Women's studies is an interdisciplinary field; don't restrict your searching to one subject area. The databases below encompass the arts, humanities, and social sciences. For a complete listing of our databases click here.
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This database provides access to a vast collection of academic resources, including peer-reviewed journals, full-text articles, magazines, newspapers, podcasts, and videos. The purpose of this database is to give students access to a large variety of peer-reviewed research across multiple disciplines. It’s an excellent tool for gathering credible information, whether you’re working on a research paper, project, or just exploring new topics.
Special Features:
Visualization Tool & Browse-by-Topic: These features help you brainstorm and explore various topics, making it easier to find relevant research for your projects.
Lexile Feature: This option lets you filter articles by reading difficulty, so you can find materials that match your reading level.
Highlight & Note-Taking: You can highlight important sections and add personal notes to articles, helping you stay organized during your research.
Read-Aloud Feature: Need help reading through content? The read-aloud feature can read articles to you, making it easier to absorb information.
Google Drive Integration: Save your favorite articles and content directly to Google Drive for easy access anytime, anywhere.
Content: Peer reviewed journals, full-text articles, books, primary sources, and other research materials.
Purpose: Students can find academic information on African-American history topics.
Special Features: Save, email, and cite materials; Use the topic centers, browse resources and tools for students to help you use database content in assignments.
Content: Peer reviewed journals, full-text articles, books, primary sources, and other research materials.
Purpose: Students can find academic information on American history topics.
Special Features: Save, email, and cite materials; Use the topic centers, browse resources and tools for students to help you use database content in assignments.
Content: Biographical information, full text articles, and other research materials of people and individuals across different subjects
Purpose: Provides access to multiple sources and information about specific individuals
Special Features: Includes a visualization tool and browse-by-topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, the ability to highlight and add notes to text, and a read-aloud feature; Save content to Google Drive.
Content: Includes access to Gale Literature Resource Center (literary commentary), Gale Literature Criticism (biographies, overviews, full-text criticisms, audio interviews, and reviews on writers), and Gale Literature: Something About the Author (lives/works of children and young adult authors and illustrators).
Purpose: This interface brings together Gale's premier literary databases in a new digital environment that allows researchers, faculty and students to search across these resources to discover and analyze content in entirely new ways.
Special Features: Browse by topic, search for an author, search for a specific work, see your search history, and much more!
Content: Peer reviewed journals, full text articles, multimedia content, and other research materials.
Purpose: Provides access to multiple sources and authoritative information on current event and hot topics related to global issues.
Special Features: Includes a visualization tool and browse-by-topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, the ability to highlight and add notes to text, and a read-aloud feature; Save content to Google Drive.
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This database offers a rich variety of resources, including peer-reviewed journals, full-text articles, pro/con articles, multimedia content, and other research materials. It's designed to give you access to credible and up-to-date information on current events and trending topics across a range of subjects. The database is your go-to source for authoritative information on hot topics, providing multiple perspectives to help you build a well-rounded understanding for papers, presentations, or class discussions.
Special Features:
Browse-by-Topic: This feature help you brainstorm ideas, explore topics in-depth, and organize your research more efficiently.
Lexile Feature: Filter articles based on reading difficulty, making it easier to find materials that match your level of understanding.
Highlight & Notes: As you read, you can highlight key sections and add notes directly to the text, so you stay organized and focused.
Read-Aloud Feature: Need help processing content? The read-aloud feature reads articles out loud, giving you an alternative way to absorb information.
Save to Google Drive: You can save articles and other content directly to your Google Drive, so you can access your research anywhere, anytime.
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ProQuest Central covers a wide range of fields like Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities. This database gives students access to a massive amount of peer-reviewed research and scholarly resources across multiple disciplines, allowing you to dive deep into your topic and find credible sources for papers, projects, and assignments.
Content: APA database that offers full-text for journals published by APA, the Canadian Psychological Association, Hogrefe Publishing Group and APA's Educational Publishing Foundation.
Purpose: Important database for psychology, counseling, and education students.
Special Features: The database is updated bi-weekly all content is available in PDF and HTML formats; a Methodology search filter to narrow searches to a specific research methods.
Content: An interdisciplinary database covering the social sciences.
Purpose: Students can view a massive amount of peer-reviewed research across multiple disciplines.
Special Features: Includes a Thesaurus feature that assists in using the database’s controlled vocabulary, as well as research tools.
Content: Primary and analytical law sources, news, trade publications, company information, and more.
Purpose: Use to search legal cases, codes, and other information.
Collection Highlights
Use our Periodicals Locator to browse e-journals on law, economics, women's rights, health and medicine, sexuality and sexual identity, education, and other subjects. You can search by subject, or by the title of the publication.