to search names as a phrase | ex: "grace lee boggs"
as a wild card | ex: wom*n, Latin* ("truncation symbol")
AND between words to NARROW results | ex: film AND television
OR between words to EXPAND results | ex: African American OR Black
Many databases give you only a citation telling you where to find the article, not the article itself.
This button is often a shortcut to the full article text in another database:
Click the Find It @GSU button to open a window with links to the article you need.
If the GSU Library does not have access to an electronic copy of the article, we may have a copy in print.
If that fails, try searching for the journal title in GILFind, or use the "Journals" tab.
If the GSU Library does not have a print or electronic version of the article, use Interlibrary Loan (ILL) to request it from another library.
Lost? Stuck? Too many options? Ask a librarian!
If you find a journal article or book chapter that is available at the GSU Library in print only, you have two options:
To fill out an Interlibrary Loan request, start here.
This offer applies only to journal articles and book chapters and not to whole books.
For more information about Desktop Delivery, click here.
Use keyword searching in the GSU library catalog (called GILFind) (for books) and in relevant databases (for articles). Brainstorm different keywords for your topic and see what happens.
Use Boolean searching (AND, OR, NOT) to expand or narrow your searches.
When you find a relevant item, click on the record and look for subject terms. Clicking on a subject term will bring up other related items.
Try your keywords and subject terms in other databases, and see what you find!
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Looking for books?
This guide focuses on finding articles. For more information on searching for books, please consult the Books tab on the general Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies guide. Librarians can also help you with book searching!
Women's Studies is interdisciplinary!
These databases are broad, interdisciplinary article databases.
Don't forget to check related research guides to find additional databases for your topic. To see all of our databases, use our A-Z list.
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for thousands of journals and other publications. PDF content dates back to 1887.
Click here for a full list of the secondary- and primary-source databases held by the GSU Library.
Provides indexing and abstracting of international publications in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
These databases focus on specific social-science disciplines. To search more broadly, try the databases in the "General Articles Databases" box.
You can also use the dropdown "Find by Subject" box in the Articles / Databases tab to identify relevant databases by subject.
Subject-specific research guides can also help you find more databases for your topic.
Anthropology Plus is the worlds most comprehensive index covering the fields of anthropology (social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic archaeology, and related interdisciplinary research.)
APA PsycInfo is unmatched as a resource for locating scholarly research findings in psychology and related fields across a host of academic disciplines.
A robust art research database providing full-text art journals and magazines, plus detailed indexing and abstracts. Direct Opt Out Link
Atla Religion Database with AtlaSerials provides coverage from 1949 and retrospective indexing for major religion and theology journals.
Provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts. Selected coverage of nearly 200 journals, and full text from 500+ journals in communication & mass media.
Provides bibliographic coverage of current research focused on social work, human services, social welfare, social policy, community development, and more.
Offers indexing and abstracting of social work and human services journals dating back to 1965, covering theory, practice, areas of service, and subjects such as therapy, education, human services, addictions, child and family welfare, mental health, and civil and legal rights. Restricted to 8 simultaneous users. If you are unable to access, please try again later.
Provides abstracting and indexing of international relations and political science literature, covering articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, and working papers.
