Featured Journals
Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism.Call Number: electronic journalThe goal of Meridians is to make scholarship by and about women of color central to contemporary definitions of feminisms in the exploration of women's economic conditions, their political practices, the articulation of histories, geographies, cultures, and sexualities, as well as the focus and meanings of resistance and activist strategies.
Black women, gender & familiesCall Number: electronic journalBlack Women, Gender & Families centers the study of Black women and gender within the critical discourses of history, the social sciences, and the humanities.
Signs: journal of women in culture and society.Call Number: electronic journalRecognized as the leading international journal in women's studies, Signs has since 1975 been at the forefront of new directions in feminist scholarship.
Journals
Essential Databases
Women's Studies is highly multi-disciplinary. Are you researching feminist economics? Try the resources on the Economics Subject Guide. Looking at feminist sociology, try the Sociology Subject Guide.
- America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new windowComprehensive access to literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Covers 1,600 academic journals, 270 magazines, dissertations and more, published from 1863 to the present.
- Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowIndexes and abstracts over 2,300 history journals. Covers world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
Note: This resource is limited to 6 simultaneous users. If access is unavailable, please try again later. - Women's Studies International (EBSCO) @ EBSCOhost This link opens in a new windowIndexing and abstracts for more than 600 essential women's studies sources including journals, newsletters, bulletins, books, reports, theses, dissertations and grey literature. Coverage: 1881-present.
- GenderWatch (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowGenderWatch contains over 250 full-text titles from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses. Topics include sexuality, religion, societal roles, feminism, masculinity, eating disorders, healthcare, and the workplace. Coverage: 1970-present.
- African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 (Readex) This link opens in a new windowFeatures more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans. Published in 26 states, the publications include academic and political journals, commercial magazines, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, annual reports and other genres. These diverse periodicals—which have shaped, and in turn been shaped by, African American culture—will enable new discoveries on lives of African Americans as individuals, as an ethnic group and as Americans.
- African American Newspapers, Series 1 (Readex) This link opens in a new windowProvides access to approximately 270 U.S. newspapers chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience. This collection features papers from more than 35 states—including many rare and historically significant 19th century titles. Coverage: 1827-1998.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new windowIndex of all doctoral dissertations and some master's theses from most North American and many European colleges and universities. Each dissertation published since July 1980 includes a 350-word abstract written by the author. Master's theses published since 1988 include 150-word abstracts. The database offers full text for most of the dissertations added since 1997 and some retrospective full text coverage for older graduate works. Access made possible by UWL Student Differential Tuition.
Periodicals Subscriptions
- Women's Studies JournalsBrowse current women's studies journals through Murphy Library.
- Ethnic & Racial Studies PeriodicalsPlease note that these titles represent the library's individual periodical subscriptions in this subject area. Many more related periodicals are available through the databases found on the this pages in this subject guide.
- History JournalsBrowse current history journals available through Murphy Library.
Women's Studies International: African American women and intersectionality
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