Research and Course Guides: Women and Gender Studies: Library Resources

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Journals about Women

Advancing Women in Leadership
Includes manuscripts that report, synthesize, review, or analyze scholarly inquiry that focuses on women's issues.
Asian Women
It publishes 7 to 10 theses in each issue contributing to gender equality in the field of women-related issues, feminism, and women's studies, etc.
Canadian Women Studies
Current research and writing on women - a resource for the feminist reader.
Journal of Women & Aging
Original articles and book reviews about women and aging. Multidisciplinary approach to psychosocial practice and theory issues for professionals.
Journal of Women's History
Articles and review essays of historical work by women.
Minerva : Women & War
Examines the roles of women in war and the ways that conflict affects women's lives.
Women & Therapy
Focus on women and the therapeutic experience; descriptive, theoretical, clinical and empirical perspectives for feminist practitioners and those interested in feminist therapy.
Women's Health
Provides the forum commentary and analysis on those diseases and conditions that are of critical importance to women for an audience of clinicians, research scientists, decision-makers and a range of professionals in the healthcare community.
Women's History Review
Aims to provide a forum for the publication of new scholarly articles in the field of women's history.
Women's Studies
Articles, review articles, poetry, short fiction, film and book reviews of scholarship and criticism about women in the fields of literature, history, art, sociology, law, political science, economics, anthropology and the sciences.
Women's Studies in Communication
Research articles, commentary and book reviews about the relationship between communication and women, gender, or the feminine.
Women's Studies Journal
Publishes writing by women that explores the concerns of women's studies and feminism. Aimed at academics with an interest in gender issues, focusing on reasearch and debate concerning women's studies in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Women and Language
Interdisciplinary articles and fiction for those interested in communication, language , and gender.
Women in Judaism
Features articles devoted to scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism.

Journals about Gender and Sexuality

Gender & Behaviour
Gender & history
Examines changing conceptions of gender, and maps the dialogue between femininities, masculinities and their historical contexts.
Gender and Language
Encourages discussion and debate about the implications of different definitions of gender and different approaches to analyzing the production and interpretation of texts and speech.
Gender Issues
Peer reviewed articles on basic and applied research on the relationships between men and women; on similiarities & differences in socialization, personality, & behavior; & on the changing roles of women around the world.
Genders
Gender Studies
Gender Studies
Politics & Gender
Race, Gender & Class
An interdisciplinary journal focusing on the intersection of race, gender & class social issues locally, nationally & globally from a social justice perspective.
Sexualities, Evolution & Gender
Examines the psychology of gender-specific behaviors, including gender roles, gender differences and gender relations.
Studies in gender and sexuality
Provides new research & studies in gender & sexuality.

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