Women's History - Primary Source Databases
- Gerritsen Collection -- Women's History Online This link opens in a new windowContains material for the study of women's history in the world, including books, pamphlets, periodicals and more. Materials span four centuries and many different languages.
- North American Women's Letters & Diaries This link opens in a new windowContains the diaries and letters of large number of women writers. Fully searchable, the contents also include biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography of the material.
- Women & Social Movements This link opens in a new windowIncludes primary and secondary sources on the history of women in social movements in the U.S.
- Women's Magazine Archive 1 This link opens in a new windowAccess the full backfiles of leading women’s interest consumer magazines. Prominent themes include gender, social history, economics, media, politics and more. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005.
WGSS Librarian
Jennifer Elder
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Contact:
Librarian for Development Studies, Education, Psychology, QTM, Sociology, & Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Emory University
Robert W. Woodruff Library
404-712-2833
Emory University
Robert W. Woodruff Library
404-712-2833
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 windowProvides 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.
- Contemporary Women's Issues This link opens in a new windowCovers 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 windowProvides publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowAccess 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 windowIndexes 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 windowIncludes 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 windowProduced by the National Library of Medicine, this biomedical database includes over 30 million citations and dates back to 1946.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new windowCollection of international sources on women's studies journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, theses, web sites and documents, and more.