British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries (ASP)A Historical Primary Source database. This database includes diaries and letters from British and Irish women. All types of women's diaries are included. Features the writings of famous as well as "ordinary" women of the time period. Covers 300 years of personal writings.
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May make a limited number of print or digital copies for research, education, or other non-commercial use.
May not alter, remove, or obscure copyright notice.
North American Women's Letters and Diaries (ASP)1675 - 1950. Full text database containing the letters and diaries of 1500 women. Includes biographies and annotated bibliographies of the sources.
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May make a limited number of print or digital copies for research, education, or other non-commercial use.
May not alter, remove, or obscure copyright notice.
Women's Studies International (EBSCO)Women's Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Coverage includes more than 548,220 records of journal articles, newspapers, books, newsletters, reports, NGO studies, dissertations, etc. It spans from 1972 and earlier to the present, including Women Studies Abstracts (1984-) and Women's Studies Database (1972-), and several bibliographies. This database supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale)CWI is a multidisciplinary, full-text database that covers mainstream periodicals, gray literature, and the alternative press. Covers a spectrum of women's concerns and events that influence women's lives. International coverage. Extensive indexing.
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Limited excerpts may be printed or downloaded for personal research use only.
America: History and Life (EBSCO)A database focusing on the History of the U.S. and Canada. This database includes scholarly articles, book reviews and dissertations dealing with history in the Americas from pre-history to the present. Publication coverage is from 1964 to the present.
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Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)1955+ Indexes and abstracts scholarly articles, books, and dissertations on the history of the world (excluding the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
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Gender Watch (ProQuest)A full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. Contains archival material dating back to the mid 1970s.
JSTORJSTOR focuses on humanities, social science, and more recently, science titles which have proven themselves vital to these disciplines and which have many years of publication, in some cases going back to the 19th century. Also searches ARTstor.
Other Resources
Gerritsens Women's History OnlineThis database is the definitive cross-cultural resource for information on women's history. It spans more than four centuries and 15 languages and includes over two million pages in full image. Users can trace the evolution of feminism within a single country, as well as the impact of that country's feminist movement on other countries and their movements. The Gerritsen Collection also provides immediate access to many primary sources from around the world that were previously available only in a limited number of rare book rooms. This database includes Woman's Exponent and Young Women's Journal.
Godey's Lady's BookFirst successful American journal for women. Resource for the study of 19th Century American history and important social issues of the day. Covers social history, women's studies, textiles studies, material culture and literature. Many of America's greatest authors were first published in Godey's. Accessible Archives covers 1830-1885.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (ASP)Offers the second quarterly publication of new document projects and documents on Women and Social Movements in the United States. Currently includes 52 document projects, 30 lesson plans or document-based questions, and 18,500 pages of additional full-text documents.
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May make a limited number of print or digital copies for research, education, or other non-commercial use.
May not alter, remove, or obscure copyright notice.
Guide to Women's Manuscript CollectionsAn ongoing project to identify and summarize women's papers held in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Archives at BYU Library. Each entry includes a short biography and abstract which are textword searchable. More entries are added each year.
