University of Sydney Subject Guides - Gender & Cultural Studies

Key Databases

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 edu
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 journ
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
Factiva (mid-1980s - present)

Full-text news, commentary, pictures and media transcripts from Australian and overseas media sources.

All currently enrolled students and staff are entitled to off-campus access to the Library's licenced electronic resources like databases.

If you are not sure how to do this the following information will guide you.

Expanded Academic Index ASAP via Gale Infotrac (1980 - present)

Full text and abstracts from a large number of multidisciplinary journals. Terms & conditions
Family and Society Studies Worldwide via Ebsco (1970 - present)

References articles, conference papers, books and web resources on range of social science disciplines
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.
Google Scholar

An academic version of the famous search engine.
JSTOR

Full text of major Classics and Ancient History journals. Does not include the current five years of issues. Terms & conditions
Project Muse

Full text of peer-reviewed humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from over 60 scholarly publishers. Terms & conditions
Proquest 5000

Multiple databases covering disciplines within the Social Sciences. Also includes digitised collections of key US newspapers, dissertations & theses.
Web of Science via ISI Web of Knowledge

Contains the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Useful for subject and citation searching for any discipline. Terms & conditions
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts : WPSA via CSA (1975-present)

References to articles, books and reviews on political science and its complementary fields, including international relations, law, and public administration / policy.
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