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Women's Studies

Places to Begin: Reference Resources

Dictionaries

Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones: A Feminist Dictionary    Ref HQ1115 .K73 1992
The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism   Ref HQ1115 .R68 2000

Almanacs

The American Women's Almanac: An Inspiring and Irreverent Women's History   Ref HQ1410 .B47 1997
Women's Almanac   Ref HQ1101 .W7562

Biography

Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman Women: Notable Women from Sappho to Helena   Ref HQ1136 .L54 2000
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century   Ref Q141 .B5285 2000
Renaissance Women in Science   Ref Q141 .V25 1999
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia   Ref HQ1115 .W6 1999

Encyclopedias

Encyclopedia of Rape    Ref HV6558 .E53 2004 
The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America   Ref HQ1410 .C85 1996
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide   Ref HQ1115 .T87 1986
The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History    Ref HQ1410 .R43 1998
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge   Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000
Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia    Ref HQ1143 .W643 2004
Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations: A Reference Guide   Ref HQ1127 .W654 1999
Women's Studies Encyclopedia        Ref HQ1115 .W645 1999

Other

Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women's History   Ref HQ1121 .C617 1996
The IVP Women's Bible Commentary     Ref BS521.4 .I97 2002
Women's Studies: Core Books
From the Association of College and Research Libraries, titles in over 50 subtopics

    
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Call Numbers (where to browse the shelves)

       HQ 1 - 1064  The family. Marriage. Woman
       HQ 1101 - 2030.7  Women. Feminism. Women's clubs
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Subject Headings

abortion  
minority women
afro-american women   rape
anorexia nervosa  

sex roles
feminism   single women
feminism bibliography   women (a <Subject Exact> search under women will give you over 100 pages of subject headings dealing with women)
feminism dictionaries   women bibliography <Subject Exact>
feminism encyclopedias   women (country) biography bibliography
feminism history dictionaries   women developing countries
lesbianism
   women united states history encyclopedias
matriarchy  

womens encyclopedias and dictionaries <Subject Exact>
mexican american women    
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Databases

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Web Resources

Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Includes: Images, Biblical Studies, Essays, an Anthology--with many full-text translations, and more.

Gains in Learning, Gaps in Earning: A Guide to State and National Data
Research by the American Association of University Women on women with college degrees and the gap in their earning potential compared to men's.

Gender and Development (World Bank)
The World Bank's program to "reduce gender disparities and enhance women's participation in economic development."

Intute: Social Sciences. Women's Studies.
Intute: Women's Studies provides free access to high quality resources on the Internet. Each resource has been evaluated and categorized by subject specialists based at UK universities. We aim to match resources to the women's studies curriculum and the needs of researchers. Our target audience is students, staff and researchers in higher and further education.

Feminism and Gender
Girls and Young Women
Women and Economics
Women and Education
Women and Employment
Women and Geography
Women and Health
Women and Literature
Women and Politics
Women and Religion
Women and Social Welfare
Women and Sport
Women and the Arts
Women and the Law
Women and War
Women's History
Women, Science and Technolog

National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
Information on domestic and sexual violence prevention strategies, grants and funding, and other materials and information.

Other Women's Voices: Translations of Women's Writing Before 1700
Full texts and excerpts of works by over 125 women from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East who wrote a substantial amount of work from 2200 BCE to 1700, some or all of which has been translated into modern English.  Each entry tells about the print sources from which the translated passages are taken as well as useful secondary sources and Internet sites, when those are available. There are chronological as well as alphabetical listing of authors, and an interesting introduction to some of the authors under  Whom Will You Find Here?

Our Bodies, Ourselves
Companion website to the new edition of the historic women's health publication.

Websites on Women
"Descriptions of and links to websites with information on the position of women and on women's studies, made accessible by subject and category."

Women & Gender Studies Web Sites (Association of College & Research Libraries' Women's Studies Section)

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (State University of New York at Binghamton) Some primary source documents found here. Some sources free, others require a subscription.)

Women in Journalism
Comprehensive interviews of significant women journalists since the 1920s.

Women Peacemakers Program: International Fellowship of Reconciliation
IFOR’s Women Peacemakers Program (WPP) began in 1997 and works to support and strengthen women's peacemaking initiatives. This is accomplished through an annual international training for nonviolence trainers, gender and nonviolence trainings, campaigns such as the annual May 24 International Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament, and through the documentation of women's peace initiatives.

Women Working, 1870-1930
Materials on women working inside and outside the home, including PDF images, photographs, and thousands of pages of written materials. Explores women's working conditions, health and hygiene, education, and more.

Women's Studies Librarians' Website (University of Wisconsin)

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Updated 30-Jul-2009 AMB