Databases
- Most Important Resources
- Databases for Women's & Gender Studies
- Primary Sources
- Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Etc.
Most Important Resources
Because Women's & Gender Studies is interdisciplinary, you usually need to use the databases and resources in the subject area closest to your topic. For example, if you have a literature topic, use the English sources; if you have a psychology topic, use the Psychology sources.Some relevant subject areas include:- Communication Studies
- Educational Leadership and Cultural Foundations
- English
- History
- Human Development and Family Studies
- Public Health Education
- Psychology
- Religious Studies
For other subject areas Electronic Databases by Subject provides a database list for each UNCG academic department or program.
Databases with a focus on Women's & Gender Studies:
- Indexes articles, newsletters, pamphlets, books and more, 1992 - present
- International in scope
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- Indexes books, journals, dissertation, conference papers, 1972 - present
- Includes women's, gender, and sexual diversity studies
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- Information on gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies
- Includes scholarly material and popular and grey literature
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Primary Sources
Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945
- Provides digital images of books, pamphlets, and periodicals covering the history of women, women's rights, women's suffrage, and feminism.
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries
- Provides full text diaries and letters from over 1,500 American women from Colonial America to 1950.
- Includes over 100,000 pages of text.
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Women & Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
- Provides over 20,000 full text documents, plus images, a chronology, and a dictionary.
- Includes both primary and secondary sources.
- More info
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Etc.
Gale Virtual Reference
Netlibrary Reference Center
- Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories
- Gay and Lesbian Issues: A Reference Handbook
- Lesbian Histories and Cultures
Women's & Gender Studies Resources
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Mary Krautter
Women's & Gender Studies Librarian
