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This guide is designed to assist you with conducting research in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. The navigation tabs on the left contain information about the research process, finding and using books, articles, images, and primary sources, and WGSS groups at UConn.
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Not sure where to begin? Do you need help finding sources or talking through your project idea? Send me an email and we'll set up a time to meet. Contact me at stephanie.birch@uconn.edu.
New Resources
- Black Thought & CultureIncludes over 100,000 letters, speeches, essays, interviews, and trial transcripts by Black and African American leaders with a focus on 19th and 20th centuries.
- Film Platform CollectionIncludes documentaries released from 2020-2022 covering topics including topics such as environmental science, media studies, women's studies, and sociology.
- LGBT Magazine ArchiveIncludes articles from journals covering LGBT interests from 1954-2015.
- PBS Video Collection1,500 streaming videos produced by PBS. Includes films from well-known PBS series such as Ken Burns' Jazz, NOVA, Frontline, and Finding Your Roots.
- Race Relations in AmericaIncludes records, images, case studies, audio recordings, and surveys from the Fisk University race relations department and its annual institute between 1943 and 1970 covering topics such as the Civil Rights Movement, segregation, discrimination, and racial theory.
- Vogue ArchiveIncludes works and color images from various photographers, stylists and illustrators featured in Vogue Magazine from 1892 to the present.
WGSS Librarian
Stephanie Birch
She | Her | Hers
Contact:
(860) 486-2734
Website
Subjects: African Studies, Africana Studies
