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IBSS
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is an online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.


ISI Web of Knowledge
Web of Science provides quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases.

Sociological Abstracts
CSA Sociological Abstracts abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

Humanities Index
Humanities Index is a bibliographic database that cites articles from English language periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best known scholarly journals and numerous lesser known but important specialized magazines.

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BIBSYS Ask - The Library Database includes books, journals, sound recordings, printed music etc. held by the BIBSYS libraries.

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Historical databases

Early Modern Women Database
The Early Modern Women Database provides links to Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas.

Franciscan Women
This web database aims to provide in-depth information on Poor Clares, female Franciscan Tertiaries and aligned groups from the thirteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

Women's History Collections
This is an overview of individuals and organizations whose papers and records can be used as primary sources for women's and gender history.

Statistics

UNECE Gender Statistics Database
Comparable data for Europe, North America and Central Asia

OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB)
The OECD Gender, Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB) represents a new tool for researchers and policy makers to determine and analyse obstacles to women’s economic development. It covers a total of 160 countries and comprises an array of 60 indicators on gender discrimination.

GenderStats form the World Bank
A compilation of data on key gender topics from national statistics agencies, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys.

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