Women’s & Gender Studies is often described as an interdisciplinary course of study rooted in feminist theory. Because of this, articles covering women’s issues or written from a feminist perspective can be found in nearly all subject areas. The databases below, are the best places to start for Women’s & Gender Studies topics:

For news, magazine, alternative press articles (but not limited to women’s or feminist issues), try these:

Finding too much?

• Use AND between ideas to search for BOTH terms
• Put “Quotation Marks Around Your Search" to search for exact phrases

Finding too little?

• Use OR between your ideas to search for EITHER term
• Put * after the root of a word to look for multiple endings

For better searching, think of multiple ways to describe your topic