The Golden Girls: Resources for Research
This guide explores the history of The Golden Girls and connects resources to issues discussed on the show from the lens of media, fandom, and gender studies.
Databases
- Women's Studies International This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 204,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases, including Women Studies Abstracts (1984-), Women's Studies Database, New Books on Women & Feminism, WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies, Women, Race, & Ethnicity: A Bibliography, The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines, European Women from the Renaissance to Yesterday: A Bibliography and Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research. (1972-)
- LGBT Magazine Archive This link opens in a new windowSearch issues of The Advocate, Gay News, Gay Times, Albatross, Erie Gay News, Homosexual Counseling Journal, Just for Us, The Pink Paper, RainbowWeddingNetwork Magazine, and Transgender Tapestry.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowScholarly and general interest sources in business, medicine, humanities, social sciences, and science and technology, including books, journal and magazine articles, bibliographies, and trade publications.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOnline, full text access to scholarly journals from date of inception to a "moving wall" of 2-5 years from present. The archived collection includes journals in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The content is searchable by author, title, fulltext with limits by discipline, year, and article type.
Copyright and Fair Use
- Copyright and Fair Use LibGuideIntroduction to copyright for Rice faculty and students.
- Fair Use ChecklistThe library's Fair Use Checklist can help you determine if your activities are within the limits of Fair Use.
Journals
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ageism
Families on television
Feminism
Nineteen eighties
Nineteen nineties
Popular culture
Sex role on television
Situation comedies (Television programs)
Television and women
Television programs
Television series
Television viewers
Women in mass media
Women in popular culture
Women on television
Search the Catalog
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowOneSearch searches Rice's library catalog, digital collections, and e-resources such as ebooks, e-journals, databases, and more.
Websites
- The Golden Girls WikiA Fandom wiki that provides information about the characters, seasons of the show, trivia, and other information.
- List of The Golden Girls episodesWikipedia provides brief summaries and other information for each episode of the series.
- Enough WickerA scholarly podcast and blog about The Golden Girls.
- The Golden Girls News ForumA free message board platform for interacting with other fans of the show.
- The Golden Girls Fashion CornerA blog all about the fabulous fashions worn on The Golden Girls and other topics.
- Golden Girls CentralA fan site with show information, quotes, trivia, picture gallery, and more.
- The Golden Girls quotesA database of quotes and dialogue from the show.
- Television Academy InterviewsIn-depth interviews with Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and many other television actors.
- Out on the LanaiA Golden Girls podcast that takes listeners episode-by-episode through the series.
- Oh Shut Up Rose!A quotable episode-a-day Golden Girls guide.
- Bea Arthur In the Limelight ArchivesProvides biographical information about Bea Arthur, a news archive, photos, video, and more.
- The Estate of RueAccess a decade-by-decade biography of Rue along with many photos and items from her personal estate.
- PlaybillResearch the stage careers of Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty.
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