Gender studies
| ** Guide to Gender Studies |
A library guide to researching topics in gender studies |
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| Amnesty International Library |
Makes available the text of news and newsletters, reports, actions, press releases, and other information about human rights issues around the world. Access level: Freely available to the public |
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| Contemporary Women's Issues |
A multidisciplinary, full-text database that brings together relevant content from mainstream periodicals, “gray” literature, and the alternative press — with a focus on the critical issues and events that influence women’s lives in more than 190 countries. Alternate access via CUNY login credentialsAccess level: CUNY |
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| Diversity Studies Collection |
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines from AcademicOneFile and General OneFile databases that explore cultural differences, contributions, and influences in the global community. Alternate access via CUNY login credentialsAccess level: John Jay |
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| Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) |
A comprehensive streaming video collection of 1,000s of full length educational videos and clips covering a broad range of topics. You can search by title, by keywords in segments, browsing titles alphabetically, and browsing or searching within the subject area. Most of the titles in the collection have closed-captioning and many have interactive transcripts. Access level: John Jay |
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| Gender Studies Collection |
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines covering topics including gender studies, family and marital issues from the Academic OneFile and General OneFile databases. Alternate access via CUNY login credentialsAccess level: CUNY |
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| Independent Voices |
An open access digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century. Access level: Freely available to the public |
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| LGBT Life |
Contains the full text for hundreds of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers as well as monographs and books. Alternate access via CUNY login credentialsAccess level: CUNY |
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| LGBTQ+ Rights |
Part of HeinOnline's Social Justice Suite, LGBTQ+ Rights is dedicated to charting the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today. Subcollections focused on specific areas of society, examining same-sex marriage, employment discrimination, military service, and more. Includes an interactive timeline, subject-coded court cases, scholarly articles, books, pamphlets, reports, and more.
Access level: John Jay |
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| SocINDEX with Full Text |
Contains core coverage journals dating back to 1895, and some priority coverage journals. Also includes full text for many books, monographs, and conference papers. Alternate access via CUNY login credentialsAccess level: CUNY |
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| Sociological Abstracts |
Scholarly articles, books, and dissertations in sociology and subdisciplines. Coverage from 1952 to the present. Access level: John Jay |
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| VictimLaw |
Information on victims rights and protections including Constitutional provisions, statutes, court rules, administrative code provisions, case summaries, and attorney general opinions. Includes overviews of the justice system and a glossary. Access level: Freely available to the public |
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| Women and Social Movements in the U.S. 1600-2000 |
Brings together primary documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, audio recordings, Web site reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women’s activism in public life. Alternate access via CUNY login credentialsAccess level: CUNY |
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