Research Guides: Women's &amp; Gender Studies: A Guide to Research

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GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Historical and current perspectives on gender and sexuality.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (scholar's edition) This link opens in a new window
U.S. history from women's points-of-view
Gender: Identity and Social Change This link opens in a new window
Documents the representations & lived experiences of gender roles from the 1800s-
Independent Voices (JSTOR) This link opens in a new window
A digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Latinos, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Provides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals. Browse by subject to see titles on feminism and women's studies or gender studies.
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Covers all aspects of sociology.

Sylvia
A collection of books about gender and feminism about the lives and contributions of cisgender women, transgender women, and girls. Also includes topic filters for gender equity, gender identity, human rights, LGBTQ and LGBTQ+.
All Women's and Gender Studies databases

Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies
Interdisciplinary journal that explores intersectionality
Feminist Review
Interdisciplinary journal with peer reviewed articles, experimental pieces, visual and textual media and political interventions, including interviews, short stories, poems and photographic essays.
Gender & Society
Articles analyze gender and gendered processes in interactions, organizations, societies, and global and transnational spaces.
Feminist Formations
National, global, and transnational feminist thought and practice, the cultural and social politics of genders and sexualities, historical and contemporary studies of gendered experience, agency, and activism
Women's Studies
Scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature, history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics, anthropology and the sciences, including poetry, film and book reviews.
Women in American Society
Explores the lives of women in American society, including demographic trends, educational achievements, employment, financial status, parental responsibilities, political roles, victimization, and health issues.
Women's Studies International Forum
Feminist research in the multidisciplinary, international area of women's studies and in feminist research in other disciplines

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National Women's Studies Association
Professional organization to promote and support the production and dissemination of knowledge about women and gender through teaching, learning, research and service in academic and other settings.

Women & LGBT Center
Empowers students to understand gender equity issues and amplifies the voices of women and the queer community.