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Women's Studies

This page provides access to recommended resources for research in women's studies.

Finding Articles [help]

Because of the multidisciplinary aspects of Women’s Studies, the databases you choose will depend on your specific research topic.

Descriptors to consider using in your searches are: sexism, feminist, feminism, feminist theory, gender, gender roles, sexual inequality, solidarity movements, womens groups, womens history, womens rights, and womens roles.

America: History and Life - Women’s history topics

ArtAbstracts - Feminist art criticism

ATLA Religion - Feminism and religion

ERIC - Gender issues (in education), womens education, females, and sex differences

Ethnic NewsWatch - Publications from ethnic communities in the U.S. and the world

MLA Bibliography - Feminist literary criticism and female characters

PsycINFO - Sex roles, gender identity, human sex differences, and human females

Sociological Abstracts - Female, female roles, and women's groups

Web of Science - Citation index for all disciplines (1977-present)

Finding Books

HopeCAT - Materials in the collections of Hope College Libraries and Western Theological Seminary

MeLCat - Materials in participating Michigan libraries

WorldCat - Materials in U.S. and international libraries

Online Reference Sources

The Continuum Complete International Encyclopedia of Sexuality (2004)

Credo Reference

including: The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women (1998), The Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography (1999), The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History (1998), The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English (1999), and others

Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America (2000)

Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations (2004)