GenderWatch
Database Description
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GenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. GenderWatch supports programs in business, education, literature and the arts, health sciences, history, political science, public policy, sociology and contemporary culture, gender and women's studies and more. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications,books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, n-g-o and special reports.
The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare,domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles. It also includes content on the impact of gender and gender roles on areas such as: the arts, popular culture and media, business and work, crime and criminology, education, research and scholarship, family, health care and medicine, politics, policy and legislation, pornography, religion, sexuality and sexology, sports and leisure.
GenderWatch contains archival material, in some cases as far back as the 1970's with additional archival material continually added.
Coverage
- 1970-
Information Type:
- Citations? Yes
- Abstracts? No
- Full Text? Yes
Frequency of Updates:
- Quarterly
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