Carleton College: Gould Library: Subject Research Guides: Women and Gender Studies

Subject Research Guides

Feminist Research Methods: An Annotated Bibliography
CC Reference: HQ1180.M54 1991

Women in music : a research and information guide
CC Reference: ML128.W7 P46 2005

Women's studies : a recommended bibliography
CC Reference: HQ1180.K75 W66 2004

Women's studies encyclopedia (3 vols.)
CC Reference: HQ1115.W645 1999

Reader's guide to women's studies
CC Reference: HQ1180.r43 1998

Index to translated short fiction by Latin American women in English language anthologies
CC Reference: PQ7082.S5 L46 1997

An index to women's studies anthologies : research across the disciplines
CC Reference: HQ1180.B76 1996

The International encyclopedia of sexuality (4 vols.)
CC Reference: HQ21.I68 1997

Women's Studies

Women's Studies International (1971-present)
Covers women's studies literature and feminist research, including political science, humanities, sociology, history, business and education.

Contemporary Women's Issues International (CWI)
Focuses on health and human rights topics. Indexes books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets from 1992-present.

Multidisciplinary

Academic Search Premier
Date coverage varies, includes some full text.
Current Contents (1997-current)
A multidisciplinary index providing access to articles, some meeting abstracts, and some books. A wide range of subjects covered.
ProQuest Research Library (1986-current)
Formerly known as Periodical Abstracts. Covers publications from academic journals and popular magazines in the humanities, social sciences, general sciences, and business. Full-text available starting in 1991.
Periodicals Archive Online
Index to articles published in 4,698 periodicals in the humanities & social sciences in 40 languages. Indexing goes back to the first issue of the journal, some titles go back over 200 years.
Project Muse
Coverage varies
Provides access to scholarly journals published by major university presses. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
JSTOR
Full-text archive of over 125 scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences covering all issues published, except for the last 2 to 5 years.

Newspapers

Alternative Press Index (1991-present)
Full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press from .
Ethnic NewsWatch (1991-present)
Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
LexisNexis Academic
News from United States and the world.

Political Science

PAIS (1915-present)
Indexes articles, books, conference proceedings, gov docs, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975-present)
Indexes international serial literature in political science and its complementary fields including international relations, law, and public administration/policy. Replaces ABC Pol Sci. Also includes the backfiles from Political Science Abstracts.

Sociology, Psychology

Sociological Abstracts (1963-present)
Indexes sociology and sociological topics in anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science and social psychology.

History

America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts (1964-present)
Indexes journals, book reviews, and dissertations for World and American history history and culture from prehistoric times to the present.
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index 1990 to present
Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.

Literature

MLA International Bibliography
(1963-present)
Index to critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Coverage includes journals, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings, and other materials.

Gateways

WMS

History

National Women's History Project
Women's Studies in Digital Archives
Created by Women's Studies Section of ACRL, this guide is a starting point for identifying digitized collections of documents that can serve as primary sources.
Digital Schomburg: African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Women Working: 1870-1930 (Harvard University Library) Fully-digitized versions of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, consumer trade catalogs and photographs exploring women's roles in the US economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression.
American Women
A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States.

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