Research guides: Women &amp; Gender Studies: Home

Articles

Subject-specific databases

Contemporary Women's Issues This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles about issues that influence women's lives around the world.
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
Provides interdisciplinary coverage of gender-related topics including women's studies, men's studies, ethnic studies, health issues, and sexual diversity.
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts This link opens in a new window
An international abstracting database covering key areas of women's and gender studies.
LGBT Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to historically-significant LGBT journals, magazines, regional newspapers, and books.

Interdisciplinary and general databases

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Citations to journal articles, books, reviews, and chapters in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations and abstracts of scholarly journals, dissertations, books, and conference papers in the social and behavioural sciences.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) This link opens in a new window
Citations to journal articles, books, reviews, and chapters in the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology.

Books

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Primary sources

Databases

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I This link opens in a new window
Primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender, beginning in the 16th century.
Defining Gender, 1450-1910 This link opens in a new window
Primary source material originating from British archives, including manuscripts, printed works, and illustrations related to issues of gender.
Everyday Life and Women in America c.1800-1920 This link opens in a new window
Primary source material for the study of American social, cultural, and popular history in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Feminism in Cuba: Nineteenth through Twentieth Century Archival Documents This link opens in a new window
Personal letters, journal essays, radio broadcasts, and memoirs from women’s congresses, spanning from 1898 to 1958.
Gerritsen Collection This link opens in a new window
Documents largely from Western European and English sources concerning women and gender from 1543 to 1945.

HEARTH: Home Economics Archive, Cornell University
A core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines published between 1850 and 1950.
Votes for Women: selections from the National Women Suffrage Association collection, 1848-1921
Nearly 800 books and pamphlets documenting the American suffrage campaign that were collected between 1890 and 1938.

Women's Studies Archive This link opens in a new window
Examines the foundations and progression of women's movements during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Women and Social Movements, International - 1840 to Present This link opens in a new window
Primary source collections documenting the involvement of women in various social movements from around the globe.
Women in the National Archives This link opens in a new window
Index of documents relating to women in the British National Archives.

Special Collections

Atria: Institute on gender equality and women's history
Atria's library and archive collect materials and primary sources related to women's history.
The ArQuives
Canada's LGBTQ2+ archive, with a mandate "to acquire, preserve, organize, and give public access to information and materials in any medium, by and about LGBT people, primarily produced in or concerning Canada."
Jewish Women's Archive
Features biographies, online exhibits, and oral histories. Includes some contemporary information.
Lesbian Herstory Archives
Lesbian archive with a mandate to "gather, preserve and provide access to records of Lesbian lives and activities." Includes digital and digitized collections.
Strange Sisters
Image archive of lesbian pulp fiction artwork from the '50s and '60s.

Digital exhibits

Canada’s Oldest Profession: Sex Work and Bawdy House Legislation
This digital exhibit explores the history of sex work and bawdy house legislation in Canada.
Online Collections: GLBT Historical Society
The GLBT Historical Society collects, preserves, exhibits and makes accessible to the public materials and knowledge to support and promote understanding of LGBTQ history, culture and arts in all their diversity.
Online Exhibits: National Women's History Museum
Digital exhibitions and collections from the National Women's History Museum.
The State in the Bedroom - The Evolution of Reproductive Rights in Canada
This digital exhibit traces the legislative history of reproductive rights in Canada from 1892 to the end of the 20th century.
Women’s Liberation Movement Print Culture
Manifestos, speeches, essays, and other materials documenting various aspects of the Women's Movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s.
Women Working, 1800-1930
Focused on the impact of women the economy in the United States. Topics include hygiene, working conditions, commerce, recreation, and working regulations.

Statistics

Canada

Gender, diversity and inclusion statistics (Statistics Canada)
Gender-based statistics related to leadership, education, prosperity, health, access to justice, and more.
Insights on Canadian Society
Provides analysis based on a wide range of data sources on labour, income, education, social and demographic issues.
Native Women's Association of Canada: Resources
NWAC is an aggregate of thirteen Native women’s organizations from across Canada.
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report (Statistics Canada)
Canadian information by subject, age, and province.

International

Kinsey Institute: FAQs and statistics regarding sexuality
The Kinsey Institute fields a multitude of questions about sexuality, gender, reproduction, and other topics.

OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new window
Books, papers, statistics, analyses, and data sets focusing on Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries and global economic and development issues

UNData: Demographic and Social Statistics
International statistics from the United Nations Statistics Division.
UNICEF Data: Child Statistics
Global information on child and adult female populations.
WHO Global Health Observatory: country statistics
Organized by country. Includes information on nutrition, maternal and neonatal health, substance use, health systems, HIV/AIDS, TB, and violence and injuries.
WomenWatch: directory of UN resources on gender and women's issues
This easy-to-use guide links you to gender equality and women's rights in the UN system websites. Portals provide links to recent reports and data on a range of subjects.
World Values Survey
Political and social beliefs surveys conducted since 1981. WVS is located in Sweden, and it is the only source of empirical data on attitudes covering a majority of the world’s population (nearly 90%).

Resource guides

Background information

Indigenous Women's Issues in Canada
Women in World History
Global history project from George Mason University.

Oxford Bibliographies Online

These guides from Oxford Bibliographies Online contain background information and lists of key resources (including books and articles) that have been compiled by topic experts.