OU Library Catalog

E-Journals A to Z--more up-to-date than Library Catalog. List of Gender & Sexuality E-Journals.

WorldCat (online catalog of libraries worldwide)

MelCat --online catalog of many Michigan libraries; fastest way to borrow BOOKS OU does not own

ILLiad—web based system for borrowing books, journal articles, etc.

RefWorks—“an online research management, writing and collaboration tool”

Brand New--New Books List--Note that you can now review monthly lists of new books by subject area--displaying book covers and with links to the library catalog and to Google Books. Note that one "subject area" is Women & Gender Studies.

Writing Resources for Students (OU)—includes help with APA citation 

Women and Gender Studies Program, Oakland University

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary —great for pronunciation 

--Selected Web Sites on Women & Gender Studies

• American Association of University Women

• Center for Women and Work

• Feminist.com

• GenderStats: Database of Gender Statistics

• Human Rights Watch: Women's Human Rights

• Institute for Women's Policy Research

• National Council for Research on Women

• The National Organization for Women

• Office of International Women's Issues

• Publications on Feminism and Women's Studies

• The National Council for Research on Women (opens in a new window)

• The National Women's Studies Association

• United Nations Womenwatch

--Guides to Still Other Web Sites and Online Resources

Women and Gender Studies Web Sites--compiled by the Association of College and Research Libraries

Women's Studies Librarian's Office, University of Wisconsin--some links work only for UW users, but other links go to freely accessible resources.

Databases (primarily to find journal articles)

Academic OneFile--covers all disciplines. This is a good place to begin.

Humanities Abstracts--good source to find articles about women in literature, women authors, women in history, women and philosophy.

MLA Bibliography--best source to locate articles (and books) about women literary authors, women characters in literature, and feminist literary criticism.

Opposing Viewpoints--indexes articles and essays (available full-text in this database) on issues such as women's rights, working women, teenage sexual behavior, domestic violence, homosexuality, etc.

PsycInfo--One of the best sources to locate scholarly articles (and books)on women from a psychological point of view. "Human Females," "Human Males," "Gender Identity," and "Human Sex Differences" are subject terms used in this database.

Social Sciences Abstracts--Indexes articles in political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women's studies. Journals indexed are the major ones in the social science disciplines.

Social Sciences Citation Index (a part of Web of Science)--Index to use to find out what other articles have cited an important article you know about--and to find out what articles and other resources that are cited in a particular author.

Social Work Abstracts--indexes articles on women and various social issues such as violence, suicide, health issues, etc.

Sociological Abstracts--The best source to locate scholarly articles (plus books and converence proceedings) on women from a sociological point of view. "Females," "Feminism," "Males," "Sex Role Identity," "Sex Roles," and "Women's Roles" are a few of the subject headings that work well in this database.

--Journal Collections
ProjectMuse—collection of over 300 journals primarily from over 60 scholarly publishers.  Beginning date of holdings varies—some as early as 1995.  Includes 20 journals dealing specifically with Women's Studies. Some of the titles include Frontiers: A Journal of Women's Studies, Journal of Women's History, Legacy, NWSA Journal, and WSQ: Women's Studies Quarterly.

JSTOR—back issues of well over 700 journals including over 75 in language and literature.  Holdings usually begin 1 to 5 years ago all the way back to volume 1.  There are approximately 13 journals dealing specifically with "Feminist and Women's Studies" plus dozens on the broad disciplines of "Sociology" and "Psychology." Some of the titles included are Feminist Review, Feminist Studies, Gender and Society, NWSA Journal, and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society .

--Online Books
In addition to having many print books the Library also includes many e-books. Here are over 1,000 titles dealing with women or feminism or gender.

--Reference Works
Brand New--Encyclopedia of Gender and Society

Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology

Credo Reference--a collection of reference books including Encyclopeida of Women and Gender and Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers.

Historical New York Times—1851-2005. Good place to find articles on the women's movements through the years.

--Current Trials  (click here for list)

Iron Jawed Angels [suffragists] DVD-2738

Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter DVD-2651

Mickey Mouse Monopoly [political and social aspects of Disney films] DVD-2060

Passing the Torch [Michigan women--speakers include Maryann Mahaffey, Jeniifer Granholm, Erma Henderson, Helen Milliken] DVD-2127

Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity DVD-2478

Annotated List of Other Library DVDs relevant to Women & Gender Studies

All are available for viewing in the Library; faculty and staff may check them out and take them from the library. Check the Library Catalog for availability. Ask for videos at the Circulation Desk.