Women's and Gender Studies: Getting Started

This is the best choice when beginning a search, and for identifying 2-3 relevant articles on a subject.

Women's Studies International covers core journals, book chapters, and grey literature in women's studies and feminist research.

Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database.

JSTOR is a database of back issues of academic journals, books, and primary sources. It has extensive coverage from across the disciplines and is a good choice when the very most recent publications (from the past 2-3 years) are not needed.