Open Access (OA) refers to a series of principles and practices through which research is distributed online with no institutional/monetary barriers and with full reuse rights. Traditionally, open access has referred to materials published by peer-reviewed journals, but the term can apply to all research outputs including books, monographs, theses/dissertations, conference papers/proceedings, and more. The Open Access movement also encompasses open data, open educational resources, and open science. Here, we have gathered a number of open access resources, including traditional peer-reviewed content along with digital collections, reference materials, and other sources available free-of-charge.
Video: Open Access Explained! Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD Comics) (2012).
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This box contains a selection of Open Access Gender Studies academic, peer-reviewed journals. For additional gender studies-specific open access resources, see the websites linked below:
For additional general open access resources, see the following:
The bibliographies below can help offer an overview of the scholarship in a field and assist you in identifying relevant sources. These are lists that will not usually provide access to the named texts.
This box contains a small selection of Open Access books. If you are looking for additional selections, consult the links below:
Access to freely available e-books in the fields of humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and architecture & design. punctum focuses on authors who want to publish books that are genre-queer and genre-bending and take experimental risks with the forms and styles of intellectual writing.
Access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages. Search historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). NDNP, a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC), a long-term effort to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers with descriptive information and select digitization of historic pages.
Access to freely available e-books in the fields of humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and architecture & design. punctum focuses on authors who want to publish books that are genre-queer and genre-bending and take experimental risks with the forms and styles of intellectual writing.
For our extensive list of Image Databases and Stock Photo websites, see the Image and Audiovisual Resources tab.
Sampling of research centers and other organizations devoted to the study of and sharing of resources regarding gender and sexuality studies:
See Yale's list of Other Institutions’ Research Centers, Institutes, & Libraries on Gender for more.
Lists of associations:
Selected associations:
Indiana University GradGrants Center (GGC)
National Women's Studies Association Awards
Association of Black Women Historians Awards
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Fellowships and Grants
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Awards
Coordinating Council for Women in History Awards
Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship in Lesbian Studies (Yale University)
Women's Classical Caucus Scholarship/Paper Prizes
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: Women’s Studies Fellowship
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation)
See also:
See below for calls for paper (CFPs) and conference lists:
Below is a selection of conferences focusing on Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies:
These are other guides created by IU librarians to help scholars navigate research in specialized sub-disciplines and subjects relevant to gender studies:
See below for our Gender Studies features, highlighting topics and communities related to gender studies:
These are other helpful library subject guides related to Gender Studies from other institutions, which may also be useful in finding relevant resources: