Women and Gender Studies

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Primary subject databases
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Women and Gender Studies @ ProQuest Selected ProQuest databases for Women's Studies. View Full Description

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Secondary subject databases
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Film and Media Studies @ EBSCOhost Selected EBSCOhost databases for Film and Media Studies. View Full Description

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Tertiary subject databases
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ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials Provides access to books, book chapters and articles from major journals on all aspects of religious studies. View Full Description
Bibliography of Asian Studies Includes records for western-language materials on all subjects pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia. View Full Description
Black Women in America Based on the 2005 three-volume print edition, includes biographical and topical articles. View Full Description
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History Includes more than 650 biographies of influential women and more than 600 topical articles. View Full Description
Pop Culture Universe: Idols, Icons, Ideas Full-text information on all aspects of popular culture, from 1920s to present. View Full Description
Scholars Portal Journals Several thousand full-text electronic journals; especially strong in sciences and social sciences. View Full Description
Vogue Archive Complete archive of Vogue magazine. View Full Description
WomanStats Project A compilation of data on over 260 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. Creating a free account is required. View Full Description
Women and Social Movements, International: 1840 to Present Letters, conference proceedings and other primary material concerning women's social movements. View Full Description

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Course guides organized by course number and course title
Course # Title
WS100 Intro to Women & Gender Studies: Annotated Bibliography
WS100C Introduction to Women & Gender Studies
WS203-BR Girls, Women and Popular Culture
WS290 Histories of Feminist Thought and Action

Major journals in women and gender studies include: