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Women's Studies International
Nearly 600,000 entries from over 2,000 periodicals and other sources, dating back to the 1970's, on the "core disciplines in Women's Studies." Materials include: journal, magazine, and newspaper art...
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Contemporary Women's Issues
Information on women in such areas as legal status, health, reproductive rights, political issues, and violence. ...
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Companion To Gender History
This 2006 volumes provides about 30 signed chronological and thematic essays which survey "the history of women around the world, studies their interaction with men in gendered societies, and looks at...
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GenderStats
Database of gender-related statistics and indicators, including national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys....
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Article Searching and Databases

Arts And Humanities Search: Connect or More Details

Contemporary Women's Issues: Connect or More Details

Feminae; Medieval Women And Gender Index: Connect or More Details

JSTOR: Connect or More Details

POPLINE: Connect or More Details

PsycINFO: Connect or More Details

Sociological Abstracts: Connect or More Details

Women In Politics: Connect or More Details

Women's Studies International: Connect or More Details

Work And Family Literature Database: Connect or More Details

Reference Sources

Abortion: A Documentary and Reference Guide: Connect or More Details

Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory: Connect or More Details

Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology: Connect or More Details

Companion to Gender History: Connect or More Details

Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages: Connect or More Details

Domestic Violence: A Reference Handbook: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Abortion in the United States: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Culture, Society, History: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Title IX and Sports: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Women in the Renaissance -- Italy, France, and England: Connect or More Details

Encyclopedia of Women's Health: Connect or More Details

Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion: Connect or More Details

Feminist Philosophies A-Z: Connect or More Details

From Suffrage to the Senate: America's Political Women: Connect or More Details

Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources: Connect or More Details

Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family: Connect or More Details

International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities: Connect or More Details

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences: Connect or More Details

International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences: Connect or More Details

Internship Series Online: Connect or More Details

Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

Men and Masculinities; A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia: Connect or More Details

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Connect or More Details

Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States: Connect or More Details

Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Connect or More Details

Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Bias Based on Gender and Sexual Orientation: Connect or More Details

Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminism: Connect or More Details

Routledge Religion Resources Online: Connect or More Details

Sexual Deviation and Sexual Offenses: Connect or More Details

Sexual Function and Sexual Dysfunction: Connect or More Details

Sexuality Today: Trends and Controversies: Connect or More Details

Women In Early America: Connect or More Details

Women and Political Participation; A Reference Handbook: Connect or More Details

Women and Politics Around the World: A Comparative History and Survey: Connect or More Details

Women in Congress, 1917-2006: Connect or More Details

Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Volume 1, A-J): Connect or More Details

Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Volume 2, K-Z): Connect or More Details

Women, Science, and Myth: Connect or More Details

Other Websites

Discovering American Women's History Online: Connect or More Details

Gender and Development: Connect or More Details

Global Database of Quotas for Women: Connect or More Details

Status of Women in the States: Connect or More Details

Women Writers Online: Connect or More Details

Women and Gender Studies Web Sites: Connect or More Details

Women and the Electoral Process: Connect or More Details

Women's Resources: Sites of Interest: Connect or More Details

WomensHealth.gov: Connect or More Details

Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory: Connect or More Details

Statistics and Data

American Women: Who They Are and How They Live: Connect or More Details

GenderStats: Connect or More Details

World's Women, 2005: Connect or More Details