CSI Library: Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies: Find Articles

Federated Searches

"Federated searches" means searching more than one database at the same time. In WGSS this could be useful because your topic could be interdiscipinary. We have two broad federated search engines to try:

OneSearch: allows you to search our book catalogs plus most of our databases.

Ebsco (all): search our top ebsco databases at once (Communications, LGBT Life, SocIndex, PsychInfo, Academic Search Complete, more)

Databases for Scholarly Articles on WGSS topics

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text access to complete back runs of scholarly journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage for most journals does not include the last 3-5 years. Users can search across the entire database or limit their search to journals in specific subject disciplines. Click here for a search tutorial. Many scholarly eBooks are also available on the platform.
Coverage Dates: 1665 to present
SocIndex FT This link opens in a new window
Citations and select full text of scholarly articles, books, and conference papers in sociology. Topics covered include criminology, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, social psychology, social work, sociological theory, substance abuse, violence, and urban studies.
Coverage Dates: 1895 to present
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
This full-text database contains in LGBTQ+ issues as well as full text for hundreds of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers including The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, Tangents, and many more. LGBTQ+ Source also contains many full-text monographs and books including Classics in Lesbian Studies, Gay Science: The Ethics of Sexual Orientation Research, Handbook of Research with Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Populations, Queer Theory & Social Change, and more. Additionally, all relevant bibliographic data from NISC's Sexual Diversity Studies is also included.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, arts, and social sciences primarily covering the fields of literature, history, cultural studies, political science, religion, and the arts.
Women and Social Movements This link opens in a new window
Digital collection of articles, essays, books, bibliographies, and primary source materials documenting the history of women's reform activities in the U.S. from 1600 to 2000.
Coverage Dates: 1600 to 2000
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Search engine for scholarly literature on the web. Searches across disciplines for journal articles, theses, books, conference papers, and technical reports from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Some articles may be available for free on the web. Others are only available through the library's subscription databases. To locate full text for those articles, click on the link "Find Full Text at CSI" (only available when using a campus computer or accessing Google Scholar thru the campus long-on). To access Google Scholar without having to log-on, and without the CSI subscription links,click here).
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Large multidisciplinary database providing abstracts and select full text of scholarly and popular publications in a wide variety of subject disciplines, including art, literature, education, history, sociology, science, and engineering. Because of its broad subject and full text coverage, Academic Search Complete is a good starting point for research on virtually any topic. Click here for a search tutorial.
Coverage Dates: 1887 to present

News Sources

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Full text access to a wide range of news, business, and legal information. News resources include major U.S. and world newspapers and magazines, TV and radio transcripts, newswires, and blogs. Business resources include industry and market news, company profiles and SEC filings, and country profiles and business conditions. Legal resources include law reviews and journals, U.S. case law, codes and statutes.
New York Times Online (Academic Pass edition) This link opens in a new window
All CUNY libraries have access to the New York Times academic pass, a subscription that is available to any student, staff, or faculty member with a CUNY email address. Free registration is required for every CUNY user. Once registered, you can log in to your own personal NY Times profile from any computer without going through the library web site. Just use your @csi.cuny.edu or @cix.csi.cuny email to register. Follow this video tutorial for help! If your faculty or staff subscription has expired, please follow these linked instructions to renew it annually.
To access NYT articles from 1851- 4 yeas ago, please use the New York Times Historical database. Check out our Journal Search for alternative access to current content via Gale and NexisUni.
New York Times Historical This link opens in a new window
Full text of the New York Times from 1851 to 4 years ago, available in a ProQuest database. Content includes all articles in the print paper; many years have full PDF coverage, with full text searching. For access to the NYT website and apps see the NYT Academic pass. Check out our Journal Search for alternative access to current content via Gale or NexisUni.
Ethnic Newswatch This link opens in a new window
This ProQuest database includes full text newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic and minority press. Covers of a wide spectrum of ethnic viewpoints, including African-American, Jewish, Latino, Native-American, and Asian-American publications.
Coverage Dates: 1990 to present

If your research overlaps with other disciplines, check these out.

Communications and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Abstracts and select full text from over 650 journals in communications and mass media. Covers topics in journalism, film, television, marketing, business communication, health communication, and more.
Coverage Dates: 1915 to present
ERIC (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
If you are doing research about WGSS and education, this is the database for you.
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Electronic edition of the 5-volume Historical Statistics of the United States. Find historical statistics on topics such as population, income, employment, education, crime, and economics. Users can export data to spreadsheets or create custom tables.
APA PsycINFO This link opens in a new window
If you are doing research about WGSS and psychology, this is the database for you.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The MLA Bibliography is now provided on the EBSCOHost platform! Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the MLA International Bibliography is an index for the study of language, literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, folklore, and film, covering scholarly publications from the early 20th century to the present. It includes citations to journal articles, books, articles in books, series, translations, scholarly editions, websites, and dissertations To check IF full text is available, click on the "Find it! @CUNY." This resource has the same citation content as the print MLA bibliography, not all the articles it references are instantly available in full text. If you need a particular article that is cited in the Bibliography and cannot find it in CUNY resources, you may need to use InterLibary Loan.
Coverage Dates: 1926 to present