Research Guide: Women's Studies Databases

Available through FirstSearch. Global information on women in over 150 countries.

"Provides links to Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. It focuses on the period from ca. 1500 to ca. 1800 and includes links to Web sites about the Medieval period and 19th Century as well."

Abstracts related to family studies, including families, marriage, divorce, and family therapy.

A "searchable database providing access to over 8,400 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature."

A full text database of journals, newsletters and research reports on women. Two simultaneous users.

Includes all data from Humanities International Index (indexing to more than 2,100 journals and 2 million records) as well as access to about 900 full-text journals.

Coverage of more than 247,500 citations and abstracts from 1982-present with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Partial full-text.

"A scholarly resource for the study of women's religious communities from 400 to 1600 CE." Includes primary & secondary sources, images, and a bibliography.

The New York Times archive provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. It is possible to limit by article type including: classified ad, display ad, editorial cartoon, letter, comic, editorial article, review, stock quote, weather, legal notice, and real estate transaction.

Contains about 2000 viewpoint articles, 1000 topic overviews, 700 court case overviews, and 30 full text periodicals and newspapers. The Research Guide provides tips on analyzing issues with opposing viewpoints, distinguishing fact from opinion, evaluating information sources, and recognizing deceptive arguments.

Provides access to back files of over 550 complete full-image journals spanning 200 years in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Contains full-text essays representing multiple sides of about 250 topics; in addition, the database includes political magazines, radio and television news transcripts, primary source documents, and reference books.

Includes court cases and legislation. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the link to Pornography and Sexual Representation.

Full text of over 100 scholarly journals in fields including literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, political science, gender studies, and economics.

Covers 1887 to the present. Provides worldwide coverage to literature in psychology and related disciplines. Links to full text articles in other databases. PsycARTICLES provides access to over 100,000 searchable full text articles from 48 journals published by the American Psychological Association from 1894 to the present.

Index to popular magazines and journals. Particularly useful for historical research. Many of the articles are available in either print or microfilm format in the Milne Library basement. Please ask a librarian if you need assistance. Four simultaneous users.

SocINDEX, a sociology research database, provide abstracts for about 800 "core" journals dating back to 1895 as well as indexing for more than 600 "priority" coverage journals and 2500 "selective" coverage journals.

Hundreds of primary source materials such as letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts dating from about 1810 - 1860 that can be used in teaching local New York State history.

Index to books, articles and reports concerning women in politics.