Most books on Women's Studies are found in the book stacks under HQ on the 4th floor. Electronic books are included in the library catalog or may be searched within the Netlibrary or Ebrary collections. Specific titles may be located using Instant Search in the library catalog:

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Bibliographies

American Medical Association Complete Guide to Women's Health. 1996. (Ref. RA 778 .A85)

American Women and Politics: A Selected Bibliography and Resource Guide. 1984. (Ref. HQ 1236 .N45 1984)

American Women Civil Rights Activists: Biobibliographies of 68 Leaders, 1825-1992. 1993. (Ref. JC 599 .U5 H273)

American Women Writers: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism. 1977. (Ref. Z 1229 .W8 W45)

Biographies of American Women: An Annotated Bibliography. 1990. (Ref. CT 3260 .S85)

Feminism and Women's Issues: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. 1990. (Ref. HQ 1206 .W3)

Women's Diaries, Journals, and Letters. 1989. (Ref. CT 3230 C5)

Women's Studies: A Bibliography of Dissertations. 1870-1982. (Ref. HQ 1180 .G5)

Women's Studies: A Guide to Information Sources. 1990. (Ref. HQ 1206 .C26)

Women's Studies: A Recommended Core Bibliography. 1987. (Ref. HQ 1180 .L63)


Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Beacon Book of Quotations by Women. 1992. (Ref. PN 6081.5 .B43)

Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. 1993. (Ref. E 185.86 .B542)

Dictionary of Feminist Theory. 1995. (Ref. HQ 1115 .H86)

Encyclopedia of Feminism. 1986. (Ref. HQ 1115 .T87)

Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. 2000. (Ref. HQ 1190 .E63 2000)

Encyclopedia of Women and Gender. 2001. (Ref. HQ 1115 .E43 2001)

Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World. 2001. (Ref. HQ 1127 .S25 2001)

Encyclopedia of Women's History in America. 1996. (Ref. HQ 1410 .C85)

Encyclopedia of Women's Travel and Exploration.2001. (Ref. G 465 .N47 2001)

Feminist Dictionary. 1985. (Ref. HQ 1115 .K73)

New A to Z of Women's Health: A Concise Encyclopedia. 1989. (Ref. RA 778 .A494)

New Quotable Woman. 1992. (Ref. PN 6081.5 .N49 1992)

Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women. 2003. (Ref. HQ 1236.5 .E85 E52 2003)

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women. 2000. (Ref. HQ 1115 .R69 2000)

Womanwords: A Dictionary of Words About Women. 1992. (Ref. HQ 1115 .M546)

Women and the Military: An Encyclopedia. 1990. (Ref. U 21.75 .S54)

Women's Studies Encyclopedia. 1999. (Ref. HQ 1115 .W645 1999)

Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects. 1988. (Ref. CB 475 .W45)


Handbooks and Almanacs

Almanac of American Women in the 20th Century. 1987. (Ref. HQ 1420 .C55)

Chronology of Women's History. 1994. (Ref. HQ 1121 .O47)

Handbook of American Women's History. 2000. (Ref. HQ 1410 .H36 2000)

Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A Guide to American Women's Landmarks. 1994. (Ref. E 159 .K39)

Timetable of Women's History. 1996. (Ref. HQ 1121 .G74)

Women and Work: A Handbook. 1996. (Ref. HD 6095 .W678)

Women's Desk Reference. 1993. (Ref. HQ 1236.5 .U6 F73 1993)

Women's Suffrage in America: An Eyewitness History. 1992. (Ref. JK 1898 .F76)


Statistics

American Women: A Profile. 1995. (U.S. Docs. C3.205/8:95-19)

American Women: Who They Are & How They Live. 2nd edition. 2002. (Ref. HQ 1421 .A486 2002)
Census of Population and Housing. 2000. (U.S. Docs. GP 3.22/2:181/)

Fact Book on Women in Higher Education.1991. (Ref. LC 1765 .T68)

Statistical Handbook on Women in America. 1991. (Ref. HQ 1420 .T34 1991)

Women in the United States: A Profile. 1995. (U.S. Docs. C3.205/8:95-19RV)

World's Women, 1970-1990: Trends and Statistics. 1991. (Ref. HQ 1154 .W95)

Databases index journal articles, books, conference proceedings, reports, and other materials. Databases may be searched individually or in categorized groups via Metalib. If you are searching for a journal title, look it up in the Online Catalog or the CitationLinker, SFX. If we do not own, or have access to, a journal you need, you may request it from Interlibrary Loan.

The most frequently used indexes and databases for Women's Studies are:

GenderWatch
GenderWatch is a full-text database focusing on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subjects. The database primarily contains current publications, but also indexes archival material dating back to the 1970s for selected titles.

Humanities Full Text. 1984-
Bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals in the Humanities. Full text coverage begins in 1995.

JSTOR
This full text database offers archival holdings of scholarly journals in many disciplines, including History, Anthropology, Multicultural and Gender Studies, and Political Science.

Project MUSE
Over 110 full text scholarly journals in the liberal arts are available in this database.

Social Sciences Full Text. 1983-
This multi-disciplinary database provides access to journal articles in sociology and the other social sciences.

Sociological Abstracts. 1963-
This database provides abstracts of articles from over 1,000 international sociology and social science journals. A cumulative index appears annually. To most effectively use the index, consult the Thesaurus of Sociological Index Terms (Ref. HM 1 S672) to determine the appropriate terminology. The printed version of this source, Sociological Abstracts (Ref. HM 1 .S67), is available from 1953 to 1962.

Women Studies Abstracts. 1972-date (Ref. HQ 1101 .W6)
This index contains abstracts of articles published in journals relating to women's studies. Coverage includes topics such as psychology, family planning, literature, interpersonal relations, society, and politics.

American Women, 1935-1940: A Composite Biographical Dictionary. 1981. (Ref. CT 3260 .A473)

Annotated Index of Medieval Women. 1992. (Ref. CT 3220 .A56)

Continuum Dictionary of Women's Biography. 1989. (Ref. CT 3202 .C66)

Distinguished Women of Past and Present

Great Women Writers: The Lives and Works of 135 of the World's Most Important Women Writers from Antiquity to the Present. 1974. (Ref. PN 471 .G74)

Immigrant Women. 1981. (Ref. HQ 1412 .I45)

Mothers of Achievement in American History, 1776-1976. 1976. (Ref. CT 3260 .A47 1976)

National First Ladies' Library

National Women's Hall of Fame

Notable American Women, 1607-1950; A Biographical Dictionary. 1971. (Ref. CT 3260 .N57)

Notable American Women: The Modern Period-A Biographical Dictionary. 1980. (Ref. CT 3260 .N573)

Notable Black American Women. 1992. (Ref. E 185.96 .N68 1992)

Particular Passions: Talks With Women Who Have Shaped Our Times. 1981. (Ref. HQ 1412 .P34 1981)

Women Nobel Prize Laureates

Women Who Ruled. 1990. (Ref. D 107 .J33 1990)

WomynLynks

World Who's Who of Women. 1973+ (Ref. HQ 1123 .W65)

American Association of University Women

Arthur & Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America: Radcliffe University

Center for the American Woman and Politics

Institute for Women's Policy Research http://www.iwpr.org/

International Federation of University Women

National Organization of Women (NOW)

Office of Women's Health (Center for Disease Control)

Resources of Scholarly Societies

Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies Page

Women's History Collections at the Library of Congress

Women's Research and Education Institute

Women's Resources on the Net

Womens Studies Weblinks

Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites


Working Women, 1870-1930
As part of its Open Collections Program, the Harvard University Library has developed a site containing the full text of over 200 digitized books, manuscripts, and images relating to women and work selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. As stated on its Web site, the "collection explores women's roles in the U.S. economy between the Civil War and the Great Depression. Working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues are all well documented." While the site currently offers a wealth of information, upon its completion the collection will contain more than 2,200 books and pamphlets, 1,000 photographs, and 10,000 pages from manuscript collections. The project's goal in digitizing the materials is to "increase the availability and use of these historical resources for teaching, learning, and research" (C&RL News, May 2004).

World's Women Online: Institute for Studies in the Arts

WWWomen