Family & Consumer Sciences


Web of Science. Core Collection (Archives, 1900-1969)

Added the archives (1900-1969) for the Social Science Citation Index and the Science Citation Index.

NDLTD

Provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD), this resource is building a comprehensive gateway to all doctoral and master-level theses and dissertations, many openly accessible, by harvesting the information from repositories throughout the world.

Gerritsen Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs

Trace the history of women’s movements and feminism over four centuries of documents and journals and across multiple countries in Europe and North America in this one collection. Full-text of primary source documents, journals, and pamphlets, in 14 langages (primarily English, German, and French), it is possible to trace developments in a single country or across several countries. The Gerritsen Collection includes advice manuals, education and professional training, history, social conditions, social reform, legal status, women’s health, and women’s employment. Among the books are many biographies of women – full-length biographies and biographical sketch collections. Gerritsen also has an extensive section of early women’s periodicals from 1860 through the 1940’s. Quick or Advanced search features are available for the entire collection, with limits for books or periodicals only.

Everyday Life and Women in America 1800 – 1920

Search a rich variety of historical magazines and books providing guidance to American women on how to run their homes, raise their children, be a good wife, and other domestic matters. Politics, religion, health and sex, employment, popular literature, reviews of the arts, and society news (i.e., gossip and scandal!) are among the less-domestic topics covered. The magazines, books, and other documents are full-text searchable by keyword or advanced search. Essays by scholars provide helpful context for working with and understanding the materials and there is an extensive bibliography of secondary sources for further research.

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Trial expires on Monday, October 31, 2016.

Journal Citation Reports

Provides information for journal evaluation using citation data including total cites, impact factor (with and without self-cites), 5-year impact factor, citable items, cited half-life, citing half-life, Eigenfactor score, article influence score, % articles in citable items, normalized Eigenfactor, and average JIF percentile. Also available are ranking by both Web of Science and Essential Science Indicator categories. Find journals by title or category. Can limit to open access journals only.

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Harper’s Bazaar Archive

Includes the complete run, fully indexed and searchable of U.S. Harper’s Bazaar.  This full color collection of approximately 350,000 pages provides a powerful lens into American and international popular culture from the mid-19th century forward, facilitating academic research in wide-ranging fields such as: women’s studies, fashion, marketing, advertising, material culture, design, and more.

SAGE Research Methods 

Assists researchers, faculty and students, by allowing them to search for methods concepts and to understand a particular method or identify a new method. This tool helps the researcher design research projects, conduct their research, and write up their findings.Please provide us with feedback on this resource.

Trial expires on Thursday, October 15, 2015.

SAGE Research Methods Cases 

Provides a collection of case studies on social research designed to help understand abstract methodological concepts.Please provide us with feedback on this resource.

Trial expires on Thursday, October 15, 2015.

Material ConneXion

Provides access to images, detailed descriptions, usage characteristics and manufacturer and distributor contact information for more than 7,500 innovative materials used in all design disciplines – industrial, furniture, packaging, graphics, fashion, interior design, landscape architecture and transportation.

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Trial expires on Thursday, October 1, 2015.

Web of Science Core Collection

The Baylor Libraries recently acquired additional backfiles for this resource, moving the years of indexed content to 1965 to present for the Science Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index.  Previously, the indexed content was 1970 to present).

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