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G300: Gender Studies: Core Concepts and Key Debates (IW)


The resources included in this research guide will help you in your examination of the field of Gender Studies. This research guide will help you find articles, books, microfilm and other primary and secondary resources for your assignments.


Scholarly Resources:

Use the resources below to find scholarly articles for your Discussion Leaders assignment as well as the Secondary Scholarship Exercise and the Long Essay.


  • Gender Studies Database
    Use this databases to find citations to articles, books, conference papers, dissertations and other publications related to the study of women and feminism, women's studies and men's studies.

    • Coverage: 1972-present


      Use the search box below to search the Gender Studies Database!

  • GenderWatch
    This is a full text database that includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, and other publications that discuss gender's impact on various subject areas.

    • Coverage: 1970-present

      Use the search box below to begin your search in GenderWatch

      Enter your search terms:


  • JSTOR
    This is a full text database of scholarly journals that covers various subject areas in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. To browse Feminist & Women's Studies journal articles select browse from the top of the page and then select by discipline then select Feminist & Women's Studies from the list.

    • Coverage: Varies

  • Project Muse
    This database is similar to JSTOR except it more current articles full text from scholarly journals that covers various subject areas in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. To browse Women's Studies journal articles select Browse Journals from the top of the page and then select Browse Journals by Discipline then select Women's Studies from the list.

    • Coverage: Varies

Primary Resources:


What are primary resources?  Use this guide to learn more about primary & secondary resources.


  • IUCAT - The library's catalog is a great resource for finding primary resources owned by the library.

    • There are different ways to find primary resources in the catalog. One way is to click on Advanced Keyword Search under More IUCAT Searches and then enter "sources or diaries or interviews or journals or personal narratives or correspondence" in the Subject field and "women's studies or feminist" in the Keywords Anywhere field.

      Be sure to limit the library to All Bloomington Libraries to find resources on the Bloomington campus.

    • Many primary resources are on microfilm. To find microfilm use the Keywords Anywhere search in IUCAT. Enter "women's studies or feminist" in one Keywords Anywhere field and select the Keywords Anywhere field from another drop-down menu and enter "microfilm or microfiche".

Databases for Primary Resources in Gender Studies - You can also find primary resources in many of the libraries' databases.

  • Godey's Lady's Book
    This database includes stories, poems, fashion, illustrations and music in popular women's periodical from the 19th Century.

    • Coverage: 1830-1835

  • 19th Century Historical United States Newspapers
    This resource is a digital archive of over 200 American historical newspapers from the 19th century. It includes major papers as well as publications of minority and social activist groups.

    • Coverage: 19th Century

  • Women and Social Movements
    This database is organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. In addition to seaching the the full text of the database it can also be browsed by authors, subjects, sources, and movements.

    • Coverage: 1600-2000

Looking for Images? - Use these databases to find images related to gender studies.

  • ARTstor
    ARTstor is a digital library of approximately 700,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences.

  • AP Photo Archive
    The Photo Archive is a digital library of the Associated Press' current photos and a selection of pictures from their 50 million image print and negative library. The Photo Archive contains approximately 700,000 photos. Hundreds of new photos enter the database each day from around the world.

Other Secondary Resources:

What are secondary resources? Use this guide to learn more about primary & secondary resources.

  • AltPressIndex
    This database is an index for journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. It provides alternative viewpoints on internationally significant topics.

    • Coverage: 1991-present

  • AltPressIndexArchive
    This database is similar in content to AltPressIndex except it contains older articles.

    • Coverage: 1969-1990


Other Resources:

Use these resources to find additional additional background information on gender studies and feminist theories.
 

  • Social Theory
    Use this database to learn more about various theories. The browse feature at the top of the page allows you to browse by authors, theories, years, and much more.

    • Coverage: 1787--2004

  • Blackwell Reference Online
    Use this database to learn more about various feminist theories and gender studies. It includes A Concise Companion to Feminist Theory and A Companion to Gender Studies.