Cultural Construction of Gender and Sexuality

Journal Articles

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies

GLBT Life
A resource for literature regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 120 GLBT-specific core periodicals. Also contains data mined from over 40 priority periodicals as well as data mined from over 1400 select titles.
GenderWatch
Contains the full text of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas from the 1970's to the present. Provides in-depth coverage of subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives.
Sociological Abstracts
Index (with abstracts) to journals in sociology from 1963 to the present. Directions: Make sure 'Sociological Abstracts' is checked before performing your search.
PsycINFO
Citations and abstracts for articles in 1300 psychology journals, conference proceedings, books, and dissertations from 1887 to the present.
Women's Studies International
Combined access to several women's studies databases, including Women Studies Abstracts, Women's Studies Database, POPLINE, and Women of Color. Covers feminism, history, ethnic studies, health, social sciences, U.S. and worldwide.

Anthropology

Anthropology Plus
Anthropology Plus brings together into one resource Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. The index covers core periodicals internationally in the field in addition to local and lesser-known journals from the late 19th century to the present.
AnthroSource
Anthropology database for many of the AAA's most critical peer-reviewed publications, including backfiles and current issues of American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Anthropology and Education Quarterly, Anthropology and Humanism, Archaeological Publications of the American Anthropological Association, Cultural Anthropology, Ethos, Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, NAPA Bulletin, and PoLAR: The Political and Legal Anthropology Review, plus a complete electronic archive of all AAA journals through 2003

Social Science Citation Index / Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975- )
The Social Sciences Citation Index, Arts & Humanities Citation Index, and Science Citation Index. Covers thousands of journals in a wide array of disciplines. Search by topic, author, journal title, or cited author (to identify articles which cite that author's article).
Family & Society Studies Worldwide (1970- )
Indexes publications from a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, psychology, demography, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and social work. Covers popular issues and information for professionals in the fields of social work, social science, and family practice. Many citations provide the complete text of the article.

Area Studies / International

Africa-wide: NiPAD
Provides combined access to African Studies Abstracts and its predecessor, the catalogs of key African studies libraries around the world, and other databases. Covers economics, history, development, politics, music, business, literature, etc.
Bibliography of Asian Studies (1935- )
Index of western-language monographs, articles, and book chapters on all parts of Asia.
FRANCIS
An index to multilingual, multidisciplinary information in the humanities, social sciences, economics, religion, the history of art, and literature from 1984 to the present.
HLAS Online: Handbook of Latin American Studies (1935- )
Indexes scholarly works on Latin America, covering social sciences and humanities in alternating years.
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature (IBZ)
Multilingual database, indexing over 5600 periodicals, including a significant proportion of the periodicals published on the European continent, 1983 to the present.
Index Islamicus
Indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere. Includes over 2,000 journals, conference proceedings, monographs, multi-authored works and book reviews from 1906 to the present.

Compiled by Patti S. Caravello, January 2005