organization
Statistics
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GenderStats (World Bank)A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.
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Gender, Institutions and Development DatabaseCovers 160 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.
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Social Institutions and Gender IndexComposite measure of gender discrimination based on social institutions.
Scholarly Articles
Anatomy of a Scholarly Article
Women's and Gender Studies
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GenderWatchFull-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues.
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Women's Studies InternationalInterdisciplinary, international database covering the core literature of the field of women's and gender studies with links to full text.
Additional Databases
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America, History and LifeIndex for North American history consisting of journal articles, books, book chapters, dissertations & book reviews. ** Note: Limited to 6 users at a time.
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Anthropology PlusProvides citations and links to journal articles, reports, and commentaries for the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological and linguistic anthropology; also for ethnology, archaeology, folklore and material culture.
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Communication and Mass Media CompleteMajor indexing and abstracting tool for Communication Studies and Journalism & Mass Communication. It indexes over 570 journals and includes the full text of over 450 journals in these fields.
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Education Full TextIndex of more than 770 periodicals in the field of education, and selected books with full text article coverage of 350 journals. 1983-present **Note: We are limited to 8 simultaneous users.
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Google ScholarEnables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
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MLA International BibliographyA major index for literary criticism, linguistics, folklore & cultural studies.
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ProQuest Criminal Justice DatabaseResearch on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses GlobalIndexes US dissertations from 1861 with full text available from 1997; masters theses covered selectively including some full text. Selectively covers dissertations from Great Britain and other European universities for recent years.
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PsycInfoAPA database covering the academic research and practice literature in psychology and related disciplines (medicine, education, social work, etc.) from over 60 countries.
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PubMedDatabase of biomedical literature from the National Library of Medicine covering journal articles about medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, biology and public health from 1950 to the present; multiple mobile apps available, provides access to MEDLINE, etc. Includes links to full text of UNC-CH's electronic journal subscriptions.
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Sociological AbstractsDatabase covering over 2500 journals in sociology, both theoretical and applied, and related disciplines including anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology.
Social Sciences Librarian
Kristan Shawgo
Contact:
Davis Library
UNC-Chapel Hill
Available for meetings on Zoom
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Library Presentation Slides
Newspapers
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Alt-PressWatchFull text access to alternative and independent newspapers, magazines, and journals, publications which bring perspectives, insights, and opinions not often found in mainstream journalism.
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Ethnic NewsWatchA full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. This collection of articles, editorials, columns, reviews, etc. provides a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints.
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Nexis UniProvides full-text access to general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information, and other topics such as biographical information. It covers general, regional and international news, company news and financial information, legal information (including law reviews, case law and legal rulings), and other topics such as biographical information. Many of the files are full-text.
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New York Times Academic Pass (Students Only)All UNC Chapel Hill students now have full, year-round access to The New York Times, including smartphone, tablet, and browser access, thanks to a sponsorship from the University Library. For app downloads, visit NYTimes.com/mobile.
Access does not include e-reader editions, Premium Crosswords or The New York Times Crosswords apps. Pass users receive access to the New York Times archives, including five free articles from 1923 through 1980, per day; archive articles outside that date range are not subject to that limit. Digital access is available only during the time that our New York Times Site License is active.
Note: Students must click on "Create Account" and follow the instructions. To be eligible, you must register using your @live.unc.edu email account. Please allow up to a week for your registration to be processed.
Please consult https://guides.lib.unc.edu/nyt-academic-pass for additional information on using this resource.
- Last Updated: Oct 8, 2020 1:56 PM
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