Research Guides @ Fordham: Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS): Articles & Databases

Searching for Journals, Newspapers, and Magazines

This section will help you find an article from a citation or check to see if Fordham subscribes to a journal, magazine, or newspaper.

Searching Periodicals (Video)
Part of the Library Instructional Bibliographic Series, this video will show you how to look up newspapers, magazines, and journals individually at Fordham University Libraries.
Newspapers at Fordham University Libraries
Provides a listing to Fordham's electronic newspaper subscriptions and databases with both historical and current newspapers.

A Selection of Journals for WGSS from Library Catalog

This section contains a selection of subscribed journals for browsing.

General WGSS Databases

JSTOR (EXPANDED COLLECTIONS & JOURNALS) - ENDS 6/30/21)
Hundreds of academic journals available in full text. The Feminist & Women's Studies collection contains 43 journals.
Project MUSE - Premium Collection (EXPANDED ACCESS TO 6/30/20)
Full text of hundreds of journals including current issues. Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies collection contains 30 journals. No access to books.
Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale OneFile)
Full text access to publications from domestic and international organizations.
GenderWatch
Database covering women, gender, and LGBT studies with access to 219,000 articles from 1970 to present from an array of academic, radical, community and independent presses.
Gender Studies
Combines the Women's Studies International Index and Men's Studies Index and contains almost 1 million records dating from the 1970's up to the present. Index with some full text.
SAGE Journals Collection
Full text of over 700 journals.
SocIndex with Full Text
Comprehensive index to the literature on sociology including journals, books, and conference papers.
AnthroSource
Online portal serving the research, teaching and practicing needs of anthropologists. A service of the American Anthropological Association.
HeinOnline Law Library
Contains a wide range of legal resources including: Supreme Court cases, law-related periodicals and books, codes, opinions and more. Special collections include: John F. Kennedy assassination, history of capital punishment, slavery in America and the world, Gun regulation and legislation, women and the law.
CQ Researcher
Includes Archive 1923-Present. A database of in-depth, authoritative reports on political and social policy issues that study the evolution of various topics over time.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale in Context)
Premier online resource for helping students explore today's hottest social issues from all perspectives. * Note: Only 85-90% of each Reference title is included in the database. Some material is omitted because of online rights issues.

Requesting Articles Through InterLibrary Loan

Articles from journals that Fordham does not subscribe to can be requested through InterLibrary Loan. If the library is able to get access, these articles will be delivered to researchers electronically.

ILLiad
Open an account with InterLibrary Loan to request access to books, articles, etc. that Fordham does not own.

Additional Research Guides

See the full listing of research guides for additional resources and database options.

WGSS Databases for History

America: History & Life
Index to history of U.S. and Canada comprising nearly 2000 journals since 1910.
Historical Abstracts
Abstracts for hundreds of journals covering the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
Feminae: Medieval women and gender index
Covers journal articles, book reviews and essays in books about women, sexuality and gender during the Middle Ages.
Routledge Historical Resources: The History of Feminism
Covers the subject of feminism over the long nineteenth century (1776–1928) with a range of primary and secondary resources, including full books, selected chapters, journal articles, and more.
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (scholar's edition)
Thousands of documents, images, bibliographies and teaching aids.

WGSS Databases for Literature

Bibliography of English Women Writers 1500-1640
A still-growing list of known and newly recovered writers and texts.
MLA International Bibliography with Full Text
Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), this subject index dates back to the 1920s and contains millions of citations from journals and series, as well as book publishers. Covers modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics. Does not include MLA Directory of Periodicals.

Research Methods

SAGE Research Methods Online (Includes SRM Video until 6/25/20)
New platform with a multimedia research experience! Explore research methods and concepts to help design research projects. Can be used across many disciplines. Use Chrome or Firefox for Best Results.

Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS): Articles & Databases

Articles & Databases