Research Guide for Womens Studies

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Articles Print View An efficient way to find articles in journals, magazines, or newspapers is to search discipline-specific databases to identify articles. A database will allow you to look for articles by title, by author, or by a few keywords that describe your topic. Electronic Resources Core Resources America: History and Life Principal resource for articles on American and Canadian history.  More Info... SocINDEX SocINDEX, with more than 1.3 million records, covers an array of social science disciplines - from anthropology to social work.  More Info... Historical Abstracts Principal resource for articles on world history from 1450-present.  More Info... Gender Studies Database combines Womens Studies International and Men's Studies databases. Citations to journal articles, conference papers, book chapters, governement reports, working papers, theses and dissertations. Covers publications from 1972-present.   More Info... Related Resources PsycINFO Citations and abstracts for journals, books and dissertations in psychology and human behavior. (Internet Explorer or Safari recommended)  More Info... PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service) Citations on topics of public policy to periodicals, books, hearings, reports, web sites and government documents  More Info... Multidisciplinary Resources Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective Citations to articles from major social science and humanities journals from 1907-1984  More Info... JSTOR Historical backfiles of full text articles from a selected number of major research journals.  More Info... ProjectMuse Full text articles from scholarly humanities and social science journals.  More Info...