On the library's home page, locate the OneSearch search box and enter the terms of your search. It is advised to use one or two-word keywords linked together by "and," as seen in the picture below.
To access full-text articles, select the limiter on the left side of the page that reads "Full Text Online," and the limiter that reads "Journal Article," as indicated by the yellow arrows in the picture below.
You can find scholarly articles and resources on diversity and inclusion with some of these databases:
Independent Voices contains articles from more than 750 alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals. The publications were produced by feminist, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, and the extreme right-wing press. The contents come from libraries and donors in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Copyrighted content is made available by the explicit permission of the copyright holder, assignee, or transferee.
Description:Independent Voices contains articles from more than 750 alternative press newspapers, magazines, and journals. The publications were produced by feminist, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, and the extreme right-wing press. The contents come from libraries and donors in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. Copyrighted content is made available by the explicit permission of the copyright holder, assignee, or transferee.
Time Period: 1950 to the 2016
Sources: Provides access to the full text of more than 15,000 issues from approximately 790 publications.
Subject Headings: Communications and Journalism, English and Linguistics, History, Humanities, News, Political Science, Social Sciences
Scholarly or Popular:Popular
Primary Materials: Archival Material, News
FindIt@BALL STATE: No
Information Included: Full Text, Citations
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Reveal Digital
Updates: NA
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
LGBT Thought and Culture documents LGBT political and social movements of the 20th century to present. The collection contains a wide range of materials that covers the political evolution of gay rights and illuminates the lives of lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community. The content should be of interest to students and scholars in cultural studies, history, women's studies, gender studies, American studies, social theory, and literature.
Description: LGBT Thought and Culture documents LGBT political and social movements of the 20th century to present. The collection contains a wide range of materials that covers the political evolution of gay rights and illuminates the lives of lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community. The content should be of interest to students and scholars in cultural studies, history, women's studies, gender studies, American studies, social theory, and literature.
Time Period: 20th century to present
Sources: Contains 150,000 pages of material.
Subject Headings: General, History, Social Sciences
Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly
Primary Materials: Archival Material, Books/e-books, Magazine Articles, Other
Information Included: Full Text
FindIt@BALL STATE: No
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Alexander Street Press
Updates: NA
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Sociological Abstracts provides access to U.S. and international literature on sociology and related disciplines and may be useful for research in social work and women and gender studies.
Description: Sociological Abstracts provides access to U.S. and international literature on sociology and related disciplines and may be useful for research in social work and women and gender studies.
Time Period: 1952 to present
Sources: Indexes more than 1,800 journals.
Subject Headings: Philosophy & Religion, Psychology, Social Sciences (Sociology)
Scholarly or Popular: Scholarly
Primary Materials: Journal Articles, Dissertations and Theses, Books, Conference Papers
Information Included: Abstracts, Citations, Full Text
FindIt@BALL STATE: Yes
Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Updates: Monthly
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited
Women and Social Movements in the United States provides access to an online journal of the same name, a chronology of U.S. women's history, more than historical 4,000 documents, a dictionary of social movements, and book and website reviews. Documents include 90,000 pages of federal, state, and local publications on the status of women between 1961 and 2005. Other documents are articles, editorials, book chapters, speeches, biographical portraits, proceedings, ephemera, photographs, charts, and tables.
Description: Women and Social Movements in the United States provides access to an online journal of the same name, a chronology of U.S. women's history, more than historical 4,000 documents, a dictionary of social movements, and book and website reviews. Documents include 90,000 pages of federal, state, and local publications on the status of women between 1961 and 2005. Other documents are articles, editorials, book chapters, speeches, biographical portraits, proceedings, ephemera, photographs, charts, and tables.
Time Period: 1600 to 2000
Sources: Contains the full text of more than 4,350 documents.
Subject Headings: History, Social Sciences
Scholarly or Popular: Semi-scholarly
Primary Materials: Archival Material, Journal Articles
Information Included: Full Text,Citations
FindIt@BALL STATE: Print Equivalent: None
Publisher: Alexander Street Press
Updates: Bi-annually
Number of Simultaneous Users: Unlimited