Wayne G. Basler Library: Women's History: Library Online

Subject-Specific Databases

Gender Studies (Gale OneFile)
Partial Full-Text. 1980 - present.

Description: With over 200,000 articles and growing, this database covers topics such as gender studies and identity, women's studies, family and marital issues, health aspects, conversion therapy, gay and lesbian rights, homophobia, sexual behavior surveys, and more. The content of this database is also part of Academic OneFile and General OneFile.
America - History and Life with Full Text
Partial Full-Text. 1955 - present.
Description: Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Provides full-text coverage of more than 230 journals and nearly 100 books, plus selective indexing for over 1,700 journals from 1955 to present. Included are citations and links to book and media reviews.
Diversity Studies (Gale OneFile)
Partial Full-Text. 1980-present.

Description: A collection of over 150 journals and 4.7 million articles that explores cultural differences, contributions and influences within the global community from historical, social science, and liberal arts perspectives. Includes information on ethnic, gender, and religious topics, as well as international issues. The content of this database is also part of Academic OneFile and General OneFile.
Contemporary Women's Issues This link opens in a new window
Gale’s Contemporary Women’s Issues offers comprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe. Users will find timely and historically relevant content on topics including civil rights, health, education, professional development, and entrepreneurship.

General Databases

Academic OneFile (Gale) Partial Full-Text. 1980 - Present Description: Comprehensive database with millions of articles from journals and other reference sources. Includes articles on a variety of subjects such as: business and small business, communications and mass media, computers, criminal justice, diversity, education, environmental studies, health and medicine, landscaping and horticulture, military and terrorism, pop culture, psychology, religion and philosophy, and science. Includes the full-text coverage of The New York Times from 1985 to present.
OmniFile Full Text Mega Partial Full-Text. 1982 - present. Description: A one-stop multidisciplinary database covering many subjects such as: education, sciences, humanities, social sciences, etc. Contains everything (all the indexing, abstracting, and full-text) in the other Wilson databases: Applied Science & Technology Full Text, Art Index & Retrospective, Biological & Agricultural Index Plus, Business Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science, Humanities Full Text, Legal Periodicals Full Text, Library Literature & Information Science Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text.
Opposing Viewpoints Full-Text. Coverage: Current. Description: Search for information on a variety of social issues by using the thousands of viewpoint articles and topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles from national and international sources, primary source documents, court cases, biographies and profiles, statistics, images, videos, podcasts, audio files, and links to evaluated websites.
SIRS Issues Researcher Full-Text. Coverage: Current. Description: Provides access to full-text articles and internet resources on a variety of subjects such as economics, health, history, business, science, literature, the arts, philosophy, film, etc. An excellent source for government information and U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Includes a Pro vs Con section that discusses multiple views of major issues.
JSTOR - Arts & Sciences Collection Coverage: Various Description: Access almost 1.75 million articles from over 390 scholarly journals in subject areas such as: history; political science; sociology; mathematics and statistics; African, African American, Asian, Classical, and Middle Eastern studies; philosophy; ecology and evolutionary biology; geography; archaeology; economics; population studies; and the history of science and technology.

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Reference eBooks

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Weaving the Past: A History of Latin America's Indigenous Women from the Prehispanic Period to the Present by Susan Kellogg
Publication Date: 2005
Women's Roles in the Middle East and North Africa by Ruth Margolies Beitler; Angelica R. Martinez
Publication Date: 2010
Suffragists in an Imperial Age by Allison L. Sneider
Publication Date: 2008
Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century Europe by Jennine Hurl-Eamon
Publication Date: 2010
Women in the Age of Shakespeare by Theresa D. Kemp
Publication Date: 2009
Women's Roles in the Middle Ages by Sandy Bardsley
Publication Date: 2007
American Women of Science Since 1900 by Tiffany K. Wayne
Publication Date: 2011
U.S. Women's History: Untangling the Threads of Sisterhood by Leslie Brown (Editor)
Publication Date: 2017
American Women's History: A Very Short Introduction by Susan Ware
Publication Date: 2015
African Women: Early History to the 21st Century by Kathleen Sheldon
Publication Date: 2017
The Routledge History of Women in Europe Since 1700 by Deborah Simonton (Editor)
Publication Date: 2006
Reshaping Women's History: Voices of Nontraditional Women Historians by Barbara Winslow (Editor); Julie A. Gallagher (Editor)
Publication Date: 2018
Warriors and Wenches: Sex and Power in Women's History by Michelle Rosenberg
Publication Date: 2019