Wednesday, November 15, 2006

New Databases: Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch

The Library is pleased to announce two new databases: Ethnic News Watch and Gender Watch.

Ethnic NewsWatch is "an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press, offering both national and regional coverage. ENW provides researchers access to essential, often overlooked perspectives viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press."

GenderWatch "is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, GenderWatch is a repository of an important historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports."

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