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Getting Started with Gender and Woman's Studies Research

This guide will help you find the library resources you need to carry out effective research on topics on topics related to Gender and Women's Studies.

The tabs will take you to advice on finding articles, research databases, books, and websites

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Databases for Research on Gender and Women's Studies Topics

Just to get started, here are a few of the most popular databases for general research in Women's Studies. Find more advanced options in the Articles & Databases tab.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
A large multi-subject database covering every topic with scholarly journals and popular magazines.
Access provided by KYVL.
Artemis Literary Sources (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Provides combined access to Dictionary of Literary Biography, Literature Criticism Online and Something About the Author Online.
Literature Online (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Contains full text of works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, including a combined search with the Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature and the MLA International Bibliography. Access is restricted to a total of four simultaneous users.
Search Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABEL) or MLA International Bibliography (MLA)
individually or together with Literature Online
Masterfile Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Provides full text of periodicals, reference books, primary source documents, and more on virtually every subject area of general interest, back to 1975.
Access provided by KYVL.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
A subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literature, folklore, and linguistics, back to 1925.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new window
Includes biographies, diaries and letters of North American women.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 This link opens in a new window
Contains full text documents covering the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000.
Women Writers Online This link opens in a new window
Contains rare or difficult to obtain works written or co-authored by women from the sixteenth century to the mid nineteenth century in the English language.

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