Women's History Month: Find Articles
Research Databases
Off Campus access username and password can be found in Blackboard on the
Institution Page. Students: look for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape. Faculty: look for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring. Or you can contact the library for username and password.
- Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Large interdisciplinary database that contains articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals, trade magazines, and popular magazines.
It offers broad subject coverage, including anthropology biology chemistry, computer science, ethnic and multicultural studies, food science, general science, geography, law, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, religion, women's studies, and many more.
- MasterFile Elite This link opens in a new window
Provides full text magazines, periodicals, and reference books covering a wide range of subject areas. It also includes an extensive collection of photos, maps and flags. Search for Consumer Reports reviews and more here!.
- Access Multicultural News This link opens in a new window
Newspapers and news sources from many cultural perspectives.
- Black Life in America Collection This link opens in a new window
The experience and impact of African Americans as recorded by the news media, 1704 to today. Content from 19000+ news sources, current and historic. This primary source collection offers an expansive window into centuries of African American history, culture and daily life—as well as the ways the dominant culture has portrayed and perceived people of African descent.
- Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
More newspapers from across the United States and around the world. Many are full-text.
Open Access Resources
- Journal of International Women’s StudiesThe Journal of International Women’s Studies is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed feminist journal that provides a forum for scholars, activists, and students to explore the relationships among theories of gender and sexuality and various forms of organizing and critical practice
- Social Issue Research This link opens in a new window
Explore and access free research about critical social issues from social sector organizations around the world. Curated by Candid a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive data and insights about the social sector.
- Arts and Humanities Commons This link opens in a new window
A free collection of research on arts and humanities. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- History Commons This link opens in a new window
A free international collection of research on history worldwide. Covers cultural and physical anthropology, folklore, linguistics, and other topics. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
- Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons This link opens in a new window
A free collection of research on social and behavioral sciences. .Many articles, book chapters, and other materials can be downloaded free of charge.
- United States History Commons This link opens in a new window
An open-access collection of scholarly research in American history. Includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other original scholarly work.
Reference Resources
Off Campus access username and password can be found in Blackboard on the
Institution Page. Students: look for Student Tools to Stay Connected at Atlantic Cape. Faculty: look for Key information about Libraries and Tutoring. Or you can contact the library for username and password.
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new window
Credo Reference provides access to a large number of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri and other reference books. Subjects covered include art, biography, history, literature, music, religion, and science and technology. Includes a spider map of related subjects
- Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window
Standard, academic reference sources on a variety of topics. Some sources in this collection are better for historic than for current information.
- Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
Provides information on approximately 140,000 authors from a wide range of literary disciplines and time frames as well as plot summaries, synopses, and overviews of their works. In addition, it also includes 14,500 short stories and 54,000 poems.
- Points of View Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Covers controversial issues of many descriptions. Contains many core topics, each with an overview (objective background / description), point (argument), and counterpoint (opposing argument). Links to additional full-text articles. For best results, use the Browse Topics feature.
- Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center This link opens in a new window
A full-text databases providing differing points of view on current social issues, such as affirmative action, censorship, ecology, mental health, and many more. For best results, use the Browse Topics feature. All content requires critical thinking.
