LibGuides: Diversity and Inclusion Resources: Women & Gender

Women & Gender Resources at Denison University

Women's & Gender Studies
Denison's WGST program page.
Laura C. Harris Series
Laura C. Harris Series LibGuide. Includes resources related to past and future guests of the series.
The Center for Gender & Sexuality
Program page of the Gender & Sexuality office at Denison.
Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Founding of the Women's Studies Program
This digital collection contains materials from both Women's Studies departmental files and from the University Archives. The development of a Women's Studies program illustrates social change within the academy during a dynamic period in American higher education.

Books & eBooks

Gender Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning and Tracing Gender in Higher Education by Emily F. Henderson
Call Number: LC197 .H46 2015
ISBN: 1137428481
Publication Date: 2015
Feminism, Gender and Universities: Politics, Passion and Pedagogies by Miriam E. David
ISBN: 9781472437129
Publication Date: 2014
Teaching Women's Studies in Conservative Contexts: Considering Perspectives for an Inclusive Dialogue by Cantice Greene (Editor)
Call Number: HQ1180 .T384 2016
ISBN: 9781138187108
Publication Date: 2016
Transfeminist Perspectives In and Beyond Transgender and Gender Studies by Anne Enke (Editor)
Call Number: HQ1180 .T72 2012
ISBN: 9781439907467
Publication Date: 2012
Presumed incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia by Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs (Editor)
Call Number: LB2332.3 .P74 2012
ISBN: 9780874218701
Publication Date: 2012
Available in print and e-book.
Feminism and Intersectionality in Academia: Women's Narratives and Experiences in Higher Education by Edited by Stephanie Anne SHelton, Jill Ewing Flynn, Tanetha Jamay Grosland
Publication Date: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Databases & Articles

Gender Studies Database
Covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia, 1972- .

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Subject Areas: Women's Studies, Queer Studies

Gender Studies Database combines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with the coverage of sexual diversity issues. GSD covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Source documents include professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, government reports, discussion and working papers, theses & dissertations and other sources. Several thousand links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the Web are available, including carefully selected and important Websites.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1972-
Database Producer: NISC. Distributed by EBSCO Publishing.
GenderWatch
Focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas, 1970- . keywords: newspapers

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Subject Areas: Women's Studies, Queer Studies

GenderWatch is an index to 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.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1970-
Database Producer: ProQuest/Chadwyck-Healey.
Women's Studies International
Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.

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Subject Areas: Women's Studies, Black Studies, International Studies

Women's Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Over 2000 essential sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, Web sites & Web documents, and grey literature. Women's Studies International supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education.

Format: Index to Journal Articles
Dates of Coverage: 1972-
Database Producer: NISC. Distributed by EBSCO Publishing.
Women's Magazine Archive, Parts I & II
Online archive of the leading women's interest magazines, from the late 19th century through 2005.

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Subjects: History, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Social History, Art, Education, Politics, and Marketing/Media History.

The Women's Magazine Archive contains full archives of major women's interest, consumer magazines. This resource contains issues from the late 19th century through 2005.

Research fields served by this online archive include gender studies, social history, economics, marketing, media, fashion, politics, and pop culture.

Women's Magazine Archive, Part I includes complete archives of Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and Parents magazine. These titles serve as records of the evolving assumptions surrounding gender roles and cultural norms. Parents magazine is relevant for research in education, psychology, health, and serves as a reflection of broad social and historical trends.

Women's Magazine Archive, Part II features several prominent, popular, and long-running publications such as Women's Day and Town & Country magazine. Part II also focuses on specific audiences with the inclusion of Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, as well as Essence and Women's International Network News.

Format: Full Text
Dates of Coverage: 1883 - 2005
Update Schedule: Annual
Database Distributor: ProQuest

Films/Documentaries

Kanopy Gender Studies Collection
Online, streaming video service, which provides access to over 26,000 films. Kanopy includes titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
Women's Studies In Video - Alexander Street Press
Alexander Street's collections address issues of social justice, gender/sexual identity, political activism and are the focus and provide insight into the contributions of women to history, culture, and society.
The Mask You Live In (2015)
Follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America's narrow definition of masculinity.
Miss Representation (2011)
The film exposes how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America.
He Said She Said (2001)
Tannen takes your students on an intellectual journey to the core of how men and women use language, and why communication between the sexes so often goes awry.
Growing Up Female (1971)
The first film of the modern women's movement, it was produced in 1971. It was widely used by consciousness-raising groups to generate interest and help explain feminism to a skeptical society.

Websites

Women in Higher Education
Monthly online journal addressing issues of women in higher education.
AAUP Webpage on Women in the Academic Profession
American Association of University Professors (AAUP) webpage addressing legislation and resources for women in higher education.
Women's Right from ACLU
ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
UN Women Watch
United Nations site on gender equality and women empowerment.
UNESCO Report on Gender and EFA: 2000-2015
2015 Report from UNESCO on access of women to K-12 education worldwide.
International Center for Research on Women
A non-profit organization that works to promote gender equitable development within the field of international development.
Women's Studies Resource Sites
A selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies and women's issues.

Men and Masculinity

Men and Masculinity LibGuide
Includes books/ebooks, journals, and databases.

Education and masculinities: social, cultural, and global transformations by Chris Haywood and Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
Call Number: LC212.9 .H39 2013
Publication Date: 2013