Searching for Academic Journal Articles - WGST 202 - Introduction to Gender and Sexuality - Currans - Research Guides at Eastern Michigan University

Multisubject Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Find articles on a wide range of subjects, including peer-reviewed articles.
Access Tips: Also available via mel.org
Esearch This link opens in a new window
Search the library’s collection of books, articles, ebooks, dissertations, videos, music, and more.
Search Instruction: Finding Articles using Esearch
Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new window
Use the power of Google, with search results limited to scholarly information sources. A good place to search for topics that relate to multiple academic fields.
Be sure to use the link here or elsewhere on the Library's website to insure links to the full text of articles are available.

Finding Articles Using Esearch

Finding Articles using Esearch

Gender and Sexuality Databases

GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Gender issues, Women, Gay/Lesbian/Transgender Issues, Men's Studies
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles, news articles, reports. To find scholarly/academic publications, select the tab labeled "Scholarly Journals."

Searching Within a Specific Journal

Many of the journals in the list on your syllabus will be available through Gender Watch or Google Scholar. Links to these are included below.

If you would like to search within a specific title from the list, you can do so by searching in the box below to identify which databases index the title that interests you.

Find Journals by Title

Search here for journal, magazine or newspaper titles. If you're looking for articles on a topic, use the Esearch articles search or databases.

Other Specialized Databases

Many of the items in these databases will be scholarly articles.

ERIC This link opens in a new window
ERIC focuses on education, but can be useful because it includes research on child development, school social work and special education.
Literature Online (ProQuest One Literature) This link opens in a new window
Search the text of literary works and find literary criticism.
Subjects: Literature, Literary Criticism
Info type: e-books, novels, poems, plays, scholarly articles, professional articles, reference book entries
May be useful for fiction.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Find literary criticism, author biographies, overviews of texts, and more. This database searches Gale resources, with a new interface:Literature Criticism Online, Something About the Author Online, and Gale Virtual Reference Library.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
The PsycINFO database includes all kinds of research materials for psychology and related fields, including social work.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Music, Dance, Ethnomusicology, Music Therapy, Music Education
Info type: scholarly articles, magazine articles, conference papers, book info, essays, book chapters, dissertations
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Sociology
Info type: scholarly articles, book info, book chapters, book reviews, conference papers, dissertations
May be helpful for immigration, incarceration or social movements.

Subject Guide

Suzanne Gray

On Sabbatical Winter 2025

Subjects: African American Studies, Anthropology, Communication & Speech, Criminology, Sociology, Women's & Gender Studies

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