Reports include research, surveys, and statistical data on a range of women's issues and comprise over three quarters the sources in the database. Reports are published by prominent national and international organizations. Journals and newsletters comprise almost 150 sources from which articles are selected. These sources have been identified as important or essential by leading professionals involved in women's issues and women's studies.
Periodicals have a primary focus on pertinent issues affecting women's lives around the world.
Guides , factsheets , pamphlets , and proceedings are included as additional information sources. The CWI editorial staff seeks important publications, including those not readily available or commonly shelved in college or university libraries. Our staff also tracks and maintains in the database government publications and the increasingly popular alternative press publications. To locate new and unusual sources, the editorial staff peruses international lists of advocacy groups, grass roots and professional organizations, and research institutes that publish on women's issues. These organizations are researched further to determine credibility, currency of publications, and quality of published material.