Gender Studies

Ready Reference Searching for Books Searching for Articles Libraries/Archives WWW Sites   Ready Reference Sources Dictionaries and Encyclopedias Black Women in America E 185.86 .B542 2005 Ref. Dictionary of Feminist Theory HQ 1115 H86 1995 Ref. Encyclopedia of Women and Gender HQ 1115 E52 2001 Ref. Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide HQ 1115 .G74 2003 Ref. International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family HQ 9 E52 2003 Ref. -- also available online. Lesbian Histories and Cultures HQ 75.5 L4395 2000 Ref. LGBT, Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America HQ 76.3.U5 E53 2004 Ref.-- also available online. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women HQ 1115 R69 2000 Ref. Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues HQ 1870.9 W6548 1998 Ref. Women in World History HQ 1115 W6 1999 Ref. Women's Issues HQ 1115 W6425 1997 Ref. Women's Studies Encyclopedia HQ 1115 W645 1989 Ref. Statistical sources Progress of the World's Women a report by UNIFEM, United Nations Development Fund for Women, includes health, employment, political representation statistics and more. Statistical Record of Women Worldwide HQ 1150 S73 1991 Ref. Statistical Universe Access to statistical reports and publications (mostly US government) Directories Women's Organizations from the University of Wisconsin Women's Studies Librarian's Office. Feminist Bookstore Network Gender-related Electronic Forums an excellent, up-to-date list of listservs related to women and gender. Women's Information Directory HQ 1115 W64 1993 Ref. Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press provides a directory of media owned and operated by women. Searching for Books Women's Studies materials may be found throughout the library stacks, depending upon the specific subject you are seeking. One place that might be useful for browsing, however, is the HQ section in the Main Stacks. You may search for books using the Five College Online Library Catalog by author, title or subject. The following are examples of subject headings that might be useful: "Women's Rights," "African American Women," "Feminist Theory," and "Feminism United States." Searching for Articles: Indexes Women's Studies International (1972-present) Covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research, including Women Studies Abstracts (formerly only available in print) and the Women of Color and Southern Women Bibliography. Women's Studies International supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business and education. Nearly 800 essential sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, important websites & web documents, and grey literature. Over 2,000 periodical sources are represented. Updated quarterly. Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 - present) Citation index to global information on women with some full text. Indexes over 1500 periodicals, including journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies. Includes references to gray literature and other sources that are not as easily found in mainstream sources. Updated weekly. Journals Indexed. Women's Studies Index :a good complement to the Women Studies Abstracts. This titles indexes feminist journals as well as a number of popular women's magazines. Published annually.Available in print only in the Reference Room, call # Z7962 .W675 REF. Alternative Press Index (1991 - present) Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990) A major bibliographic resource for alternative press publications in North America, indexing over 250 journals, magazines, and newsletters not easily found in mainstream sources. Topics include human rights, politics, policy, and radical movements and cover some international sources. Updated quarterly. Journals indexed. Family and Society Studies Worldwide (1995 - present) Interdisciplinary index coverage of research, policy, and practice literature in the fields of Family Science, Human Ecology, Human Development, and Social Welfare. FSSW is an anthology of 4 database files providing access to over 844,780 records. Coverage spans from 1970 to the present.          AGRICOLA :this online service indexes a range of publications focused on agriculture. Useful for information on women in development, women and the environment, etc.Produced by the National Agricultural Library. Feminae: Medieval Women & Gender Index :scholarship on women, sexuality and gender. Index to journal articles and essay collections. See introductory page for information on the scope of the project. Libraries and Archives Mount Holyoke College Archives Five College Archives Digital Access Project :access to digitized versions of archival records and manuscript collections relating primarily to women's history -- particularly women's education at the Five Colleges The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America Harvard Library "Women Working 1800-1930 Digital Collection": This collection consists of 3,500 fully-digitized versions of books, pamphlets, and consumer trade catalogs; 7,500 pages of manuscripts, and 1,100 photographs from Harvard's libraries, archives and museums. Smith College Archives Sophia Smith Collection Lesbian Herstory Archives WSSLinks: Archival sites for Women's Studies :sponsored by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, this site provides an extensive list of Archives of interest to Women's Studies scholars. Jewish Women's Archive :virtual archive database consisting of 500 archival images and the records of over 200 women whose collections are held in repositories in the United States and Canada. International Institute of Social History Selected WWW Sites There are countless sites related in some way to Women's Studies and the list below is just a sample. It includes some of the best "metasites", sites that include links to many more sites, organized by subject or theme or format. They are excellent starting places for exploring the Internet. Voice of the Shuttle Feminist Majority Foundation WSSLinks:Women and Gender Studies Web Sites (Women Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries) American Women A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States. Women Writers Online(Women Writers Project, Brown University):over 200 English texts by women written before 1830. A Celebration of Women Writers Diotima: women and gender in the Ancient World Institute for Women's Policy Research :a public policy research organization dedicated to informing and stimulating the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families. QueerTheory.com : online resources integrated with visual and textual resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies and related fields. Directory includes wide-ranging topics including "Academics," "Arts," "Cultures," "Histories," and "Theories." Search Engines FeMiNa :provides a "comprehensive, searchable directory of links to female friendly sites and information on the World Wide Web." Searchable Lesbian Links WWWomen :"the premier search directory for women online."