Subject page for gender research
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Anne Sæbø
Subject specialist in Gender Research and Scandinavian Studies
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Selected resources
IBSS
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is a online resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. It includes bibliographic references to journal articles, books, reviews and selected chapters dating back to 1951.
Web of Science
Web of Science provides quick, powerful access to the world's leading citation databases.
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Scopus (Elsevier)
Abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.
SAGE Research Methods links over 100,000 pages of SAGE’s reference content on methods concepts. Since SAGE Research Methods focuses on methodology rather than disciplines, it can be used across the social sciences, health sciences, and more.
Feminae
Medieval Women and Gender Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
Book search
Oria – The Library Database includes books, journals, articles, sound recordings, printed music etc. held by the norwegian research libraries.
Electronic journals
Browse our online and printed journals in Oria. See also:
- E-journals held by the library
- Important journals (level 2) NSDs Norwegian register of scientific journals
New books in Gender research
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When the smoke clears : clay tobacco pipes and smokeways in eighteenth-century SwedenBergman Carter, Robert (Media-Tryck Lund University; Department of Archaeology and Ancient History Lund University, 2026)Lund studies in historical archaeology 27Mottatt i biblioteket 2026-10-12.
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Feminist : fortællinger om frihed fra den franske revolution til metooMøller Jensen, Elisabeth (1. udgave, Gads forlag, 2026)Mottatt i biblioteket 2026-09-22.
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Womens agency and self-fashioning in early modern Tuscany : (1300-1600)N/A (First edition, Viella, 2022)Kent State University European studies 8Mottatt i biblioteket 2026-09-14.
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All the women are white, all the blacks are men, but some of us are brave : black womens studiesN/A (Second edition / new afterword by Brittney Cooper, Feminist, 2015)Mottatt i biblioteket 2026-09-03.
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The Hidden lives of Viking women : archaeological and historical perspectivesN/A (Oxbow Books, 2025)Mottatt i biblioteket 2026-08-04.
Historical databases
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.
Oxford dictionary of national biography National record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century.
STK book collection This library located at the Centre for Gender Research, UiO reflects and documents Nordic gender research historically and currently.
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 has good data, also on gender.
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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Search & Write
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Academic Writing Centre
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PhD on Track
PhD on Track is for all beginning researchers, main topics are the research process, communicating results, and open science.