These databases will help you find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles, books, book chapters, statistics, and more. If you are not sure of your topic, start with Academic Search Complete.
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Academic Search Complete
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Access restricted to St. Mary's and other TexShare institutions' computers and computing accounts.
- Start your search with this interdisciplinary database of journals and magazines with full text available for many. Other Interdisciplinary Databases may also be useful. Specific subject databases are below. Use the drop-down menu above to select other databases by title.
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African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
- Includes a selection of published works, organized by title, author, and other categories
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American Women
- Library of Congress resouces for the study of women's history and culture in the U.S.
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American Women's History: A Research Guide
- Designed to assist serious researchers with citations to paper and online works regarding women's history
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Articles and Speeches (Feminist.com)
- Links to full-text original and reprinted articles, speeches, interviews, and writings on feminism and women's issues from journalists, grassroots organizers, and experts.
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Biographies Info
- Collection of biographies of female mathematicians organized by name
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Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Access biographies of women mathematicians by alphabetical name list or
chronological name list.
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Celebration of Women Writers
- Recognizes contributions of women writers with resources by and about them.
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Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the
Ancient World
- Diotima includes searchable bibliographies and links to related bibliographies
and links to full text essays, lectures, and journal articles.
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Directory of Women Philosophers
- A searchable database of women philosophers with Ph.D.s' or ABD's in philosophy. Search by name, location or specialization.
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Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- Search for biographical information on women
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Emily's List
- A searchable database of information on women in Congress and electing women to Congress.
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Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
- Searchable index to recent years of journal articles from over 300 journals, book reviews, and book chapters related to the subjects of women, sexuality, and gender in the Middle Ages.
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Five College Archives Digital Access Project
- Search digitized versions of archival records and manuscript collections relating to women's history, particularly women's education, at Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
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Four Thousand Years of Women in Science
- Biographical information on women in science
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Gender Inn
- A searchable database providing access to over 5000 records on feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies on English and American literature. English and German are available; some of the summaries are in German.
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Gender-Related Electronic Forums
- A list of publicly-accessible listservs for women's studies
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Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
- Search or browse for speeches by speaker's name
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JSTOR
Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's computers and computing accounts.
- A respected interdisciplinary database of leading academic journals in full text
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National Women's Health Information Center
- Search for information on women's health issues from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women's Health
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Project Muse
Remote Access
Access restricted to St. Mary's computers and computing accounts.
- Searchable access to a selection of prestigious journals in the humanities and social sciences. The library's subscription includes fulltext access to a subset of the full collection.
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ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History
- Indexes women's and gender history articles in over 100 scholarly journals in history and women's studies from 1975 to the present.
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Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color
- A database of authors with links to related sites and contributed pages with supplementary informatin on the authors.
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Women in Congress
- Biographies of women who have served in the U.S. Congress
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Women's Studies Database
- The University of Maryland women's studies database includes information on conferences, employment, calls for papers, and a searchable reading room.
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Women's Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers
- Links to websites of women's studies programs throughout the world
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World's Women: Trends and Statistics (UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division)
- The World's Women: Trends & Statistics includes a set of statistical tables, presented at the end of each chapter, containing data for up to 220 countries or areas. Updated excerpts from these tables are now available here.
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WSSLinks: Women and Gender Studies WebSites
- "The purpose of WSS Links is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women's Studies."
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WWW Women's Sports Page
- An index to links of women's and girls sports pages around the WWW
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WWWomen: The Premier Search Directory for Women Online
- Internet search engine concentrating on sites of particular interest to women.
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