Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

This guide covers research sources in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

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Finding Scholarly Articles

The library subscribes to many databases. Recommended databases for articles on gender and sexuality are:

  • SocINDEX with Full Text Best Bet
    This database has full-text articles that cover all aspects of sociology and closely related areas of study.
  • Biography (Gale in Context)
    Find biographical information on over one million people, current and historic.
  • Feminist on JSTOR

    Over 75 magazines, newsletters, and newspapers created by activists and collectives that helped propel the second wave of feminism from the late sixties and early seventies through the end of the 20th century. Abortion, rape, unequal pay, women in the service, child care, women’s self-help, pornography, gender roles, and many other major issues of the period were extensively covered in the pages of the feminist press.

  • Gender Studies (Gale OneFile)
    This collection of journals aims to provide balanced coverage of this significant aspect of our culture, covering such topics as gender studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, and many more.
  • Google Scholar Featured
    Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature using the familiar Google interface. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.
  • LGBT on JSTOR

    The LGBT collection contains 25 publications that chronicle the birth of the Gay and Lesbian movements in the United States.

  • LGBTQ+ Rights
    Charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today.
  • Social Sciences Full Text
    This source indexes a wide variety of sources related to the social sciences including sociology, family studies, public administration, social work, etc.
  • Women and the Law
    Women and the Law (Peggy) is a database containing a unique collection of materials bringing together more than 3,300 books, biographies, and periodicals dedicated to women’s roles in society and the law over the past 200 years.

Google Scholar

Google Scholar is another resource for finding research articles. Look on the right hand side of the screen for the "Check MCLA Full-Text" links that will bring you to the article in one of our databases. You can also look for the free PDFs listed on the right hand side. If you are off-campus, use these instructions to set it up for full access to library resources.

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