Women and Gender Databases
(see also
Biography,
General History,
US History,
Social Sciences, and
General)
[Indexes]
[Online Books]
- Indexes to Journals and Books:
- LIUCat
on the Web:
- The online public access catalog of Long Island University's
six campuses. This can be searched from any computer. No password is needed.
- Online Encyclopedias and Books:
Literature
- Encyclopedia
of Sex and Gender (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Addresses issues of sex and gender at the personal and the social level; examines
issues of identity, status, class, ethnicity, race, and nation; covers sexuality and the body -
social institutions and structures of representation - changing conceptions of "the feminine",
the family and masculinity - religion, morality, cultural images, medical practice, public health, economy,
society, and more.
- Gender
and Violence in the Middle East (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Contends that violence is fundamental to the functioning of the patriarchal
gender structure that governs daily life in Middle Eastern societies.
- Encyclopedia
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
- ebrary (ebrary)
- Currently
offers over 25,000 full-text books, sheet music titles, maps, reports, and other authoritative documents from more
than 180 leading academic, trade, and professional publishers. The collections are particularly strong in
business, economics, education, computers, technology, science, medicine, history,
language, literature, humanities, politics, and social sciences. Publishers include The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Random House, Penguin Classics, Taylor
& Francis, Yale University Press, John Wiley & Sons, Greenwood, and more
(more information).
- Literature:
(See also: Literature)
- American
Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Contains biographical and critical essays on 1,328 American women
writers covering all genres and all periods of American history.
- Cambridge
Guide to Women's Writings in English (GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- Reference guide covering women writers across the English-speaking
world (including Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the Caribbean) from
medieval times to the 20th Century. Covers authors, texts, kinds of writing, genres &
sub-genres, general terms, and large labels like "postmodernism".
- Feminism
in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion
(GVRL) (InfoTrac/Gale Group)
- (See database page for description)
Database descriptions are adapted from each database's website.
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Electronic Library) is a statewide virtual library provided free to
the public by the New York State Library.
It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
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