HIST 319: Gender and the Family in Chinese History

Asian History Databases

Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Databases

If you are researching a lesser-known person or event, you may want to search one of the full-text e-journals collections below:

• Start your search by doing keyword searches.
• Look at the subject headings of relevant records to determine the terminology used in the database for your topic.
• Combine the keywords "review article" or "historiography" with your topic to find analyses of the scholarship on your topic.
• Use the Language Limit to remove items in languages you cannot read.
• Use the Historical Period limit to narrow your search to the time period you are researching.

• Use Geographic Terms field to limit search to China.
• Use Subject to make search results more relevant. For example:
  • China -- History -- By Period -- Ch'ing (1644-1911)
  • Anthropology & Sociology -- Social Structure -- Family
• For book chapter citations, search the library catalog for the book title.

The Find Text Button

Many of our databases have this button, which searches for the full-text of the article in our collections. If we don't have it electronically, look for the "Request article scan" link in the "Get It" section.