Science and Sexuality

Listed in: Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies, as SWAG-328

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This research guide provides a selection of interdisciplinary online databases that may be useful for searching for books, articles, and primary source material for this course.

In our library session, we will use a concept map to map out your research. 

A concept map can be really helpful as you move into the research process. It

... serves as a visual tool for organizing ideas
... uses free association
... aids in developing questions
... reveals themes and patterns
... helps you generate search terms.

In addition to this guide, you may consult the Sexuality, Women's, and Gender Studies Research Guide.

    • Discover: Start here for books, articles & more
      Simultaneously search research databases plus the Five Colleges Libraries Catalog to find full-text articles, books and more.
    • Women's Studies International (1972 to present)
      Interdisciplinary, covers the latest scholarship in feminist research.
    • GenderWatch (1970 to present)
      Full text of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas.
    • PubMed (1966 to present)
      Premiere biomedical index, includes MEDLINE and links to molecular biology databases.
    • PsycInfo (1887 to present)
      Covers the academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, sociology, education, and other areas.
    • AnthroSource (1988 to present)
      Developed by the American Anthropological Association (AAA), AnthroSource indexes 100 years of anthropological material.
    • Social Services Abstracts (1979 to present)
      Indexes research on social work, human services, and related areas, including social welfare, social policy, and community development.
    • Sociological Abstracts (1952 to present)
      Covers the international literature in sociology and related disciplines.
    • International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (1951 to present)
      Indexes about 3,000 journals and 7,000 books per year.
    • PAIS Index (1972 to present)
      Coverage of articles, selected books, government documents, research reports, etc., from a wide range of social sciences.
    • Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (1975 to present)
      Covers international journals in political science and its complementary fields.
    • Global Newsstream (ProQuest)
      Search the most recent global news, including major US dailies, with archives that stretch back into the 1980s from over 2,700 news sources that include newspapers, newswires, television and radio transcripts, blogs, and more in full-text format.
    • Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
      Combined search of the historic Boston Globe, Chicago Defender, Chinese Newspapers Collection, Hartford Courant, Los Angeles Times, New York Amsterdam News, New York Times, South China Morning Post, Times of India, and Washington Post.
    • Alternative Press Index (1969 to present)
      Covers alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines.
    • Alt-PressWatch (1970 to present)
      Full-text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the alternative and independent press.
    • Access World News (Newsbank) (date coverage varies)
      Electronic editions of over 2,600 local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as 1,500 international sources. Fully searchable and browsable by map.
    • Google Scholar
      Use Google Scholar to determine who has cited a work.
    • Web of Science (1984 to present)
      Search thousands of journals across the sciences and social sciences and track cited references to locate more recent articles.

      Zotero and Bibliographic Management

      Zotero is a free plug-in for Firefox that helps you collect, manage, and cite your sources. It's available in all computer labs on campus, and you can download it on your own computer for free. Tutorials and documentation are also available.

      You can also visit the library's "How to Cite Sources" page.