LibGuides: Gender and Sexuality Studies: Databases

Key databases

UCL Library Services subscribes to many electronic databases which provide access to a variety of resources. The most relevant ones for Gender and Sexuality studies are listed on this page and these include:

Key databases for journal articles

Anthropological Index Online
Offering access to hundreds of journals in the British Museums Anthropology Library, this resource is an essential periodical index covering the fields of physical anthropology, archaeology, cultural ethnography and linguistics.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (part of WoS Core Collection)
Fully indexes over 2300 arts and humanities journals, as well as selected items over 250 scientific and social sciences journals. To search only content from this database, go to More settings and select Arts & Humanities Citation index only.
Arts & Humanities Database (ProQuest)
This full-text journal database has been created to complement databases including ARTBibliographies Modern, Design and Applied Arts Index, British Humanities Index, MLA International Bibliography and Philosophers Index. Users can link directly from citations in these indexes to the corresponding full-text articles.
Chicano Database
Database focusing on the Mexican-American and Chicano experience, as well as the broader Latino experience of Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans and Central American immigrants. Explores the broad dimensions of class, race and gender within the Chicano and Latino U.S. experience.
IBSS: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (ProQuest)
Index of literature in the social sciences and related subjects.
MLA International Bibliography
International database on language, literature, linguistics and folklore.
SCOPUS
Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. No longer supports IE7 or earlier versions. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
Web of Science Core Collection
A multidisciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources.

Key databases for primary sources

A primary source is a first-hand expression or evidence of an event or experience. This evidence can be in the form of the written word, images, artefacts, film or sound recordings, and will have been created at some point during the lifetime of the person involved. Using primary sources in your research adds context and credibility to your argument. Primary sources will vary depending upon what is being studied.

Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Access is to all five collections: International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism & Culture, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part 1, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part 2, Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century and L'Enfer de la Bibliotheque National de France
Archives Unbound
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents covering a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward--from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history.
English Historical Documents Online
English Historical Documents Online contains over 5,500 expertly indexed and fully searchable primary documents from 500-1914.
Historical Texts
Add UCL into login box, then sign in with UCL username and password. Historical Texts brings together three collections in one platform: Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) and 65,000 texts from the British Library 19th Century collection.
Mass Observation Online
Featuring, amongst other material, original manuscript and typescript papers from the Mass Observation organisation. The archive was developed to create an 'anthropology of ourselves' and study the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain.
Victorian Popular Culture
Focused on popular entertainment in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it is divided into 4 sections: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic; Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks; Music Hall, Theatre and Popular Entertainment; Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema
Women and Social Movements Library
This resources focuses on the history of women in social movements between 1600 and the present and includes the three databases: Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000; Women and Social Movements : International, 1840-present and Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Key databases for newspapers and magazines: current access and archives

African American Newspapers, Series 1: 1827-1998
Providing access to 280 U.S. newspapers and chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, this collection includes papers from more than 35 states and features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles.
African American Newspapers, Series 2: 1835-1956
This database complements and expands on African American Newspapers, Series 1, 1827-1998 with more than 75 newly available newspapers all written for or by African Americans. The focus is on the lives of African Americans as individuals, an ethnic group and Americans.
African Newspapers: The British Library Collection
This collection, originally archived by the British Library, features nearly 60 newspapers from across the African continent, all published before 1900.
Caribbean Newspapers, 1718-1876
Focuses on the evolution of the region across two centuries chronicled within more than 140 titles from 22 islands

The Economist
Current access to the Economist is via ProQuest Central.

Economist Historical Archive, 1843-2020
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. The Economist Historical Archive delivers a complete searchable copy of every issue of The Economist from 1843 to 2020. The Economist presents the world's political, business, scientific, technological and cultural developments and the connections between them.
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive‎, 1880-2000
Primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century. Including core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre, together with film fan magazines and music press titles
Financial Times (FT.com)
UCL username and password required. Registration is required on first visit to enable off-site and ePaper access.
Gale OneFile News
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Gale Primary Sources
Cross search many of Gale Cengage's databases in one platform. Contains archives of newspapers such as The Financial Times, The Times, The Telegraph, and others.
Independent Voices
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century
Latin American Newspapers, Series 1: 1805-1922
This database provides more than 50 fully searchable Latin American newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere
Latin American Newspapers, Series 2: 1822-1922
The second series of digitized Latin American Newspapers expands the number of searchable titles available from this region. Providing issues from more than 250 additional titles, this online series includes newspapers published in English, Spanish and Portuguese from 20 countries, including some countries and cities not represented in the inaugural collection of Latin American Newspapers.
LGBT Magazine Archive
A searchable archive of major periodicals devoted to LGBT+ interests, dating from the 1950s through to recent years including 26 leading but previously hard-to-find magazines. Includes the complete backfiles of The Advocate, Gay News and its successor publication Gay Times.
Nexis
Database of news and company information (formerly provided as LexisNexis 'Executive').
Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Comprises the complete archive from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full colour
ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Search the historical archive of The Guardian, The Observer, The South China Morning Post, The Times of India, Le Monde, and 13 major American newspapers including The New York Times. Click "i" for a full coverage list.
ProQuest News & Newspapers
Searches ProQuest Newsstream and Historical Newspapers databases
Rock's Backpages
An archive of rock and pop music history including 30,000 newspaper and magazine articles - reviews, interviews, and feature articles, from US and UK music publications from the 1960s to the present.
Vogue Archive
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images.
Women's Magazine Archive, 1846-2005
Primary sources to facilitate the examination of the events, trends, and attitudes of the late-19th century through to 2005. Among the research fields served by this material are gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture
World News in Indian Newspapers, 1782-1908
This collection contains copies of three English language newspapers published in India during the period 1782-1908: The India Gazette (1782-1834); The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle (1822-1866); and The Bengal Times (1876-1908

Key databases for research methods

SAGE Research Methods
Combining content from Sage books, journals, case studies and references works to help users explore methods concepts when designing research projects, conduct research, and write up findings. Access to all areas except Datasets. Some video contents is available - refine by 'Available to me'. Foundations content is now included.

Library Databases

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