Women's and Gender Studies

Covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia from 1972 to present. Essential subjects covered include gender inequality, masculinity, post-feminism, gender identity and more.
(EBSCOhost)

Documents & images centered on the history of women in United States social movements. Includes a dictionary of social movements & organizations, a chronology of U.S. Women's History and teaching tools with lesson ideas and document-based questions.
(Alexander Street Press)

Full text of plays written from colonial times to the present by women from the United States and Canada. Many of the works are rare, hard to find, or out of print. Almost a quarter of the collection consists of previously unpublished plays.
(Alexander Street Press)

Primary materials including the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made.
(Alexander Street Press)

A definitive cross-cultural resource for information on women's history spanning more than four centuries & 15 languages with over two million pages in full image. Users can trace the evolution of feminism within a single country, as well as the impact of that country's feminist movement on other countries and their movements. The Gerritsen Collection also provides immediate access to many primary sources from around the world that were previously available only in a limited number of rare book rooms.
(ProQuest)

Full text scholarly journal articles in Arts & Sciences, Biological Sciences, Business, Health and General Sciences from first volume through three to five years from the last complete calendar year (moving wall).
(JSTOR)

Current reports covering a wide range of social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Search by topic or browse issues to find reports.
(CQ Press)

Films in all discipline areas. Please check the Library Search for access to specific titles as some films are available from multiple sources. For possible inclusion of films not on the site, contact the Instructional Media Center at LibIMC@wcupa.edu and put Kanopy in the subject line. Films for Distance Education will be given priority consideration.
(Kanopy Streaming)

Streaming educational videos in a wide variety of subject areas.
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(Films Media Group)

Award-winning documentaries relevant to many curricular areas such as race and gender, multiculturalism, arts, environment, globalization, human rights, and more.
(Alexander Street Press)