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Women and Gender Studies
Starting Points (Multi-Subject Databases)
Browse a List of All
Article Databases
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Academic
Search Premier (EBSCO)
Great first place to go for both scholarly journal and magazine articles on most topics,
especially current events and term paper topics like gun control, terrorism, etc.
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Academic
OneFile (Gale)
Also referred to as "Infotrac." Similar in coverage to Academic Search
Premier (above), but the default search is a subject search. Good starting point for focusing
potential subjects.
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CQ
Researcher
A reference tool/magazine that gives overviews of major paper topics like abortion, gun
control, steroids in sports, etc. Includes articles and lists of other resources, as well as Pro
and Con sides for most topics.
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Pop
Culture Universe
Information on American and world popular culture, past and present - new technology (iPods,
gaming, gadgets)...Internet memes and chatspeak...movies, TV, radio...music...comics and graphic
novels...sports and pastimes...fads, fashion, fast food and much more.
Newspapers
Agriculture
Art
Biology
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Biological
Abstracts (Web of Knowledge)
Identifies journal articles on biology and the biomedical sciences, including biochemistry,
biology, plant biology, cell biology, medicine, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, and
zoology.
Business
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ABI/INFORM
(ProQuest)
A business, advertising, and management database of magazine and scholarly journal
articles.
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Business
Source Complete (EBSCO)
Business, management, and finance articles from scholarly journals, books, and
newspapers.
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Lexis-Nexis
Academic
Includes articles on business, company financial information, industry trends and more.
Select "Business" tab in red bar, then select from "Search Within" section to begin.
Communication
Education
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ERIC
(EBSCO)
Locates articles and documents on education research and practice.
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Education
Full Text (EBSCO)
Identifies articles and books on all education topics.
Note: Check the Education Full Text box at the top of the page before searching.
Engineering
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Engineering Village
Identifies articles in engineering and physics literature. Includes the Compendex, NTIS,
INSPEC, and GeoBase databases.
Environmental Studies
Film
Government
History
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America
History and Life (EBSCO)
Articles from scholarly journals on American and Canadian history from prehistory to the
present.
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Historical
Abstracts (EBSCO)
Scholarly articles on the history of the world (except America and Canada) from
1450-present.
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JSTOR
Searches older journals covering history, classics (ancient Rome and Greece, etc.),
literature, and many more subjects.
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Reader's
Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (EBSCO)
Includes articles from popular magazines going back to the late 19th Century. Especially good
for popular culture research on the early to mid-20th Century.
Kinesiology and Sports
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Sport
Discus (EBSCO)
Scholarly and popular information on all aspects of sports, exercise, training, etc.
Literature
Medicine and Health
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Health
Source (EBSCO) (Consumer)
To search for consumer health literature including scholarly journals, general health care
magazines, reference books, and pamphlets select this "Consumer Edition" of Health Source.
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Health
Source (EBSCO) (Academic)
For refereed materials choose this "Nursing/Academic Edition" of Health Source.
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CINAHL
(EBSCO) (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature)
Authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health.
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PubMed
(National Library of Medicine)
Identifies articles in basic and clinical biomedical research as well as in psychology other
allied health fields.
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MEDLINE
Plus (National Library of Medicine)
Identifies consumer information about health-related topics.
Music and Performing Arts
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
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Sociological
Abstracts (ProQuest)
Lots of scholarly journals articles, dissertations, books, and other information covering a
wide variety of sociology topics. Useful for many Controversial Issues topics as well.
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SocINDEX
(EBSCO)
Identifies articles in all areas of sociology including anthropology, criminology, ethnic
& racial studies, gender studies, politics, religion, rural sociology, social psychology, and
urban studies.
Women and Gender Studies
