Dear All: Wish you a happy and prosperous New Year! NISC is pleased to announce free access to the Gender Studies Database (GSD), an anthology of 12 database files, for the entire month of January 2004. To register, please visit www.nisc.com and click the Gender Studies Database link. About Gender Studies Database (GSD) Available Formats: BiblioLine (Internet-/Web-based), CD-ROM Number of Records: 542,700+ Dates of Coverage: 1972 & earlier Present Number of CD-ROMS: 1 Database: Anthology of 12 files Update Frequency: Monthly/BiblioLine, Quarterly/CD-ROM Subject Category: Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, Gender Studies The Gender Studies Database (GSD) combines NISC's popular Women's Studies International, Men's Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies databases with relevant contributions from the Child Development & Adolescent Studies as well as Family & Society Studies Worldwide databases. GSD covers the spectrum of gender engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. Links to freely available and indexed full-text articles and documents on the web are available. Several hundred links provide access to carefully selected websites. 1) Men's Studies Database With over 44,500 citations & abstracts, MSD covers 250 core and hundreds more important periodicals providing access to the full diversity of literature including journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, theses, dissertations, bulletins, newsletters, internet documents and numerous other sources on men's studies from 1990 to the present. 2) Sexual Diversity Studies Sexual Diversity Studies (SDS) offers a balanced, objective, and thorough review of scholarly as well as popular print, electronic, and internet publications of the GLBT press. Most topics of interest to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities are covered in depth. Of paramount importance is the coverage of history, culture, social issues, interests, and concerns of the GLBT community. 3) Women Studies Abstracts Formerly edited by Sara Stauffer Whaley and recently acquired by NISC, Women Studies Abstracts contributes more than 40,160 records. Approximately 3,000 abstracts of core literature are added per year. 4) Women's Studies Bibliography Database Publications indexed cover a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, sociology, social work, psychology, health sciences, education, economics, law, history, and literary works. Source documents include related websites, internet documents, professional journals, conference papers, books, book chapters, selected popular literature, government reports, discussion & working papers and other sources. Enhanced sub-sets of records from U.S. Government databases and other files are included to make Women's Studies International as comprehensive as possible. This file of 168,466 records is produced by NISC with contributions by many individuals. 5) Women's Studies Database Women's Studies Database (1972-present) is compiled by Jeanne Guillaume, Women's Studies Collection Librarian of New College, University of Toronto; WSD provides more than 88,700 records drawn from 125 journals worldwide. About 4,000 records are added per year. Women Studies Librarian The following 4 files from the University of Wisconsin: 6) New Books on Women & Feminism (1987-present) is the complete guide to feminist publishing and provides 42,625 citations. About 2,800 records are added per year. 7) WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies (1985-1990) is a guide to 803 feminist films, videos, audiocassettes, and filmstrips. 8) Women, Race, & Ethnicity: A Bibliography (1970-1990) is an annotated, selective bibliography of 2,458 books, journals, anthology chapters, and non-print materials. 9) The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines (1970- 1995 - selective coverage) is an excellent tool for curriculum development, providing 2,345 records from biographical and historical books and articles. 10) MEDLINE Subset on Women (1964 - present) 46,847 abstracts. The MEDLINE Subset on Women, part of the MEDLINE database from the National Library of Medicine, adds to the diversity of materials included in Women's Studies International. With an emphasis on the well-being and social concerns of women in general and the developing countries in particular, this subset includes many journals, reports, books, and published and unpublished papers, previously not indexed in WSI. The MEDLINE Subset on Women brings an overall health perspective to Women's Studies International, with an applied, practical and empirical approach. 11) Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research Women of Color (1975-1995) was produced by the Research Clearinghouse on Women of Color and Southern Women at the University of Memphis in Tennessee and provides over 7,600 citations on eighteen different ethnic groups. 12) Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography Women's Health (1995) provides 200 records drawn mainly from English-language journals and other holdings of the World Health Organization library in Geneva. The bibliography was compiled by the Division of Publishing, Language and Library Services, Office of Library and Health Literature Services, and is dedicated to the memory of the late chief of the library, Dr. Deborah Avriel (1935- 1995). Subject Coverage 1. age of consent 2. anthropology 3. art, language & culture 4. athletics & sports 5. coming out 6. criminology & criminal justice 7. culture & communities 8. developing countries 9. employment, workplace harassment 10. ethnic studies 11. fatherhood & family 12. feminist studies - theory & history 13. gender identity, sexual orientation 14. girl studies 15. growing up male 16. historical events & personalities 17. historical studies 18. history 19. homophobia & monosexism 20. language & terminology 21. law & legislation 22. legislation & rights, social change 23. lesbianism 24. literary criticism 25. literature 26. male genetic disorders (XXY, XYY, etc.) 27. male menopause, mid-life & aging 28. male sexualities, bodies & biology 29. male/female relationships 30. marriage & divorce, child custody 31. masculinities & boyhood/manhood 32. media & communication studies 33. mens movements & groups 34. men's health issues & andrology 35. men's studies & feminist pedagogy 36. mental & physical health 37. military 38. Modern period 39. political/social activism 40. prejudice & gender discrimination 41. psychology 42. psychology & body image 43. queer studies 44. race & ethnicity & color 45. religion & spirituality 46. reproductive rights 47. rights & movements 48. sexual practices & techniques 49. sexuality & sexology 50. social welfare & socioeconomics 51. sociology 52. spirituality, mythopoetic men 53. substance abuse 54. suicide & self abuse 55. Victorian period 56. violence & abusive relationships 57. women and the media 58. women in development 59. women's liberation movement 60. women's rights & suffrage 61. work/family relationships Happy browsing! Thank you Sincerely T.V. Prafulla Chandra Senior Editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NISC Export Services Pvt. Ltd. (an affiliate of NISC International, Inc. 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