Diversity Resources: Databases

Suggested databases: GenderWatch "GenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports... GenderWatch contains archival material, in some cases as far back as the 1970's" (from SoftLine Information, Inc.)

Contemporary Women's Issues
The Contemporary Women's Issues database provides full-text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 190 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education, business administration and political science.

Ethnic NewsWatch
This database includes full text for newspapers, magazines, and journals of the Ethnic, Minority, and Native Press.

EbscoHost - Academic Search Premier
Academic Search Premier provides full text for over 1,250 academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education and multi-cultural journals. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 2,880 journals. Over 700 of the over 1,250 full text journals are peer reviewed. Over 1,670 of the indexed journals are peer reviewed. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Note: EbscoHost uses the Library of Congress Subject Headings!

CQ Researcher from Congressional Quarterly
"CQ Researcher is the perfect answer for people who need a place to begin research on current topics. Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, this weekly publication covers the most current and controversial issues of the day with complete summaries, insight into all sides of the issues, bibliographies and more. Users may browse through articles in the current issue or search for past articles using words, dates or other criteria. The CQ Researcher is the only publication that delivers in-depth original reporting week in and week out on the topics that affect you and the world around you." (from CQ Library)

LexisNexis: Legal Collection
Lexis/Nexis Academic provides access to a wide range of news, business, legal, and reference information. The LexisNexis Legal collections includes the ability to search full text federal, state, and international legal materials.

Criminal Justice Abstracts
Criminal Justice Abstracts provides comprehensive coverage of the major journals in criminology and related disciplines, extensive coverage of books, and unparalleled access to reports from government and nongovernmental agencies. For each document, an informative summary of the findings, methodology, and conclusions is provided. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing.

Alt HealthWatch
Alt-HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers public, university and medical libraries an immediate resource of nearly 50,000 articles from over 160 international, peer-reviewed and professional journals, magazines, reports, proceedings, and association and consumer newsletters (most from 1990 to the present), plus hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. In addition to the standard bibliographic citations, the database indexes each article by more than 225 subject categories, 16 article types and 11 publication types. From both a professional and consumer standpoint, Alt-HealthWatch provides in-depth coverage across the full spectrum of subject areas covered by "Alternative Medicine". (EBSCOhost)

CINAHL from EBSCOhost - Search this database for diversity related issues as seen from the nursing/medical perspective.

ERIC from EBSCOhost - Search this database for diversity issues as seen from the educational perspective.

PsycInfo from EBSCOhost and PsycARTICLES - Search these databases for diversity issues as seen from a psychological perspective.

JSTOR
Search, browse, and print from about 75 full-text journals in a variety of subject areas. The run of each title goes back to the first issue published (including some material from the late 1800´s), and usually ends in 1997. This makes JSTOR an excellent resource for historical information.

Wilson's Biographies
"Wilson Biographies Plus Illustrated contains more than 95,000 biographies and obituaries and more than 26,000 photographs of the subjects. Many of the biographies are enhanced with full text, abstracts, and citations from H. W. Wilson databases." (from WilsonWeb)