Bodies, Genders & Beyond
Selected Resources Presented
at the Electronic Resources Forum
September 24, 2007
Selected Sources by Title:
Access through NU Library Homepage under Electronic Resources
Alternative Press Index
Arts & Humanities Citation Index, see Web of Science
Biography & Genealogy Master Index
Contemporary Women’s Issues
Gender Studies Database
Humanities Abstracts
MLA International Bibliography
Sexual Diversity Studies: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Abstracts
Social Sciences Citation Index, see Web of Science
Women’s Studies International
Women Writers Online
Specialized Sources by Discipline:
Access through NU Library Homepage under Research Guides A-Z:
Art: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/art/
ARTbibliographies Modern Online — Contains records and abstracts of articles, books, essays, exhibition catalogues, reviews, and dissertations of modern and contemporary art from Impressionism up to the most recent works and trends. Citations in English, French, and German. Covers 1974-present.English: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/english/ (Click on General Resources link.)
Voice of the Shuttle English Literature Page — An eclectic list of links to sources for students of literature, including many departmental homepages across the US. See especially the VoS sites for Other Literatures in English, Literary Theory, and Postcolonial (and Colonial) Studies.Gender Studies: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/genderstudies/
Gender Studies Database — The Gender Studies Database (GSD) combines Women's Studies International, Men's Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies databases with relevant contributions from the Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. GSD covers the spectrum of gender engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
History: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/history/
Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online, 1543-1945 — An online resource of two million page images of books, pamphlets, and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and women’s rights. Materials span four centuries and fifteen languages. Users can trace the evolutions of feminism within a single country, as well as the impact of one country’s movement on those of others.Philosophy: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/philosophy/
Philosopher's Index — Citations and abstracts to articles from books and over 480 journals dealing with philosophy and related interdisciplinary fields. International in scope, Philosopher's Index covers literature from 38 countries in seven languages. Covers 1940 to present.Political Science: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/polisci/
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts — Citations with abstracts in political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy. Covers over 1100 journals; international in scope.Religion: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/religion/
ATLA Religion Database — Covering topics such as Biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspective on social issues, this database includes over one million citations to articles and essays from 650 journals and 14,000 multi-author works in 26 languages. It also includes full text/full image articles for the entire runs of a core collection of more than fifty significant scholarly periodicals in the field of religion, most of which go back to 1949. This online database combines three printed indexes: Religion Index One: Periodicals, Religion Index Two: Multi-Author Works, and Index to Book Reviews in Religion.Theatre: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/collections/theatre/
International Index to the Performing Arts — Draws its content from more than 210 scholarly and popular performing arts periodicals, and also indexes documents such as biographical profiles, conference papers, obituaries, interviews, and discographies. Covers dance, film, television, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, comedy, storytelling, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, and more.
Additional Links of Interest:
Center for Gender Studies at the University of Chicago
http://genderstudies.uchicago.edu/Women & Gender Project / Archives & Special Collections—University of Texas at San Antonio:
http://www.lib.utsa.edu/Archives/WomenGender/Bubl Link to Gender Studies Resources
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/genderstudies.htmGender and Sexuality Links:
http://eserver.org/gender/Gender Inn:
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/datenbank/e_index.htmInternational Gender Studies Resources:
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/GlobalGender/Mega-Websites for Research in Women’s Studies:
http://womenst.library.wisc.edu/resources/research/index.htmlWomen’s Studies Programs, Departments, & Research Centers:
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/programs.htmlWSSLinks Women & Gender Studies Web Sites:
http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.htmlYahoo! Directory: Gender Studies:
http://dir.yahoo.com/Social_Science/Gender_Studies/
Prepared by Denise Shorey and Kristine Thorsen