Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies: Literature Reviews

Serves both the department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies and the Graduate Certificate in Sexuality & Queer Studies

Specialized Literature Review Resources

Annual Reviews This link opens in a new window
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Literature reviews in the biomedical/life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
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Citation index for the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities.

Google Scholar
Use the advanced search feature to limit by publication date, journal, author, discipline; use the "cited by" and "related articles" feature to connect to other scholars

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window
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Index to doctoral dissertations and selected masters theses from 1861 to the present; includes 2 million+ full text dissertations published since 1997.

Gale Virtual Reference
Searchable library of scholarly e-books providing scholarly background articles written by top scholars in the field
Open Access resources, Women and Gender Studies
List of Open Access scholarly materials prepared by the Women and Gender Studies Section of ACRL

About Methods

Look under these subjects in UW Libraries Search to find books on research methods:

Feminist Theory -- Research -- Methodology
Women's Studies AND Methodology
Social Sciences -- Research -- Methodology
Humanities -- Research -- Methodology
Qualitative Research -- Methodology
Quantitative Research -- Methodology

Strategies for Reading & Evaluating Scholarly Literature

These resources from the Bothell Campus Library can help you make informed decisions about which articles to include in your literature review and why.