Gender and Cultural Studies Databases
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| Project Muse
Full-text access to humanities and social sciences journals from over 60 scholarly publishers. Articles cover theoretical aspects of cultural studies. |
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| APA-FT : Australian Public Affairs Full Text (1978 - present) References journal articles and other published material in the social sciences and humanities. Selected full-text from 1994/1995.
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| JSTOR
Full-text for major journals in the Social Sciences & Humanities. Latest five years are not available in this database. |
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| Women's Studies International via BiblioLine (1972 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources on sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education |
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Communication & Mass Media Complete via Ebsco (1915 - present)
References articles, conference papers, magazines and books in media studies, journalism, publishing, public relations and related disciplines. Useful for locating academic journals in media and communications. |
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| Sociological Abstracts (1952 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources on sociology, contemporary culture, gender and other related disciplines in the social sciences & humanities. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in Gender & Cultural Studies. |
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| Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge
Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities citation indexes, useful for citation and subject searching for articles, books and reviews in the social sciences and related disciplines. Allows the identification of key articles in a discipline. |
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| Proquest 5000
Multiple databases covering disciplines within the Social Sciences. Also includes digitised collections of key US newspapers, dissertations & theses. |
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| Google Scholar
Searches academic information on the internet. May also allow access to publications to which the University of Sydney Library subscribes. |
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| Factiva
Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from over 8,000 overseas and Australian news media sources. |
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| More databases for Gender and Cultural Studies (A - Z) | |
| AUSTLIT : Australian Literature Gateway
References to the work Australian authors and their works, includes; criticism, correspondence and interviews as well as providing details and locations of theses dealing with Australian literature.
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| Expanded Academic Index ASAP via Gale Infotrac
References articles and reviews in humanities, cultural and gender studies, social science, politics and communication studies. Results may include full text via Ingenta. Post-graduates and staff may request pay-per-view Ingenta articles from Interlibrary Loans |
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| Family & Society Plus via Informit Online (1980 - present)
References research, policy and practice issues relating to Australian families and society. Includes journal articles, government documents and publications from non profit and advocacy organisations. Selected full-text from 2000. ![]() |
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| Film & Television Literature Index
References journals, books, magazines and reviews in the creative, cultural, social, political and historical aspects of television, films and film making. |
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| Historical Studies
References articles, reviews and conference papers on world history (1450 to the present), excluding America, includes cultural & social history. |
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| Libraries Australia
Searches the combined catalogues of Australian libraries and also includes access to other major Library catalogues and repositories.
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| MLA : Modern Languages Association International Bibliography via Ebsco (1988 - present)
References to scholarly works in literature, linguistics and folklore in English, French, German, Italian and other languages on the topics of literature, literary theory and criticism, genres, linguistics and folklore. |
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| MAIS : Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies via Informit Online (1988 - present)
Covers immigration and multicultural issues, including ethnicity, racism and history and culture. Compiled by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Library. References articles and other published and unpublished material.
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| PAIS : Public Affairs Information Service via CSA (1972 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources in international policy & governance issues, political science and other disciplines within the social sciences. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in the social & political sciences. |
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| Sport Discus via Ebsco
Includes references to articles in all major sports, sports physiology, sports medicine and psychology journals as well as fitness and exercise related sources. |
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| World Wide Political Science Abstracts via CSA (1975 - present)
References articles, conference papers, books and web resources in cultural politic sand society and in related social science disciplines. Useful for locating peer reviewed journal articles in cultural politics. |
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| Statistical databases useful for Gender and Cultural Studies | |
| Australian Bureau of Statistics
Australia's official statistical organisation. Freely available data for social, health, economic and demographic research and census data for 1996-2006. Links to other statistical agencies via the ABS subject themes page.
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| ASSDA : Australian Social Sciences Data Archive (1977 - present)
Over 2,000 data sets from Australian and non-Australian Studies. Data available for research includes opinion polls, electoral studies, education, youth studies, social welfare and social attitudes. Access information is available from the ASSDA website.
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