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Womens Studies

Resources Guide
Accessed via the Library Resources Where to start looking tab at
http!!sub"ectguides#york#ac#uk!$omensstudies!$here
%or students needing academic analysis &&
Studies on Women and Gender Abstracts is the main international resource
dedicated to Womens Studies' ASS(A )*ro+uest, - .ritish /umanities (nde0
)*ro+uest, and Web o1 Science also have good coverage o1 a range o1
resources relating to gender studies# 2S34R can be a use1ul source too#
%or students needing social and economic data &&
3he 56 7ata Service is a good resource $hich includes data 1rom
international organisations including the World .ank- 8uropean 9omission etc#
Gender 8:uality 7ata ; Statistics is another relevant resource- as is 897
iLibrary Statistics # 3he database (nternational /istorical Statistics- <=>?@A?<?
can be use1ul 1or students needing a historical perspective#
%or students needing ne$s!media sources &&
%or ne$spaper articles Be0is 56 is use1ul- as are the other Be$spaper
resources# 3he %eminist 3imes can also contain some use1ul material#
%or students needing historical sources &&
3he Gerritsen 9ollection @ WomenCs /istory 4nline <>DE @ <FD> is a good
starting point $ith international coverage# A more local resource is .ritish and
(rish WomenCs Letters and 7iaries# .roader period coverage can be 1ound in
8ighteenth 9entury 9ollections 4nline )8994, and 9<F 3he Bineteenth
9entury (nde0 # (n addition there are a number o1 historical "ournals held by
the Library on micro1orm that contain valuable material on gender studies# %or
more in1ormation see http!!sub"ectguides#york#ac#uk!$omensstudies!history
%urther Web Resources &&
3he Womens Studies sub"ect guide Web Resources tab includes links to a vast
range o1 $ebsites that have previously been identiGed as being use1ul by staH
and students in the department# 3hese are grouped by resource type- theme
and region# 3o e0plore these 1ully see
http!!sub"ectguides#york#ac#uk!$omensstudies #

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