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Gender Studies Databases/Indexes

Subject Liaison: Stephanie Isham 972-883-2629
Database/ Index
Description
Sociological Abstracts Draws information from an international selection of over 1,800 journals, serials, conference papers, books and dissertations published from 1952 to the present. Subjects include community development, family and social work, group interactions, human biology, religion and science, welfare services, women's studies, social psychology, health, medicine and law, environmental interactions and demography. It includes a thesaurus and links to many full-text articles.  How to Search This Database
Social Sciences Citation Index (1898-present) Multidisciplinary index with searchable author abstracts, covering journals in the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, law, political science, psychology and sociology) from 1956 to the present. The Cited Reference Search option in Social Sciences Citation Index allows users to find other works which reference a specific work or author. How to Search This Database
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) is an index to periodicals, books, and international, federal and state documents published since 1915. Subjects covered include economics, the media, health conditions, banking and business, politics, law and ethics, social issues, and public administration.  How to Search This Database
The database provides abstracts for articles in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. This new database is created from the merger of Political Science Abstracts and ABC POL SCI. The database indexes articles written from 1975 to the present.  How to Search This Database
Gender Studies POWERSEARCH Searches the following databases simultaneously: Academic Search CompleteProvided by TexShare, Business Source CompleteProvided by TexShare, Essay & General Literature Index, Humanities Abstracts, Humanities International Index, PsycArticles, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences CollectionProvided by TexShare, PsycInfo, Social Sciences Abstracts.  How to Search This Database
The Vogue Archive This database is a searchable archive of Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world's commercial artists, stylists, and photographers and is a unique record of fashion, culture, advertising, and society from the dawn of the twentieth-century to the present day. It is also a rich source for other areas of modern culture, providing a record of changing social tastes and mores, encompassing literary works by Kate Chopin, Evelyn Waugh, Vladimir Nabokov, and Carson McCullers, articles by Winston Churchill and Bertrand Russell, wartime photojournalism by Lee Miller, features on popular cultural figures of the day from Marlene Dietrich and the Beatles to Nicole Kidman and Beyoncé, and on prominent American women from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama.
Dolley Madison Papers (Standalone edition with special features) A collection of all the known correspondence of Dolley Payne Madison (1788-1843), one of the most important First Ladies of the nineteenth century. Over 1,500 documents are available that may be searched or browsed by date, topic, name of sender/receiver, and place.
Dolley Madison Papers (document content only) A collection of all the known correspondence of Dolley Payne Madison (1788-1843), one of the most important First Ladies of the nineteenth century. Over 1,500 documents are available that may be searched or browsed by date, topic, name of sender/receiver, and place.
E-Books
Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online An electronic collection of books and periodicals reflecting the evolution of feminist consciousness and women's rights. These books and articles span four centuries and fifteen languages. This is the best place to begin research on any aspect of women's history.  How to Search This Database
Women Writers Online is a complete set of digital texts from the Women Writers Project at Brown University. This collection contains works by pre-Victorian women writers including 100 Renaissance texts. Among the types of primary sources included in this collection are: poems, letters, essays, book chapters and plays.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries North American Women's Letters and Diaries is a searchable, full-text, primary source database containing letters, diaries, and manuscripts written by women from Colonial times to 1950. The database brings to life the personal experiences of some 1,325 American women. Advanced search options allow users to focus their search to specific keywords, time periods, geographic locations, ethnicities, major social and life events, or association with major historical events.  How to Search This Database
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries Letters and Diaries from 1500-1900 provides a collection of primary sources from journal articles, pamphlets, newsletters, monographs and conference proceedings. The personal experiences of more than 500 women are represented and include all age groups and life stages, all ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous, and the not so famous.  How to Search This Database
Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800) Online full-text database based on the renowned American Bibliography first published by Charles Evans. For many decades Evan's Bibliography served as a cornerstone for research into American history, literature, philosophy, religion, agriculture, witchcraft, and virtually every aspect of American life in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. With Early American Imprints, Series I, every item in Evan's Bibliography has been digitized and is now available online. It contains more than 37,000 publications. The database may be searched by title, author, subject, genre, language, date, publisher, place of publication, or by simple keywords.  How to Search This Database
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker (1801-1819) Early American Imprints, Series II is an online full-text database based on the renowned Bibliography of Ralph Shaw and Richard Shoemaker. Containing more than 36,000 publications, the database provides access to the rich primary source material for the early decades of nineteenth century America, including coverage of politics, religion, war, economics, and social and cultural thought. Early American Imprints, Series II may be searched by title, author, subject, genre, language, date, publisher, place of publication, or by simple keywords.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online Provide access to digital images of every page of 150,000 books published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of approximately 26 million pages, the product allows researchers new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.  How to Search This Database
 
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