Women & Gender Studies

A database is an electronic (online) collection of information about journal articles, books, and other research materials. Many databases include or link to full-text articles. Some have only abstracts or citations (these are often referred to as “Indexes”). Databases that Seton Hall Libraries subscribe to are found on the Databases link on the library home page.

Databases can be searched by one or more fields such as title, author, subject or keyword. You can usually add restrictions such year of publication, language, peer-reviewed ("scholarly"), or full-text to further narrow your search. Often, you will need to select "advanced search" to take advantage of these tools. It's worth taking the time to learn how to search databases well - it will save you time and trouble in the long-run! 

Doing research on a topic? Use a database.

If you are looking for one or more articles on a specific topic, it is most effective to search many journals at once rather than browse/search one at a time. Remember that access to these databases is SHU restricted, so you will need to log in if you are off-campus.

Looking for a known journal? Go to the journals search.

If you are looking for a specific article and you know the name of the journal it appears in (e.g. you have a citation) or if you want to browse a particular journal, go to e-journals. Remember that old issues are often available in print.