Guide purpose
This subject guide highlights key resources for the discovery of research literature in cultural studies and related fields. If you have questions about the use of these databases, or research in cultural studies, American studies or ethnic studies I am happy to help, or get you in contact with those who can.
Key Resources
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowSociological Abstracts, and its companion file Social Services Abstracts, cover the international literature of sociology, social work, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides abstracting and indexing of articles and book reviews drawn from thousands of serials publications, plus books, book chapters, dissertations, conference papers, and working papers.
[Coverage: 1952-present] - America: History and Life This link opens in a new windowBibliographic database containing citations to articles on American and Canadian history, including ethnic history and relations, from prehistory to the present. Covers more than 2000 journals published worldwide.
[Coverage: 1964-present] - Women's Studies International This link opens in a new windowAn interdisciplinary database combined from Women Studies Abstracts (1984-present), Women's Studies Database (1972-present), New Books on Women and Feminism (1987-present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975-present), and several major bibliographies.
[Coverage: 1972 (and earlier)-present] - LGBTQ+ Life This link opens in a new windowLGBT Life contains indexing and abstracts for LGBT-specific core periodicals, in addition to data mined from over 1400 select titles. Also, contains data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies database.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowCitations to articles on the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: history and life.) Indexes more than 2000 journals worldwide.
[Coverage: 1967-present]
Some Full-text Journal Collections
- Project Muse: Scholarly Journals Online This link opens in a new window
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Project Muse provides full text access to hundreds of journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences and mathematics. It is useful for searching interdisciplinary cultural studies topics. Its full-text search engine permits finer-grained searching than any other index for these journals. Coverage varies by journal. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Archive of scholarly journals and ebooks in over 50 disciplines spanning the arts, humanities, social sciences and the sciences. For journals, coverage begins with volume one of each title and continues to within 3 to 5 years of the most current issue, with some up-to-date dependent on the title. JSTOR is a not-for-profit organization established with the assistance of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. - Sage Journals This link opens in a new window
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Research journals in health sciences, social sciences, humanities, materials sciences, engineering, life and biomedical sciences. Collection of over 400 titles, coverage varies by title. - Taylor & Francis This link opens in a new window
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Search across journals from Taylor & Francis and related publishers. Contains important peer-reviewed journals in the field of Cultural Studies.
