Asian Studies
Images and Videos
Unveiled views [videorecording] (52 minutes) in this revealing documentary five extraordinary women talk about their occupations, aspirations, and the rights and the status of women in their Muslim countries. Hayden Lower Level HQ 1170 .U58 2009 DVD
Online Resources
Religious Courts: Improving Women's Access to Justice in Indonesia from the Asia Society (Downloadable PDF)
Gender and Women's Participation in Indonesia from the Asia Society (Downloadable PDF)
Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.
Journals
Listed below are a few of the journals the library subscribes too. To find other journal titles click on the Journals tab in the Library One Search or look up the journal title in the ASU Library Catalog.
- Indian Journal of Gender Studies (1994 to date)
- Indian Historical Review (1999 to date)
- Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 to date) Provides full text access to global information on women.
Library One Search
Additional "Library One Search" Pages
For convenient access to major library resources consider installing the latest ASU Library Toolbar into your web browser. Our toolbar allows you to easily search Library One Search, the ASU Library Catalog, the content of our LibGuides, proxied Google Scholar and the open-access WorldCat catalog/database.
Searching for Materials in the Library catalog
There are several ways to search the Library's catalog for materials but in this case using the Subject Women in Islam or Muslim Women are the most efficient.
Selected Resources
Submitting to God: women and Islam in urban Malaysia/ Sylva Frisk. Copenhangen: NIAS Press, 2009. Hayden Stacks: BP173.4 .F75 2009
Honour, violence, women and Islam/ edited by Mohammad Mazher Idriss. New York: Routledge, 2010. eBook
Databases
ASU Library subscribes to over 400 databases. On the Libraries' homepage under Articles you can search for articles, select a specific database or look up an e-Journal by title. Though there are many databases that might be useful I have selected several to get you started in your research.
- CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online
- Academic Search Premier
- Nexis Uni
- PAIS International
- JSTOR
- ATLA Religion Database