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Vassar's Online Catalog
Example: Search using "Richards, Ellen H." in either the AUTHOR or SUBJECT field to find materials by or about Ellen Swallow Richards.
HEARTH - Home Economics Archive
An electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Materials date from 1850-1950, so depending on your topic could be used as either primary or secondary sources.
America: History and Life
Database of articles, books and dissertations. Useful for secondary sources.
Expanded Academic Index
Database of journal and magazine articles. Useful for secondary sources.
New York Times Historical File
Full text of the NY Times, back to its founding in 1851 through 1999. Remember to use terminology of the time that you're searching (eg, housewife or housewives).
Wall Street Journal Historical File
1889-1985
Web of Science
Contains the Science, Social Science and Arts & Humanities Citation Indexes. These can be used to find the most recent articles citing a work, such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring.

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Choose "Cited Reference," limit to the subject area you're interested in, and search author last name, first initial, middle initial (if there is one), with no punctuation in the cited author field (eg, CARSON R). Book titles use somewhat unpredictable abbreviations.
Environment Complete
Contains records from more than 1,700 domestic and international titles going back to the 1940s as well as more than 120 monographs. Also contains full text for more than 680 journals. Covers agriculture, ecosystem ecology, energy, re
Readers Guide Retrospective
Index of popular periodicals such as the New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Time, Newsweek, etc.

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Subjects: Environmental Studies, Women's Studies

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ENST/WMST 370 Feminism and Environmentalism

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