Women's studies subject guide

Use Women's Studies Databases to find:

• academic journal articles
• scholarly encyclopedias, theses ...and more.
   

Sofia Discovery tool - find print books, ebooks, and more at Concordia and worldwide

• "Browse the shelf" to see neighbouring books to the item that you have selected
  
• Unfold the "description"  for more information on the book itself and to find similar books on topic
• "Check availability" to find out whether Concordia has an e-book version

Explore our ebooks by publisher

Google Books: search within books, without full access

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• Canadian Newsstream: full-text access to Canadian daily newspapers including the Gazette.
• Eureka.cc: full text access to English and French language Québec & Canadian newspapers , magazines, newswires, blogs and broadcast transcripts.
• Canadian Periodical Index (CPI-Q): newspapers, magazines, journals.
• Factiva: Full text of international newspapers (including Canadian), transcripts and newswires (license for only one user at a time).

• Defining Gender, 1450-1910. Pamphlets, diaries, periodicals, letters, poetry, receipt books, and conduct and advice literature. Essays and scholarly overviews support study and research in gender, leisure, and consumer culture.
• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries 
• Women and Social Movements in the United States 
  
  
• Vogue Archive (entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition) from 1892 to the present)
  
  
• NOTE: For more information and context on historical sources see the History Research Guide and for more Primary Source Databases see our entire listing.

CANADIAN STATISTICS:

• To find local statistics in all subject areas, start with the Statistics Canada site.
  
  
•  Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
   
• for QUEBEC ONLY see also Institut de la statistique du Québec
  
  
  

CANADIAN LAW & GOVERNMENT:

• To find CANADIAN LAWS & COURT CASES, see our guide: Law & Justice: Canada
  
  
• TIP: In Google, you can add the string site:gc.ca to your search terms to limit your results to Canadian governmental web sites if you are looking for government documents.