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Recommended Databases
Below is a list of recommended databases and bibliographies for your research.
- Feminae : Medieval Women and Gender Index This link opens in a new windowIndexes of journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
- Iter Bibliography This link opens in a new windowUse to find citations pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Contains citations for articles, books, bibliographies, catalogs, abstracts, and discographies. Open URL- and Zotero-enabled.
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowUse to find resources about the history of the world (excluding U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. Contains full-text and abstracts of articles from scholarly journals, magazines, conference papers, books, and videos.
- ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials This link opens in a new windowUse to find scholarly resources in all fields of religions. Contains full-text peer-reviewed articles and abstracts, book reviews, essays and videos. Includes Catholic Periodical and Literature Index.
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new windowUse to find resources on women, gender and sexuality studies, and feminist research. Contains citations, abstracts and some links to full-text scholarly articles.
- MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowUse to find information on language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric, writing studies, folklore, film, theater, and other dramatic arts. Contains bibliographical citations and some full-text journal articles, books, dissertations, working papers, essay collections, scholarly websites etc.
- The Other Voice in Early Modern EuropeThis bibliography attempts to keep current with scholarly publications in English by and about early modern women (ca. 1400–1700) throughout Europe and other areas where relevant.
- Robbins Library BibliographyBibliography of works by and about women writers of the middle ages