Research Guides: Women's & Gender Studies: Finding Articles

Finding Articles

Just beginning your research? Start with this general database when looking for articles in this subject area. Databases show existing articles in a specific subject area and may provide links to the full-text of an article.

Below is a database that is a great starting point for your research!

For more in-depth research...

The full list of WU database is available by alphabetic list, subject, or type of resource.

America History and Life
The core database for U.S. and Canadian history and culture, America, History and Life provides access to scholarly literature from prehistoric times to the present. Indexes and abstracts over 1700 journals as well as book and media reviews and dissertations. 1910 - present
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Provides robust coverage of quality research in areas related to communication and mass media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.
Diversity Studies
Explores cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily.
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Covers roughly 700 periodicals that research nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and much more. 1984 - present

Journals in the library collection

Search for a journal title or browse journals by category

How do I know if a journal is peer-reviewed?

Most article databases, including the library catalog, have an option to limit results to peer review. If there is not an option to limit, try adding "peer review" as a search term. Many databases like Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) indicate whether an article is peer reviewed.
The easiest way of determine whether a journal is peer reviewed is by using the library's catalog. Search the library's catalog for the title of the journal, and the results will indicate whether it is peer reviewed. If there is no indication, then it is not peer reviewed.
Visit the journal or publisher's website. Publishers will highlight whether a journal is peer reviewed in the description of the journal.

NOTE: Even thought a journal is deemed peer reviewed does not mean every article in the journal is peer reviewed. Book reviews, editorials, etc., do not qualify as peer reviewed. For more information, visit our guide about Peer-Review.

Women's & Gender Studies

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