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WGS 391: Disability in America: History, Theory, Activism: Databases

Finding Sources

Below is a selection of major databases by subject. You can also search our complete list of databases, or browse our Research Guides for more sources in a particular subject area. Check out our Primary Sources guide too.

Women and Gender Studies Databases

Individual articles are not searchable in library catalogs.  Instead, they can be found in our online databases, or located by running a Journal by Title search on the library homepage.  The following databases are subject-specific databases to help you get started with your article searching.

Social Science Databases

Social Science Literature

Research in the social science can be quite interdisciplinary even without the inclusion of legal topics. Below are some useful databases for literature searching in the social sciences.

Law Reviews and Journals

Law Reviews and Journals

Law reviews are a form of scholarship that is unique to legal research, though analogous to scholarly articles in other disciplines. Most law journals are available through specific databases, a selection of which are linked below.

HeinOnline themed collections

Data and Statistics Databases

Science Databases