Contents:

• Find articles & essays
• Find background information
• Find books
• Key websites

Offcampus Access Databases A-Z Research Guides by Subject | by Course Reference Books Online Library Catalog

Academic Search Complete - The world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database. Dates of coverage vary by title

Alt-Press Watch - Full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press from 1995-present.

Ethnic NewsWatch - Full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.

GenderWatch - Full-text collection of articles on women's social, religious & political issues from 1974-present.

JSTOR - Collection of key scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences & natural sciences, starting from the first issue but not the latest 3-5 years

LGBT Life - Index to the world's literature on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, plus full text for 50 of the most important journals in the fiel

LexisNexis Academic - Domestic and international news, in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish

PAIS - Public Affairs Information Services via FirstSearch. Database of articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs from 1915-present.

Periodicals Index 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.

PubMed - Articles in all fields of medicine and biomedicine, with abstracts and links to additional resources from the National Library of Medicine, 1950 to present

Project Muse - Academic journals in the humanities & social sciences, from the past five years - see JSTOR for prior years

SocINDEX with Full Text (replaces Sociological Abstracts) - Index to articles on all aspects of sociology and other social science articles, with full text from 400 core sociology journals

Web of Science is very useful in performing interdisciplinary subject searches. This database searches the Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index Expanded from 1965+.

Women's Studies International - Indexes journal articles and books on women's studies, feminism, and gender studies, 1972 to present

Other databases may be useful for you, depending on your specific topic and approach. AskUs and get some customized suggestions, or request an appointment with the library research liaison.

American Masculinities: A Historical Encyclopedia
American National Biography
Blackwood Encyclopedia of Sociology
Britannica Online
Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Encyclopedia of American Social History (Clapp Ref HN57 .E58 1993)
Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Encyclopedia of Disability
Encyclopedia of Family Life (Clapp Ref HQ534 .E53 1999)
Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
Encyclopedia of Social Theory
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide (Clapp Ref HQ1115 .G74 2003)
Handbook of American Women's History (Clapp Ref HQ1410 .H36)
Historical and Multicultural Encyclopedia of Women's Reproductive Rights in the United States
International Encyclopedia of Sexuality (Clapp Ref HQ21 .F68 1998)
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia
Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (Clapp Ref HQ1121 .O93 2008)
Reader's Guide to Women's Studies (Clapp Ref Z7961 .R43 1998)
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women (Clapp Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000)
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Women in the Third World (Clapp Ref HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998)
Women in World History: a biographical encyclopedia (Clapp Ref HQ1115 .W6 1999)
The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism (Clapp Ref HQ1115 .W644 2006)
Women's Studies Encyclopedia

Wellesley College Library catalog - The catalog lists books, journal titles, videos, and other items in the Wellesley College Libraries.

WorldCat - Use this database to find books, journals, videos, etc. in other libraries.

Women Writers Project - Research project dedicated to electronically publishing pre-Victorian texts by women. Extensive search capabilities.

Comprehensive sites

WSSLinks is a selective, comprehensive guide to women's studies resources on the Web published by the American College & Research Libraries Women's Studies Section.

WWWomen calls itself "The Premier Search Directory for Women Online." Selective directory of female-oriented web links.

Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites is a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program.

U.S. Women's history

American Women's History: A Research Guide provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections.

Women and Social Movements 1600-2000: The "Second Wave" and Beyond hosts a scholarly community devoted to producing knowledge about feminist activism and theories. The site also includes a collection of primary source material (including oral histories and images), bibliographies, and chronologies.

Global and transnational feminisms

Global Women's Activism: Selected Sites (by country/region) from Rutgers University Library

Web Resources in Global Feminism is a guide created for a history course at UCLA

Women, War, Diaspora and Learning: Research Resources from the University of Toronto

NGO Research Guide from Duke University

Transnational Dialogues from Kenyon College - includes a bibliography, filmography, and list of selected websites for researchers

Find journals, magazines, 'zines, and blogs

Journals and magazines focused on women and gender issues from the Women's Studies Library, University of Wisconsin

Feminist blogs aggregates numerous blogs on one site

GRRRL 'Zine Network features grrrl, lady, queer, and trans folk zines, distros, and Do-It-Yourself projects from around the world. Includes information about grrrl-related theses, dissertations, and books.

QZAP: Queer Zine Archive Project provides a searchable archive of past and present queer zines.

Go to a guide tailored for your course

• WOST 212: Feminist Bioethics (Galarneau)
• WOST 214: Women, Reproduction and Health (Galarneau)
• WRIT 125/WOST 108 - The Social Construction of Gender (Marshall)

Wellesley College Library • WCIS • Alana Kumbier • last modified: August 12, 2008