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 Ebsco (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 Completevia 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 Sciencevia 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 ASAPvia 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 Abstracts
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 Bibliographyvia 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 Studiesvia 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 Servicevia 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 Discusvia 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 Abstractsvia 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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