Research Guides: Women's and Gender Studies: Journal Articles

Best Bets

Find articles on all aspects of women and gender using one or more of the databases listed below:

Gender Studies Database
The best source for journal coverage of women and gender-related topics, including women's studies, men's studies, ethnic studies, health and sexual diversity issues. Indexes scholarly, popular, and internet publications, including journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, dissertations, studies, important websites, and multi-media publications.
Feminae: Medieval Women & Gender Index
Journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages (450 C.E. to 1500 C.E). Links to full-text journal articles in JSTOR and Project Muse.
PsycINFO
The primary resource for psychology, containing citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, theses, dissertations and reports in psychology and related disciplines.
Academic Search Complete
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals.

Education Source
Scholarly journal articles relating to all areas of education.
America: History and Life with Full Text
Indexes journal articles on U.S. and Canadian history from prehistory to the present.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Indexes journal articles on all countries, except the U.S. and Canada, from 1450 to the present.
MLA International Bibliography
International scholarly journals and books on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore.
JSTOR
Over 1000 high quality academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Includes 29 feminist and women's studies journals. N.B. - Because this is an archive, issues published within the last two to five years are not included.

Database Guide

Once you have chosen a database, brainstorm some search terms and enter them in the search boxes. Some tips:

Combine concepts using AND (women AND income)
Combine synonyms or similar concepts using OR (women OR female)
Use * to truncate (canad* will find canada, canadian, etc.)
use quotation marks to search for a phrase ("unpaid work"; "higher education")
You don't have to use all your keywords in the first search. You can always add more keywords later. More search strategies.