Women's Studies provides documentaries and films covering the study of gender, feminism, women’s history, media studies, and politics. Alexander Street's collections address issues of social justice, gender/sexual identity, political activism and are the focus and provide insight into the contributions of women to history, culture, and society.
Women's Studies provides documentaries and films covering the study of gender, feminism, women’s history, media studies, and politics. Alexander Street's collections address issues of social justice, gender/sexual identity, political activism and are the focus and provide insight into the contributions of women to history, culture, and society.
Provides indexing and abstracts for essential sources including journals, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, reports, theses, dissertations and grey literature.
Indexing and abstracts for more than 630 publications. More than 980,000 records.
Coverage note: A "PDF Full Text" link indicates available full text access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all titles on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
A primary resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history.
Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. women’s history generally and at the same time make those insights accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools.
The collection currently includes 124 document projects and archives with more than 5,100 documents and 175,000 pages of additional full-text documents, written by 2,800 primary authors. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools.
Included with this collection is access to the online version of Notable American Women and the database on Commissions on the Status of Women.
A landmark collection of primary materials. Through the writings of women activists, their personal letters and diaries, and the proceedings of conferences at which pivotal decisions were made, this collection lets you see how women’s social movements shaped much of the events and attitudes that have defined modern life.
1830 - 1898. No longer updated.
The most popular women's periodical of its day, with stories, poems, fashion, illustrations and music.
Digitized and searchable database of the magazine. Full-text articles available.
The magazine was intended to entertain, inform and educate the women of America. In addition to extensive fashion descriptions and plates, the early issues included biographical sketches, articles about mineralogy, handcrafts, female costume, the dance, equestrienne procedures, health and hygiene, recipes and remedies and the like. Each issue also contained two pages of sheet music, written essentially for the pianoforte. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine containing extensive book reviews and works by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and many other celebrated 19th century authors who regularly furnished the magazine with essays, poetry and short stories.
Godey’s Lady’s Book also was a vast reservoir of handsome illustrations which included hand-colored fashion plates, mezzotints, engravings, woodcuts and, ultimately, chromolithographs.
550+ Journals, 340+ full-text reference books and monographs, and 38,000+ full-text conference papers, including those of the International Political Science Association.
153,000+ Full-text, peer-reviewed scholarly and scientific articles in psychology from 80+ journals published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
400+ Journals with full-text covering emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
3.3 million+ citations in1,500+ international journals; book chapters and books; and dissertations in 30+ languages from the American Psychological Association’s (APA).
Video Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/user/PsycINFO
Coverage dates vary. See "more" for details. Unlimited users.
800+ full text journals, 1,600 journal indexed, 200+ Reference Books.
Coverage note: A green open lock indicates available access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all content on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
Women's Studies provides documentaries and films covering the study of gender, feminism, women’s history, media studies, and politics. Alexander Street's collections address issues of social justice, gender/sexual identity, political activism and are the focus and provide insight into the contributions of women to history, culture, and society.
Most current file. Unlimited users. Updated continually.
Provides access to the world's most comprehensive bibliography, with over 49 million bibliographic records for audio-visual materials, books, maps, musical scores, newspapers, and periodicals in 370 languages and covering information from 4,000 years of knowledge. Many of the holdings for materials at the Texas Woman's University Libraries are included, as well as holdings for other libraries in Texas, the United States and worldwide.
Using newsreels, archival footage, and documentaries, students and teachers can find materials relevant to a wide range of assignments. World Newsreels and World History allow users to explore, for example, many aspects of World War II, including the Home Front, the battlegrounds, the military aspect, the Holocaust, and the media coverage from the main countries involved.
World History presents multi-media histories of the major themes in the discipline:
Eyewitness accounts, descriptions of daily life, editorial observations, advertisements, and genealogical records of American History from historic newspapers, journals and books.
Two million+ archival descriptions and locations for primary source material, historical documents, personal papers, family histories and archival materials held in archives, special collections and manuscript collections around the world. *This site works best in Internet Explorer.
U.S. news content from local, regional and national sources. Print and online newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts and videos.
860+ Full-text U.S. and international newspapers, and television & radio news transcripts.
Includes access to Ebsco’s Newswires and Web News, which provide near real-time access to news feeds from around the world.
1980 - current.
Online Newspaper. Considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.
1980's - present. Unlimited users.
Coverage dates vary. See "more" for details.
US South Central Newsstream enables users to search the most recent regional news content, as well as archives which stretch back to the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, and news sites in active full-text format. South Central Newsstream covers news sources from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Coverage note: A "full text" link indicates available access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all content on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
Unlimited users. Updated daily.
Coverage dates vary. See "more" for details.
EBSCO's Web News provides near real-time access to thousands of top news feeds from around the globe. This collection includes over 14,000 feeds covering a range of business and general news topics. End users can immediately access the full text of the web content, by following the link in the record.
Coverage note: A "PDF Full Text" link indicates available full text access. TWU Libraries may not subscribe to all content on this platform: full access is not guaranteed. If you wish to obtain a copy of something the library does not have access to, please submit an Interlibrary Loan request. Visit this page for more information on how to submit an ILL request.
Updated monthly.
3,679,920+ Full-text articles in 1,250+ titles from 125+ publishers. Covering a range of topics including but not limited to: Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Sciences, Animals & Veterinary Medicine, Arts & Leisure, Biography, Business, Finance & Economics, and Education
Delivers a range of perspectives on important issues with integrated multimedia such as audio, video, images, national and international news, full-text articles and interactive maps.
1 million+ articles and book citations providing coverage of present-day and historical news makers. Entries reflect the perspective of the time they were written.
100+ reference books. Includes: African American Almanac, Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Datapedia of the U.S., Dictionary of American History, Encyclopedia Judaica, Encylopedia of Religion, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, World Press Encyclopedia, and many more.
1985 - present. 5 concurrent users. Updated daily. Marquis Who's Who on the Web.
Provides comprehensive profiles on 1.2 million (compiled from over 20 Marquis Who's Who print titles) of the most accomplished individuals from all fields including: government, business, science and technology, the arts, entertainment, and sports.
Includes both current and historical persons from around the world. Comprehensive biographical coverage including the following data elements: birth information, family, education and degree, career history, creative works, awards, military history, achievements, current memberships, interests/hobbies, and contact information.
Users can search by name or can search for people based on attributes such as nationality, occupation, gender, birth year and birth place.
An online video collection covering topics such as the arts, health, science and education. Includes educational documentaries, films and interviews plus a range of short video series.
(AVON) 250+ Sony Pictures Classics films from 1992 to 2015. A strong emphasis on documentary.
Films in the catalog have received more than 133 Academy Award® nominations, with 33 wins, including thirteen awards for Best Foreign Language Film and four awards for Best Documentary Feature. The many Oscar®-nominated films include works by filmmakers such as Louis Malle, Wim Wenders, Francis Ford Coppola, Ang Lee, Mike Leigh, Asghar Farhadi, Roman Polanski, Michael Haneke, David Cronenberg, Eric Rohmer, Terry Gilliam, Ismail Merchant, Errol Morris, Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodovar, and others.
Using newsreels, archival footage, and documentaries, students and teachers can find materials relevant to a wide range of assignments. World Newsreels and World History allow users to explore, for example, many aspects of World War II, including the Home Front, the battlegrounds, the military aspect, the Holocaust, and the media coverage from the main countries involved.
World History presents multi-media histories of the major themes in the discipline:
1972 - present. Unlimited users. Updated monthly.
formerly World Literature and Languages in Video
Through interviews, biographies, and surveys of regional literature and literary periods, these titles offer researchers and students a comprehensive resource for study of literature through time and around the globe.
Combines a variety of linguistic, cultural, and literary traditions in a way that allows users to explore and analyze themes and trends from around the world.
Areas of focus include France, Spain, Germany, Russia, Japan, and China.
Video on how to locate journal titles and whether they are available full-text. The video searches for Nursing journals, but the same is true to any field.
Updated monthly.
3,679,920+ Full-text articles in 1,250+ titles from 125+ publishers. Covering a range of topics including but not limited to: Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Sciences, Animals & Veterinary Medicine, Arts & Leisure, Biography, Business, Finance & Economics, and Education
