Library: Women's Studies 151 (Adler): Databases/Videos

Online Databases

Please check out the Library's Research Databases for a full list of databases for your research needs. The following are recommended databases for information on Women's Studies. For off-campus access to databases, please use your UH user name and password.

Academic Search Complete
A comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Covers all subject areas.
Credo Reference
Credo Reference provides full-text online versions of about 1,200 published reference works in a variety of major subjects. These include general and subject dictionaries as well as encyclopedias. Credo also has more than 200,000 images and nearly 100 videos.
Google Scholar
Freely accessible research reports and information combined with Leeward Library databases.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
Provides access to more than 530 full-text journals. This database also provides particularly strong coverage in child & adolescent psychology and various areas of counseling.
Statista - The Portal for Statistics
A portal to over 1 million statistics, 3,000 industry reports, and over 400 market forecast reports.

Databases for the local perspective

For information related to Hawaii you should turn to the following resources:

Hawaii.gov
Official website of the State of Hawaii. Find reports, statistics, and legislation from state agencies and departments.
Honolulu Civil Beat
Civil Beat is the largest news organization dedicated exclusively to civic affairs journalism in Hawaii.
ProQuest US West Newsstream
Covers news sources from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Full-text articles include the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Honolulu Advertiser, and Honolulu Star-Bulletin. For off-campus access, please use your UH user name and password.
State of Hawaii Data Book
Statistics for the State of Hawaii

Streaming Videos

#Metoo, Now What?
The #MeToo movement shattered the silence, pushing issues of sexual harassment, and the lived experiences of so many women, to the forefront of the national conversation. Now, it’s time to take that conversation to a deeper level, engaging women and men from all generations and walks of life.
Charting a New Course: Makers: Women Who Make America
A focused look at the workplace, where individual women crashed through the glass ceiling, and to the courts, where they waged a battle against the “hidden injuries” of battery, harassment and rape.
The Fight for Women's Rights
Join Ann Curry as two women search for friends and colleagues who fought for equal rights. One of the first female commercial pilots wants to thank her mentor, and an advocate hopes to find the woman who inspired her to join a movement.
Melinda Gates on her foundation's work and the need to 'lift up women' worldwide
Melinda Gates plays a huge role in shaping its work, and her new book, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World, chronicles some of the inspiring men and women she has met through it.
When #MeToo Hits Home
What mistakes do companies make in dealing with sexual harassment, pay inequity and other gender issues in the workplace, and how can they be best addressed to mitigate business risk?