Selected Resources for:
Women’s & Gender Studies

Contemporary Women's Issues   

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1992- .

Indexes more than 2200 publications (books, journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, and fact sheets). Full-text sources provide information dealing with women's issues in over 190 nations. Includes book reviews.

GenderWatch   

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1970s- .

Publications focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas and include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, non-governmental organization and special reports. The database provides in-depth coverage of subjects that are central to women's lives as well as topics on the impact of gender and gender roles.

LGBT Life with Full Text   

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Index to the world's literature regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues. This database contains indexing and abstracts for more than 80 LGBT-specific core periodicals. Includes some full text.

Women Studies Abstracts  

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/record=b1364813~S4

Index to scholarly literature written about women, including book and media reviews. Often includes bibliographic essays. Identifies and annotates special issues of journals and reports.

Location: Ref. Z 7962 .W65

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures  

Four introductory chapters provide overviews of several broad topics related to sex and gender studies. These chapters are followed by individual articles that focus on sex and gender issues in specific cultures. Extensive bibliographies are provided at the end of each article.

Location: Ref. HQ 16 .E53 2003

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide  

A six-volume work divided into geographic areas: Asia and Oceania; Central and South America; the Middle East and North Africa; North American and the Caribbean; Sub-Saharan Africa. Each volume is further divided into countries and then the following subtopics: education, employment and economics, family and sexuality, health, politics and law, religion and spirituality, violence, and an outlook for the 21st century.

Location: Ref. HQ 115 .G74 2003

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge  

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Four-volume resource addressing the concerns of women and the theory and practice of feminism worldwide, with entries for ideas, regional topics, and actions rather than for individual women. Articles are signed and include a "references and further reading" list.

Location: Ref. HQ 1115 .R69 2000