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  • New Resource: SimplyMap

    The University Library now offers access to SimplyMap, a user-friendly mapping and social science data resource.  SimplyMap provides access to thousands of variables including demographic,...
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    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Business
    • Communication
    • Criminal Justice
  • What is Family? GSU Sociology Professor’s Research on Polyamory

    Check out GSU Sociology Professor Elisabeth Sheff‘s most recently published research: Sheff, E. (2011). Polyamorous families, same-sex marriage, and the slippery slope. Journal Of Contemporary...
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    • Anthropology
    • Books
    • Ejournals
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
  • Oxford Islamic Studies Online

    The library has added a new electronic reference source to its collection: Oxford Islamic Studies Online. This resource provides access to the most current scholarship...
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    • Anthropology
    • Art & Design
    • Databases
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
  • Same-Sex Marriage: Congress and “the People” at Odds?

    The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law defining marriage as a union between a...
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    • Books
    • Databases
    • Ejournals
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
  • New Faculty and Graduate Student Publication: Keywords in Youth Studies

    GSU Women’s Studies Institute Director Susan Talburt has co-edited a new book called Keywords in Youth Studies: Tracing Affects, Movements, Knowledges (co-editor, Nancy Lesko of...
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    • Books
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Happy Birthday, Ms. Magazine

    Ms. Magazine, part of what is now called the “second wave” of US feminism (the “first wave” revolved around the suffrage movement) was founded forty...
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    • Databases
    • History
    • Special Collections & Archives
    • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
  • The Changing Face of Leadership

    You may have noticed some big news in the business world the past few weeks — women have moved into some very high-profile leadership positions...
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    • Books
    • Business
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • GSU Library will celebrate Great Speckled Bird digitization and traveling exhibit

    Join Georgia State University Library as we celebrate the digitized Great Speckled Bird and grant-funded traveling exhibit! What: Great Speckled Bird Launch Party When: Thursday,...
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    • African American Studies
    • Art & Design
    • Communication
    • Digital Collections
    • Economics
  • Of War and Men ~ Research by GSU Sociology Faculty Member

    Congratulations to Georgia State University Sociology Professor Ralph LaRossa on the recent publication of his research: LaRossa, Ralph. Of War and Men: World War II...
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    • Books
    • Faculty Publications and Research
    • For Faculty
    • For Graduate Students
    • For Students
  • Women’s Collections Fall Fundraiser: Speak Out for Women’s Rights!

    SPEAK OUT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS! WOMEN’S COLLECTIONS FALL FUNDRAISER Did you realize that conducting and processing a two-hour oral history takes 30-60 hours of staff...
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    • African American Studies
    • Anthropology
    • Art & Design
    • Business
    • Communication