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Subject Specific Databases
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Women's Studies International [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/16677) VPN
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An interdisciplinary database combined from Women Studies Abstracts (1984-present), Women's Studies Database (1972-present), New Books on Women and Feminism (1987-present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975-present), and several major bibliographies.
- Coverage: 1972 (& earlier)-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/16677 (http://uclibs.org/PID/16677) VPN
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Gender Watch (http://uclibs.org/PID/4741) VPN
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A full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, NGO and special reports.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/4741 (http://uclibs.org/PID/4741) VPN
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Contemporary Women's Issues
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The subscription to this database has been canceled. The research abstracted here can largely be accessed by searching _Women's Studies International_ and other social and political science databases.
- Coverage: 1992-present
- Location: No Longer Subscribed
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LGBT Life [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/99171) VPN
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LGBT Life (previously GLBT Life) contains indexing and abstracts for LGBT-specific core periodicals, in addition to data mined from over 1400 select titles. LGBT Life contains all relevant data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies database.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/99171 (http://uclibs.org/PID/99171) VPN
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Alternative Press Index & Archive [via OCLC] (http://uclibs.org/PID/49179) VPN
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Alternative Press Index covers over 700 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines covering cultural, economic, political & social change. The Archive indexes the years 1969-1990. For 1990-present, select "AltPressIndex" from the "Search in Database" field. To cross-search both, click on the tab labeled "Databases," then select AltPressIndex and AltPressIndexArchive.
- Coverage: 1969-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/49179 (http://uclibs.org/PID/49179) VPN
- More Information:
- The print version of Alternative Press Index is available in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, HM101.A1 A4
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Family and Society Studies Worldwide [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/16680) VPN
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Provides citations to a wide range of publication types for professionals in all fields of social work, social science, family practice, and human development.
- Coverage: 1960-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/16680 (http://uclibs.org/PID/16680) VPN
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Social Science Citation Index [via Web of Knowledge] (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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The Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) is a multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the social sciences. It is particularly suited to trace citations to authors and articles across publications.
It indexes 1,700 journals spanning 50 disciplines, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 3,300 of the world's leading scientific and technical journals.
- Coverage: 1956-present
- Access: http://isiknowledge.com/wos (http://isiknowledge.com/wos) VPN
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Black Studies Center [via Proquest] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113795) VPN
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Black Studies Center brings together historical and current material for research projects on African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa. It is comprised of several cross-searchable component databases including the Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience, The International Index to Black Periodicals, and Newspapers, including the full text backfile of the Afro-American newspaper, The Chicago Defender from 1910-1975.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113795 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113795) VPN
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Latin America Data Base (LADB) (http://uclibs.org/PID/113694) VPN
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LADB is a news and educational service in English about Latin America. LADB produces three weekly news bulletins about Mexico (SourceMex), Central America and the Caribbean including Cuba (NotiCen), and South American (NotiSur). An online searchable database of over 24,000 articles from back issues of LADB publications and Latin American journals is also available. LADB also offers free lesson plans about Latin America designed for secondary school teachers, and a teaching materials and resources database.
[1986 - present]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113694 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113694) VPN
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ARTstor (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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ARTStor is a library of digital images, associated information, and software tools designed to enhance teaching, learning and scholarship. It contains a searchable database of more than a million digital images, covers many time periods and cultures, and documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/44518 (http://uclibs.org/PID/44518) VPN
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- Getting Started with ARTstor [via UCDavis]
For initial training and information on using ARTstor, contact: artstorhelp@lib.ucdavis.edu
- For off-campus access, first register with ARTstor from a computer on campus. Then, you may login from off campus with your ARTstor ID by going directly to www.artstor.org. ARTstor does not always work smoothly with the VPN. Or, you may use the Proxy
- If you would like to join a UCD community of ARTstor users to share discoveries and help solve problems, please join our ARTstor Users Group on Smartsite.
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Left Index [via EBSCO] (http://uclibs.org/PID/20838) VPN
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Citations in diverse literature of the left, with an emphasis on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.
- Coverage: 1982-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/20838 (http://uclibs.org/PID/20838) VPN
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DAAI--Design and Applied Arts Index [via CSA Illumina] (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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DAAI indexes more than 500 design and craft journals and newspapers. It also includes two directories--one is a directory of academic design and craft programs in colleges and universities, the other is a directory of design and craft journals.
- Coverage: 1973-present
- Access: http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1 (http://www.csa.com/htbin/dbrng.cgi?username=davis&access=davis856&db=daai-set-c&adv=1) VPN
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Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index (http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html)
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This index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
- Access: http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html (http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html)
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Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts
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Bi-monthly print index/abstract source with citations to interdisciplinary articles on women and gender issues. Each volume has a cumulative subject index in the back.
- Coverage: 1991-2004
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, HQ1180.S78
- Access: Library Use Only
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Women's Studies on Disc [CD-ROM]
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Searchable CD-ROM edition of Women's Studies Index, updated twice yearly. Provides citations for contemporary scholarship in the journals and magazines. Print edition of index for 1989-1997 available at HQ1180.W664 in Humanities/Social Sciences Reference.
- Coverage: 1995-2002
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "RIO"
- Access: Library Use Only
General Databases
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General Databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
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This is a list of the best general databases in the Humanities and Social Sciences. It includes abstracting and indexing services, FullText Databases and Electronic Journal Libraries which are of interest to the variety of fields in the the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=35)
Full-text Resources
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Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600 to 2000 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36739) VPN
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From Alexander Street Press, this database currently includes searchable full text historical documents, a number of document projects based around key questions, teaching tools, plus book, film and website reviews.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/36739 (http://uclibs.org/PID/36739) VPN
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Everyday Life & Women in America, c1800-1920 [via Adam Matthew] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113691) VPN
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This digital collection provides access to rare primary source material from the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History, Duke University and The New York Public Library. It comprises thousands of fully searchable images (alongside transcriptions) of books, pamphlets, periodicals and broadsides addressing 19th and early 20th century political, social and gender issues, religion, race, education, employment, marriage, sexuality, home and family life, health, and pastimes.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113691 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113691) VPN
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Gerritsen Collection - Women's History Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/9286) VPN
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A searchable, full-text collection of books and periodicals reflecting the evolution of a feminist consciousness and women's rights. The texts, collected between the late 1800s and 1945 are in fifteen different languages and cover four centuries
- Coverage: 1543-1945
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/9286 (http://uclibs.org/PID/9286) VPN
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North American Women's Letters and Diaries (NAWLD) (http://uclibs.org/PID/1400) VPN
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Includes the full text of diaries and letters of more than 100 women from the 18th and 19th centuries, with biographies and an extensive annotated bibliography on women's narratives.
- Coverage: 1675-1950
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/1400 (http://uclibs.org/PID/1400) VPN
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Women Working 1870-1930 (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
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Provides free access to digitized books (over 2000), manuscripts (10,000 pages) and images (1,000) from the collections of Harvard University Libraries and Museums on the topic of women in the U.S. economy from 1870-1930.
- Coverage: 1870-1930
- Access: http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/ (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/)
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Women Writers Online (http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/wwoentry.html) VPN
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Also known as the Brown University Women Writers Project, this full-text database includes writing by pre-Victorian women authors, as well as topic essays and introductions. Documents include notation on original pictures and line breaks. Renaissance Women Online (RWO) is a specific subset of this database.
- Coverage: approximately 1500-1830
- Access: http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/wwoentry.html (http://www.wwp.brown.edu/texts/wwoentry.html) VPN
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HarpWeek (http://uclibs.org/pid/1554) VPN
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Provides full-image reproductions of Harper's Weekly from 1857-1912, one of the most important weekly magazines read by Americans during the 19th Century.
- Coverage: 1857-1912
- Access: http://uclibs.org/pid/1554 (http://uclibs.org/pid/1554) VPN
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Historical Statistics of the United States, Earliest Times to the Present, Millennial Edition [via Cambridge University Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108043) VPN
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Historical Statistics of the United States (HSUS) is the long-awaited 4th edition of the landmark government reference tool, last published in 1975. This expanded digital edition (available also as a five-volume print edition) updates and expands the original tables and introduces dozens of new topics. HSUS was culled from more than 1,000 sources to produce nearly 2,000 tables containing some 37,000 time series covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: agriculture, population, the economy, government, welfare and work. Some data from the 1975 edition have been extensively revised, and data determined to be unreliable or inaccurate have not been included. Each series is fully documented and placed in historical context by a scholar in the field. Tables can be downloaded and viewed, as well as graphed and merged into custom tables.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/108043 (http://uclibs.org/PID/108043) VPN
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- 5-volume print edition of Historical Statistics of the United States is available in Shields Library Gov Info Reference and H/SS Reference (HA202 .H57) and the Agricultural and Resource Economics Library (HA202 .H57 2006)
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Early Encounters in North America (EENA): Peoples, Cultures and the Environment (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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EENA contains full text letters, diaries, memoirs and accounts of early encounters, centered on present-day Canada and the United States with some limited coverage of Mexico. Includes information on the peoples, places, environment, flora and fauna encountered. Of note are more than 9,000 Audubon prints from "The Birds of America" as well as the complete contents of the three-volume "The Quadrupeds of North America".
- Coverage: 1534-1959
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31414 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31414) VPN
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University of California Press eScholarship Editions (http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/)
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The University of California Press eScholarship Editions are made available through a partnership between the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. Some of the titles are available to the general public; the rest are for University of California faculty, staff, and students only.
- Access: http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/ (http://texts.cdlib.org/escholarship/)
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A Celebration of Women Writers (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/)
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Developed by the U. of Pennsylvania's Online Books Page, this free site offers digital copies of women writers' works from antiquity to the present and bio/bibliographical web page links.
- Access: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ (http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/)
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Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive and Transcription Project (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/)
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An electronic collection of primary source materials relating to the Salem witch trials of 1692 and a new transcription of the court records. From the University of Virginia Electronic Text Center.
- Access: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/ (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/salem/witchcraft/)
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Making of America (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)
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Making of America is a digital library of 19th century primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. Includes full text of both books and journals.
- Access: http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ (http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/)
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American Memory [Library of Congress] (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
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American Memory provides open access to full text historical documents and materials from the Library of Congress. Includes written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
- Access: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/)
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Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963 (http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/)
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This website makes available primary documents, photographs, illustrations, and secondary sources documenting the life and times of Jane Addams, the history of Hull-House, and the history of the Near West Side neighborhood and its immigrant communities.
- Access: http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/ (http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/urbanexp/)
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HEARTH: Home Economics Archive (http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/index.html)
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HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. The full text of these materials, as well as bibliographies and essays on the wide array of subjects relating to Home Economics, are all freely accessible on this site.
- Coverage: 1850-1950
- Access: http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/index.html (http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/index.html)
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Documenting the American South (http://docsouth.unc.edu/)
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Created at UNC-Chapel Hill, this is a collection of primary sources on Southern history, literature and culture from the colonial period through the first decades of the twentieth century. Includes numerous digitized slave narratives.
- Access: http://docsouth.unc.edu/ (http://docsouth.unc.edu/)
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Project Diana: An Online Human Rights Archive (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/diana.asp)
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An international archive of human rights legal documentation, provided by Yale Law School.
- Access: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/diana.asp (http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/diana.asp)
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HeinOnline (http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl) VPN
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Full-text database of US legal periodicals. Includes the following sections: Law Journal Library (Comprised of Most-Cited Law Journals, Core U.S. Law Journals and International & Non-U.S. Law Journals); Federal Register Library (1936-1989); U.S. Supreme Court Library; and Treaties and Agreements Library.
- Coverage: Coverage: Volume 1- Volume preceding current year
- Location: Online access is made available by the UC Davis Law Library.
- Access: http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl (http://heinonline.org/HeinOnline/start.pl) VPN
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Empire Online [via Adam Matthew] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113692) VPN
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Empire Online contains several thousand searchable scanned images of original documents relating to Empire Studies. Includes documents from English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and German points of view, and that from indigenous peoples from Africa, India and North America. Sections also include thematic essays by leading scholars in the field of Empire Studies.
- Coverage: 1492-present
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113692 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113692) VPN
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online [via Gale] (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) provides full-text searchable access to the digital images of 150,000 books and other materials published during the 18th Century. Based on the English Short Title Catalog bibliography, it includes English-language and foreign-language titles printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.
- Coverage: 1701-1800
- Access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO (http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/ucdavis?db=ECCO) VPN
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Duke University Press Journals Online (http://dukejournals.org/) VPN
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The e-Duke Scholarly Collection provides access to current issues of 29 electronic journals from Duke University Press. The list includes 18 titles previously available from Project Muse, in addition to other titles still currently updated in Muse.
- Access: http://dukejournals.org/ (http://dukejournals.org/) VPN
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Informaworld: collection of online journals. (http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/search~db=jour~searchmode=advanced?newsearch=true) VPN
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Advanced search interface for nearly 1000 online journals published with the Routledge, Taylor & Francis, and Psychology Press imprints. Browse list of titles available. Disciplinary scope and coverage vary.
- Access: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/search~db=jour~searchmode=advanced?newsearch=true (http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/search~db=jour~searchmode=advanced?newsearch=true) VPN
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Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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Project Muse provides full text access to over 300 journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine is more detailed than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/31861 (http://uclibs.org/PID/31861) VPN
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British Women Romantic Poets Project, 1789-1832 [UC Davis] (http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/)
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BWRP provides TEI encoded full-text SGML and HTML editions of volumes from the UC Davis Library's Kohler Collection.
- Coverage: 1789-1832
- Access: http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/ (http://digital.lib.ucdavis.edu/projects/bwrp/)
- More Information:
- To conduct a full text word search of BWRP, use the federated Collex search from NINES. You can constrain by "Project" to British Women Romantic Poets: http://nines.org/collex/browse
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North American Women's Drama [via Alexander Street Press] (http://uclibs.org/PID/108526) VPN
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North American Women's Drama includes full text of over 1000 plays, together with detailed information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Approximately 20% of the titles have never been previously published. The collection begins with the works of Mercy Otis Warren and Susanna Haswell Rowson in the colonial period and spans the 19th and 20th centuries to the present.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/108526 (http://uclibs.org/PID/108526) VPN
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Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period (http://uclibs.org/PID/17686) VPN
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Published by Alexander Street Press, this collection contains more than sixty volumes of lyric poetry written between 1789 and 1832 by fifty-one Scottish women. In addition, the database contains biographical, critical, and contextual information for each poet
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/17686 (http://uclibs.org/PID/17686) VPN
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Women's Movement in the United States [CD-ROM]
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Full-text information on the history of the American Women's Movement, from colonial times to the present. Includes timelines, biographies, primary documents, and images on nearly 700 topics.
[1999]
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Computer Station "RIO"
- Access: Library Use Only
Guides to Electronic, Print, and Other Resources
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Women and Gender Studies Research Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/women-studies/)
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A guide to UC Davis collections, news, and recommended print and electronic research sources in Women and Gender Studies.
[2002]
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/women-studies/ (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/women-studies/)
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Fashion, Costume, and Textiles Subject Guide [via UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/fashiontextiles.php)
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This pathfinder provides information on reference books, internet resources, suggested subject headings, and related library subject guides available from Shields Library.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/fashiontextiles.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/fashiontextiles.php)
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History Subject Guide [UC Davis Library] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=18)
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Guide to subject specific databases and resources in History available at UC Davis.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=18 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=18)
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Sociology Subject Guide [UC Davis] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=23)
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Guide to subject specific databases and resources in Sociology available at UC Davis.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=23 (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/ul/research/subjects/?heading=23)
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Borderlands Resources (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/borderlands.php)
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Guide to databases, full-text resources and print works related to the U.S. - Mexico borderlands region.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/borderlands.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/resources/guides/borderlands.php)
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ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals (http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php)
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ViVa is a current bibliography of articles about women's and gender history, maintained by the International Institute of Social History. Articles published in English, French, German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish are selected from 175 European, American, Canadian, Asian, Australian and New Zealand journals published from 1975-present.
- Access: http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php (http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.php)
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Black American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/blackfeminism/)
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A bibliography of books, articles, speeches, websites, and more covering black feminist scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. This is a freely available site developed by Sherri Barnes at UCSB.
- Access: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/blackfeminism/ (http://www.library.ucsb.edu/blackfeminism/)
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Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women & Gender in the Ancient World (http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
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Interdisciplinary resource covering patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean. Includes searchable bibliographies and links to many online resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images.
- Access: http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ (http://www.stoa.org/diotima/)
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Gender and Global Issues in the Classroom: Bibliography (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/women-studies/gender-global.php)
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A guide to K-12 teachers' resources for curriculum planning and pedagogy on global gender issues. Some resources are UC Davis use only.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/women-studies/gender-global.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/women-studies/gender-global.php)
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Internet Resources in LGBT Studies [UC Davis Guide] (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/lgbt/lgbt-internet.php)
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Annotated list of links to general gateways to LGBT Studies issues, as well as information on local research institutions and collections in Northern California.
- Access: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/lgbt/lgbt-internet.php (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/hss/lgbt/lgbt-internet.php)
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In the First Person: An Index to Letters, Diaries, Oral Histories, and Other Personal Narratives (http://www.inthefirstperson.com)
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Contains indexing of more than 4,000 collections of oral history in English from around the world for a total of 700,000 pages of full-text by more than 18,000 individuals from all walks of life. It also contains pointers to some 4,300 audio and video files and 30,000 bibliographic records. Much but not all of this material is freely available.
- Access: http://www.inthefirstperson.com (http://www.inthefirstperson.com)
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The Men's Bibliography (http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/)
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First published in 1992, this extensive online bibliography lists entries for writing on interdisciplinary masculinity studies, including the study of sexuality.
- Access: http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/ (http://mensbiblio.xyonline.net/)
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Bibliographic Index
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Designed as a "cumulative bibliography of bibliographies" in yearly volumes, this source indexes bibliographies published in books and periodicals. Covers English and some foreign languages.
- Coverage: 1937-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library, Z1002.B5
- Access: Library Use Only
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Essay and General Literature Index
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This index cites essays and articles contained in book collections and series that have been published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. Focus is on the the Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Coverage: 1900-present
- Location: Humanities/Social Sciences Reference, 2nd Floor Shields Library Z5871.E8
- Access: Library Use Only
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This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women's Suffrage, 1860-1920 (http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/)
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Online exhibit from the Women of the West Museum. This site includes a timeline, basic historical information about the Western suffrage movement by state, and a bibliography of further reading resources.
- Access: http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/ (http://www.museumoftheamericanwest.org/explore/exhibits/suffrage/)
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Women's Studies Microform Collections, University of California Libraries (http://gort.ucsd.edu/ek/ushist/consort/microform/wsmfilm2008.pdf)
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Checklist of Women's Studies Microform Collections, University of California Libraries. Updated annually by Sherri Barnes, Women Studies Librarian at UC Santa Barbara for the Consortium for Women Studies and US and British History. Contains a list of microform collections held at UC libraries, including brief descriptions of content, scope, and coverage, as well as the location of the microform material and the location of their corresponding guides.
- Location: This link is to a MS Word Doc.
- Access: http://gort.ucsd.edu/ek/ushist/consort/microform/wsmfilm2008.pdf (http://gort.ucsd.edu/ek/ushist/consort/microform/wsmfilm2008.pdf)
Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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American National Biography Online (ANB)
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THE LIBRARY HAS CANCELED ITS SUBSCRIPTION TO THE ONLINE ANB. THE PAPER EDITION IS AVAILABLE IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES REFERENCE COLLECTION.
This encyclopedia of historical biography contains scholarly articles on more than 18,000 Americans.
- Location: CT213 .A68 1999 (Humanities and Social Sciences Reference Collection, 2nd floor Shields Library)
- Access: Library Use Only
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Encyclopedia of Women & Islamic Cultures [via Brill Academic Publishers] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113652) VPN
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The Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures (EWIC) is an interdisciplinary, trans-historical, and global project. It provides critical essays on women, Muslim and non-Muslim, and Islamic cultures in every region where there have been significant Muslim populations. Coverage includes the period just before the rise of Islam to the present.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113652 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113652) VPN
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- Print volumes of the Encyclopedia are available in H/SS Reference, 2nd floor Shields Library, call number HQ1170.E53 2003
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Encyclopaedia of Islam Online [via Brill Academic Publishers] (http://uclibs.org/PID/97333) VPN
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"The Encyclopaedia of Islam (New Edition) sets out the present state of our knowledge of the Islamic World. It is a unique and invaluable reference tool, an essential key to understanding the world of Islam, and the authoritative source not only for the religion, but also for the believers and the countries in which they live.
It embraces articles on distinguished Muslims of every age and land, on tribes and dynasties, on the crafts and sciences, on political and religious institutions, on the geography, ethnography, flora and fauna of the various countries and on the history, topography and monuments of the major towns and cities. In its geographical and historical scope it encompasses the old Arabo-Islamic empire, the Islamic countries of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and all other Islamic countries."
[2002 -]
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/97333 (http://uclibs.org/PID/97333) VPN
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Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān [via Brill Academic Publishers] (http://uclibs.org/PID/113653) VPN
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Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān (EQ) combines alphabetically-arranged articles about the contents of the Qur'ān. It is an encyclopedic dictionary of qur'ānic terms, concepts, personalities, place names, cultural history and exegesis extended with essays on the most important themes and subjects within qur'ānic studies. With nearly 1000 entries in 5 volumes, the EQ is the first comprehensive, multi-volume reference work on the Qur'ān to appear in a Western language.
- Access: http://uclibs.org/PID/113653 (http://uclibs.org/PID/113653) VPN
Other Resources
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UC Davis Women's Resources and Research Center (http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/)
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Located in North Hall, the WRRC provides programming and special events, classes, information on campus women's issues, and a library of books and periodicals for gender study.
- Access: http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/ (http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/)
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UC Davis LGBT Resource Center (http://lgbtcenter.ucdavis.edu/)
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The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center at UC Davis is located at the University House Annex, One Shields
Avenue. The site includes information about services and campus organizations, as well as a database of the Center's collection of books and videos.
- Access: http://lgbtcenter.ucdavis.edu/ (http://lgbtcenter.ucdavis.edu/)
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The "Second Wave" and Beyond (http://scholar.alexanderstreet.com/display/WASM)
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Connected with the database "Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000" from Alexander Street Press, this website is a scholarly community with discussion groups, chronologies, oral histories, bibliographies, syllabi, and more.
- Access: http://scholar.alexanderstreet.com/display/WASM (http://scholar.alexanderstreet.com/display/WASM)
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H-Net Reviews (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
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Online source of scholarly book reviews available from H-Net.
- Access: http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/ (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/)
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Gender and Development [World Bank] (http://www.worldbank.org/gender/)
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This frequently updated site from the World Bank includes numerous reports, data sets, and reports on global economic women's issues.
- Access: http://www.worldbank.org/gender/ (http://www.worldbank.org/gender/)
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Women's Resources and Research Center (http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/)
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The Women's Resources and Research Center (WRRC) offers educational programs, consulting and referrals, newsletter, discussion groups and advocacy for students, staff and faculty. The WRRC library houses the Forum on Disability Issues book and video collection, a circulating collection featuring alternative and empowering views of disability.
- Access: http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/ (http://wrrc.ucdavis.edu/)
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SPORTDiscus [via EBSCO] (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sph) VPN
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SPORTDiscus is the world's leading database in sport, health, fitness and sports medicine. SportDiscus has over 700,000 qualified references from thousands of international periodicals, books, e-journals, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, and websites that focus on different areas involving sport, including: sport sciences, engineering, psychology, administration, sociology, history, coaching, training, physical education, physical fitness, health and recreation
- Coverage: 1830-Present
- Access: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sph (http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?authtype=ip,uid&profile=ehost&defaultdb=sph) VPN
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