Women and Gender Databases
(see also
Social Sciences and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- Contemporary
Women's Issues (FirstSearch)
- Provides full-text access to global information
on women's issues, their health, and human rights
in over 150 countries. Indexes books, journals,
newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups,
government and international agencies, and fact sheets.
- GenderWatch
(ProQuest)
- (Enlarging the scope of Women 'R') is a
full-text collection of international
journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications,
special reports and conference
proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues
that are uniquely central
to women's daily lives, including family,
childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse,
work and the workplace, sexual
harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating
disorders and social and societal
roles. Interdisciplinary coverage of many fields.
Covers back to the 1970's.
(See Using ProQuest Databases for searching tips)
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
Biography -
History -
Literature
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more.
- Note: to use ebrary, you must first download and install the
ebrary Reader on your computer (more information).
- New
Harvard Guide to Women's Health (Credo/xrefer)
- Complete information on women's health concerns, both physical and
behavioral, spanning from the first period to menopause and beyond.
Recommendations reflecting the current medical thinking cover nutrition,
cardiac health, diagnostic tests, prescription drugs, medical procedures,
autoimmune diseases, over-the-counter medications, hormone replacement
therapy, and more.
- Biography:
(See also: Biography)
- Macmillan
Dictionary of Women's Biography (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Notable
American Women: 1607-1950 (Credo/xrefer)
- Covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of
American history including artists, lawyers, reformers, educators, entrepreneurs,
physicists, writers, pioneers, presidents' ladies, film stars, and more in all areas
of endeavor, both famous and obscure.
- Notable
American Women: The Modern Period (Credo/xrefer)
- Life stories of American women who have in some way affected contemporary
American life. Includes crucial dates, ancestry, parents, education, marital status,
children, and a brief essay that focuses on each woman's life and personality, and
evaluates her career from a historical framework.
- Penguin
Biographical Dictionary of Women (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Who's
Who in Gay and Lesbian History, Routledge (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- History:
(See also: History--General and
History--United States)
- Encyclopedia
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- Reader's
Companion to U.S. Women's History (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Literature:
(See also: Literature)
- American
Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Contains biographical and critical essays on 1,328 American women
writers covering all genres and all periods of American history.
- Cambridge
Guide to Women's Writing in English (Credo/xrefer)
- (See database page for description)
- Cambridge
Guide to Women's Writings in English (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Reference guide covering women writers across the English-speaking
world (including Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the Caribbean) from
medieval times to the 20th Century. Covers authors, texts, kinds of writing, genres &
sub-genres, general terms, and large labels like "postmodernism".
- Feminism
in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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