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Find Articles: Women's Studies

(R) = Restricted to authorized MTA University users
(FT) = Includes or links to Full Text articles
 
Alt-PressWatch (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text access to over 210 publications of the alternative and independent presses. Good source for book reviews.
Years indexed: 1970 to present. Varies by title.
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America: History and Life with Full Text (FT) (R)
Description: Major index for historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Subjects covered include popular culture, women's studies, anthropology, folklore, sociology, economics, music, art, etc.
Years indexed: 1964 to present. Updated monthly.
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Cambridge Journals Online (FT) (R)
Description: Over 220 peer-reviewed journals published by Cambridge University Press and covering all subjects in the Humanities and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: Varies by title
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Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: CBCA Complete is Canada's largest database of articles and other publications from a broad range of Canadian sources.  Covers current events, business, science, the arts, and academic information on a wide range of topics, produced in Canada. Includes over 500 periodicals and daily news sources (over 480 of which are Canadian), plus indexing to an additional 1,100 other titles (over 95% Canadian).
Years indexed: 1971 - present (full-text 1985 - present). Varies by title.
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Humanities Index ( R )
Description: Indexes over 350 scholarly journals and some specialized magazines in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, performing arts, philosophy, and religious studies.
Years indexed: 1907 to present. Updated quarterly.
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1907-1984: AI 3 S673 REF
1984 to present: Licence cancelled - September 30, 2009
JSTOR (Arts & Sciences Collections I - VIII) (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current and recent volumes (last 2 to 5 years) not available for most titles. 
Years indexed: varies by title; complete run for most titles excluding last 2-5 years.
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Project Muse (FT) (R)
Description: Full-text access to the Project Muse Standard Collection of peer-reviewed journals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Also serves as an index to addtional Humanities and Social Sciences journals not included in the Standard Collection.
Years indexed: 1963 - present (varies by title, emphasis on recent years).
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Research Library (ProQuest) (FT) (R)
Description: Broad coverage of a wide range of subject areas, including arts, education, general interest, humanities, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests. Includes scholarly literature journals as well as magazines and newspapers.
Years indexed: 1971 - present. Varies by title.
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Social Sciences Index
Description: Formerly Social Sciences & Humanities Index, International Index, etc.). Index to over 350 English-language journals in the social sciences.
Years indexed: 1907 to 1984
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AI 3 S672REF
Sociological Abstracts
Description: Summarizes journal articles, book chapters, books, and
theses in sociology and related disciplines.
Years indexed: 1953 to present.
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1953-1984: HM 1 S67 PER
1985 to present: HM 1 S67 REF
Taylor & Francis Online (SSH Collection) (FT) (R)
Description: Includes all Taylor & Francis Social Sciences and Humanities journals.  Covers Arts and Humanities, Business and Management, Economics, Education and Social Sciences. 
Years indexed: January 1997 - present
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Wiley Interscience (now includes Blackwell titles) (FT) (R)
Description: Wiley Interscience provides access to the electronic journals published by Wiley (1997 onwards) and also includes titles that used to be published by Blackwell Synergy which recently merged Wiley.   Subject areas covered include:  business, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental science, education, engineering, humanities, law, the life sciences, mathematics and statistics, medicine and healthcare, physics and astronomy, polymers and materials science, psychology, and the social sciences.
Years indexed: Indexing coverage varies. Fulltext articles are generally available for 1997-present. Updated continuously.
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Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 - 2000 (FT) (R)
Description: Women and Social Movements in the United States brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform activities.
Period Covered: 1600-2000
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