This web page was prepared to accompany a Yale University Library Research Workshop for students in Sociology 334a / Women's & Gender Studies 413a, Prof. R. Abdulhadi

Yale University Library Research Workstation

Library Catalogs

  • Orbis -- Yale Library's Online Catalog
  • Morris -- Yale Law Library Online Catalog
  • Card Catalog -- A guide to using the card catalog in Sterling (materials before 1977)
  • Eureka -- Where to look if you can't find it in any Yale catalog, or you're looking for more books on your topic
     Useful Library of Congress (LC) Subject Headings:
    women--middle east
    women[--country]
    women in politics--arab countries
    women in politics[--country]
    women revolutionaries[--country]
    women in islam
    women, palestinian arab
    feminism--middle east
    feminism[--country]
    feminism--religious aspects[--religion]
    feminism and literature[--country]
    women authors, arab
    women authors, iranian
    muslim women
    jewish women
    persian literature--women authors
    sexual animosity--arab countries
    sexual animosity[--country]
    homosexuality--islamic countries
    homosexuality--middle east
    homosexuality[--country]
    homosexuality male--islamic countries
    gay men--islamic countries
    gays in popular culture--islamic countries
    lesbianism[--country]

General Indexes

  • JSTOR - Journal Storage Project -- full-text scholarly journals in sociology, political science, history, etc.
  • Lexis-Nexis -- full-text newspapers, mostly US and other western countries
  • Web of Science: includes Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science Citation Indexes
  • Wilson Web: includes Humanities Abstracts/Full-Text, Readers Guide Abstracts/Full Text, Social Sciences Abstracts/Full Text, and others
  • World News Collection

 

Subject-Specific Indexes

  • ATLA Religion Database
  • Contemporary Women's Issues
  • GenderWatch (Stamford, CT : SoftLine Information, June 1998- .)
    SML CD-ROM Reference Center & Social Science Library
  • Historical Abstracts (Santa Monica: ABC-Clio, 1955- )
    Connect to trial subscription (User id: sep17, Password: apache)
    SML, Reference D1 +H48 (LC) / D1 +H482 (LC)
    SML CD-ROM Reference Center
  • Index of Articles on Jewish Studies. Jerusalem: Hotsa at Sefarim al Shem Y.L. Madae.
    Judaica Reference Z6367 R47 LC
  • Index to Jewish Periodicals of General and Scholarly Interest. Chief Cleveland Heights, OH: College of Jewish Studies Press, 1963-.
    SML Reference Z6367 +I5 LC
  • International Political Science Abstracts. Paris : International Political Science Association, 1951-
    SML Reference, Index Case JA36 15 (LC)
  • The Middle East. Abstracts and Index. Pittsburgh : Library Information and Research Service, 1978-
    SML Reference, Index Case DS41 +M44
  • PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service)
  • POPLINE (POPulation information onLINE)
  • The Quarterly Index Islamicus. London : Mansell, 1977-
    SML Reference Z7835 M6 Q37 (LC)
  • Sociofile
  • Studies on Women Abstracts (Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Carfax Pub. Co., c1983- )
    SML Reference, Index Case, HQ1180 S78 (LC)
  • Women's Resources International
  • Women's Studies Index (Boston: G.K. Hall, c1991-)
    SML Reference, Z7962 W66 (LC)

 

Library Research Guides & Collections


Internet Sites

Comments to Diane Goldenberg-Hart (diane.goldenberg-hart@yale.edu), Librarian for Women's & Gender Studies. Created 10/98.
URL is http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/instruction/women/mideast.htm