Research Guides: Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies Research Guide (Main): Find Journal Articles

Recommended Databases

Journal articles are located in individual journal titles as well as in databases. The following databases provide good coverage of WGSS research.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. Access broad ranging resources that include full-text journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and video content from the Associate Press etc.

Access broad ranging resources that include full-text journals, monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and video content from the Associated Press, etc.
Contemporary Women's Issues This link opens in a new window
Covers information on women from journals, newsletters, research reports, government and international agencies. Focused towards the disciplines of sociology, psychology, law, health, education, and business.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Provides publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Access a wide variety of journal articles in the humanities and other disciplines. Note: You may not be able to access the most current 2–7 years of certain journals—but many of these recent publications are found in Project MUSE.
Philosopher's Index (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Indexes books and journals in philosophy and related fields. Covers ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, epistemology, metaphysics, and more.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Includes the most recently published output of many major scholarly journals. Covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, cultural studies, education, political science, and more.
PubMed This link opens in a new window
Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this biomedical database includes over 30 million citations and dates back to 1946.

These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Collection of international sources on women's studies journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, theses, web sites and documents, and more.

Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

Selected Journal List

Feminist Collection
Available through Contemporary Women's Issues.

Feminist Formations(Continuation of NWSA Journal)

Feminist Review
HQ1154 .F4465

Feminist Studies: FS
HQ1101 .F455

Feminist Theory

HQ1190 .F465

Gender & History
HQ1101 .G46

Gender & Society
HQ1075 .G457

Hypatia
HQ1101 .H9
Formerly published under the title Women's Studies International Forum
HQ1101 .W775 (v. 5-v.29, 1982-2006) Now a separate journal.

Journal of Women's History
HQ1101 .J68

NWSA Journal
HQ1186 .U6 N87

Sex Roles
HQ786 .S4 (v.1-v.55, 1975-2006)

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society
HQ1101 .S55

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly
E-only

Woman's Art Journal
N72 .F45W64

Women & Politics
HQ1236 .W63 (v.1-v.26, 1980-2004)

Continued as Journal of Women, Politics & Policy

HQ1236 .W63

Women's Review of Books
Micfilm 1635

Current issues shelved in Current Periodicals until replaced by microfilm.

Women's Studies
HQ1101 .W77 (v.1-v.28, 1972-1999)