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Research Tools for Gender and Women's Studies
Use these research tools to find information related to Gender and Women's Studies from sources such as scholarly articles, books and encyclopedias.
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Article Databases and Indexes
Biographical Sources
Book and Film Review Sources
Chronologies
Dictionaries, Thesauri and Quotations
Directories
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
Government Information Sources
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Image and Sound Databases
Library and Book Catalogs
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Organizations
Statistics and Numeric Data
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Archival Collections and Primary Sources
Resources that list, or provide access to, materials typically found in archives and used for primary source research. Examples include manuscripts, diaries, letters, first-hand accounts or documentary sources on a subject, person, event or issue.
Article Databases and Indexes
Listings of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. Many include abstracts (article summaries). Some include or link to the full text of articles.
- Article Databases for Gender and Women's Studies
- Print Resources
- Feminist periodicals: a current listing of contents.
Doe Reference HQ1101.F39
- Journal of women's history guide to periodical literature.
Main HQ1101.A12.F57 1992
- Lesbian periodicals index.
Doe Reference HQ75.6.U5.P681 1986
Biographical Sources
Information about people, including biographical dictionaries, profiles of people or "Who's Whos", personal narratives, and other resources with significant biographical information.
- Black women in America, an historical encyclopedia. 2 vols.
Doe Reference E185.86B542 1993
Moffitt Reference E185.86B542 1993
- Index to women of the world from ancient to modern times. 1970. Supplement. 1988.
Doe Reference Biographies CT3202I7
- Continuum dictionary of women's biography.
Doe Reference Biographies CT3202.C66 1989
- International who's who of women.
Doe Reference Biographies HQ1101.I58 1997
- Notable American women, 1607-1950. 3 vols.
Doe Reference Biographies CT3260.N57
- Notable American, the modern period.
Doe Reference Biographies CT3260.N573
- Subject Guide to Index to women of the world from ancient to modern times. 1988.
Doe Reference Biographies CT3202P74 1996
- Who's who of American women.
Doe Reference Biographies E176.W647
- Women in World History. A. Commire, ed. 13 vols.
Doe Reference Biographies HQ1115.W6 1999
Book and Film Review Sources
Listings of book and film reviews in journals, magazines, newspapers, etc. included in article databases and indexes, book review indexes, or review journals.
Chronologies
Resources that arrange events in time.
- Chronology of women worldwide.
Doe Reference HQ1121.C617 1997
- Chronology of women's history.
Doe Reference HQ1121.O47 1994
- The women's chronology: a year-by-year record from prehistory to the present.
Main HQ1122.T73 1994
Moffitt Reference HQ1122.T73 1994
Dictionaries, Thesauri, and Quotations
General and subject specific dictionaries in any language, dual language dictionaries, thesauri, dictionaries of quotations, and acronym lists.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Historical dictionary of feminism. J. Boles. 2nd ed.
Doe Reference HQ1115.B65 2004
- Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism. S. Gamble, ed.
Doe Reference HQ1115R68 2000
Directories
Alphabetical or subject listings containing names, addresses, and identifying data of persons, organizations, publications, web sites, etc.
- Women's information directory.
Main Stack HQ1101 .W66
Lists publications, publishers, booksellers; educational and cultural institutions and programs; scholarships; organizations; videos, etc.
- Women's movements of the world. international directory and reference guide.
Main Stack HQ1883.W63 1988b
Dissertation and Thesis Sources
Sources for locating masters theses and doctoral dissertations.
Encyclopedias and Almanacs
General or subject-specific encyclopedias, almanacs, and other collections of factual information.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Encyclopedia of women and gender. J. Worell, ed. 2 vols.
Doe Reference HQ1115.E52 2001
- The Greenwood encyclopedia of women's issues worldwide. Lynn Walter, ed.
6 vols.
Doe Reference HQ1115.G74 2003
- Routledge international encyclopedia of women; global women's issues and knowledge. C. Kramarae and D. Spender, eds. 2 vols.
Doe Reference HQ1115.R69 2000
- Women in the third world; an encyclopedia of contemporary issues.
Doe Reference HQ1870.9.W6548 1998
Government Information Sources
Listings of publications and other information published by authority of a governmental body, whether federal, state, local, or foreign, and of intergovernmental organizations, such as UNESCO, etc. Many of these sources include the full text of the items.
Handbooks, Manuals and Yearbooks
Collections of information designed to help practitioners in a specific field or profession, or in the case of yearbooks, to provide annually cumulated information in brief descriptive and statistic form.
- Handbook of American women's history.
Doe Reference HQ1410.H36 2000
Moffitt Reference HQ1410.H36 2000
- Reader's guide to Women's Studies.
Doe Reference HQ1180.A12.R43 1998
Moffitt Reference HQ1180.A12.R43 1998
Listings of material in audio or video format, photographs, paintings, or other visual materials. Some of these sources include or link to the actual items.
Library and Book Catalogs
Listings of books and other items belonging to a particular library or, as with union catalogs, a group of libraries, and usually containing information on the location and subject classification of each item. This category also includes national bibliographies, or lists of all books published in a particular country.
News Databases, Indexes and Web Sites
Listings (may include abstracts or full text) of articles in newspapers, newsmagazines, broadcast news transcripts or wire services. Also includes web sites of these media, or directories of such sites.
Organizations
Listings of subject-related associations, learned societies, or professional organizations.
Statistics and Numeric Data
Resources that provide tables of numerical information, or listings indicating where such information can be found.
- Electronic Resource Finder
- Print Resources
- Statistical handbook on women in America.
Doe Reference HQ1420.T34 1996 Govt/Stat
- Statistical record of women worldwide.
Doe Reference HQ1150.S73 1995 Govt/Stat
- World's women, 2000: trends and statistics.
Doe Reference HQ1154W675 Govt/Stat
Web Gateways and Search Engines
Broad, subject-related sites and subject-specific search engines available without restriction on the World Wide Web.
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