WMST 200: Introduction to Women's Studies: Women and Society (Legal Research)
Web Page created by Yelena Luckert, UM Libraries
This web page contains links to library resources useful for researching women's studies. For a complete list of electronic resources available to University of Maryland faculty, staff, and students, as well as information about the full range of library materials and services, consult the UM Libraries' home page.
Because of licensing agreements, access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals is restricted to UM faculty, staff, and students. These may be accessed via Research Port.
Contents
UM Libraries' Catalog Other Libraries' Catalogs Databases Printed Sources Helpful Guides Internet Resources 
UM Libraries' Catalog
- Catalog
- Information on all the holdings of all libraries in the University System of Maryland. Lists books, titles of journals, videos, CDs, government publications, and other materials owed by the University of Maryland Libraries.
Other Libraries' Catalog
- WorldCat
- OCLC catalog of books, serial publications, media, visual materials, musical scores, and archival materials in libraries worldwide.
Databases
GENERAL DATABASES
- Academic Search Premier
- Interdisciplinary database. Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.
- Interdisciplinary database. Provides abstracts and indexing for over 7,000 journals. Full text of articles for over 4,000 scholarly publications, including more than 3,100 peer-reviewed publications.
LEGAL DATABASES
- Westlaw Campus Research
- Full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the /United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d /legal encyclopedia, /American Law Reports, /federal regulations, law reviews and legal periodicals, plus the ability to update case law using /West's KeyCite/ system.
- LexisNexis Academic
- Full-text database that offers a wide range of news, political, legal, business, and reference information in full-text format. Primary source of newspaper articles, including those from the Washington Post and the New York Times. Federal code, regulations, and case law, plus state codes and case law are also included.
- Thomas (Library of Congress)
- Provides full text of the United States Congress legislation; Congressional Record, committee information, and historical documents.
- Full-text access to cases from the courts of all 50 states and federal courts, statutes from all 50 states and federal statutes published in the /United States Code Annotated, American Jurisprudence 2d /legal encyclopedia, /American Law Reports, /federal regulations, law reviews and legal periodicals, plus the ability to update case law using /West's KeyCite/ system.
WOMEN STUDIES
- Women's Studies International
- (1972-present) The ultimate women's studies resource! Includes over 232,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
- GenderWatch
- Full text database comprised primarily of the many ongoing periodicals that deal with gender issues, including academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports. Contains archival material, in some cases as far back as 1974. Be mindful whether you found a scholarly (or refereed) article or an article from general press.
- (1972-present) The ultimate women's studies resource! Includes over 232,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases.
PUBLIC POLICY
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PAIS International (CSA)
- References to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more from 1972 to the present. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. Coverage is international and multidisciplinary on a wide range of public affairs topics, including: the environment, business, education, government, health, international relations, law & legislation, criminal justice, political science, social issues, and public administration.
- References to journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference reports, publications of international agencies, microfiche, Internet material, and more from 1972 to the present. Newspapers and newsletters are not indexed. Coverage is international and multidisciplinary on a wide range of public affairs topics, including: the environment, business, education, government, health, international relations, law & legislation, criminal justice, political science, social issues, and public administration.
The topic of this course is very interdisciplinary. Depending on your specific topic you might need to consult other databases in a variety of subject areas. Please see the complete list of databases by subjects in Research Port.
Print Sources
- The rights of women: the authoritative ACLU guide to women's rights. 4th edition
- McK Stacks KF478 .L37 2009
- Ready Reference Women's Issues
- McKRef HQ1115.W6425 1997 (3 vols)
- Loeb, Searing, and Stineman, Women's Studies: A Recommended Core Bibliography, 1980-85
- McKRef HQ1180.L63 1987
- Cox, Elizabeth M.,Women in Modern American Politics: A Bibliography 1900-95
- McKRef HQ1236.5.U6C69 1997
- United States Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990,
- McKRef HQ1410.H84 1993
- McK Stacks KF478 .L37 2009
Helpful Guides
- University of Maryland Libraries, Preparing an Annotated Bibliography
- University of Maryland Libraries, Citation Systems and Style Manuals
- University of Maryland Libraries, The Assignment Calculator
- University of Maryland Libraries, Evaluating Web Sites
- University of Maryland Libraries, Women's Studies
- University of Maryland Libraries, Law
- List of various guides to assist students in doing law or legal research
Internet sites
- University of Wisconsin System, Women's Studies Librarian's Office
- International Institute of Social History, Women's History
- The Women's Library, London, Social Science Information Gateway: Women's Studies
- Library of Congress, American Memory
