Reference Tools

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Dictionary of Feminist Theory (HQ 1115 .H86 1995)
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory (REF PN 98 .W64 E53 1997)
Historical Dictionary of Feminism (HQ 1115 .B65 1996)
Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism & Postfeminism (HQ 1115 .R68 2000)
Women's Issues (HQ 1115 .W6425 1997 Volumes 1-3)
Women's Studies Encyclopedia (HQ 1115 .W645 1995 Volumes 1-3)
Handbooks and General Reference Books
Handbook of Gender & Work (HQ 1233 .H33 1999)
Women's Associations Worldwide (HQ 1883 .E53 1993)
Women's Desk Reference (HQ 1236.5 .U6 F73 1993)

Biographical Sources

A to Z of Women in Science and Math (Q 141 .Y675 1999)
Biographical Dictionary of Women (REF CT 3202 .C48 1996)
Notable American women, 1607-1950; a biographical dictionary
(REF CT 3260 .N57)
Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary
(CT 3260 .N573)
Who's Who of American Women (REF CT 3260 .W5 v.22 2000-2001)

Library of Congress Subject Profile Call Numbers

HQ The Family, Marriage, Woman
> HQ 1100 Women, Feminism
> HQ 1180 Women's Studies, Study and Teaching, Research
> HQ 1190 Feminist Theory

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Indexes and Databases

All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you will need to type your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually: two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890

Subject Databases

Contemporary Women's Issues


GenderWatch

JSTOR

Women Writers Online

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Digital Dissertations


Current Awareness Resource

Ingenta Uncover Plus
- UnCover is a general database of over 8 million articles in many disciplines. Coverage of more than 18,000 journals begins with Fall 1988. Subsidized document delivery up to $40.00 per article. (AU Faculty, Staff and Graduate Students Only)

Citation Database

Arts and Humanities Citation
IndexWeb of Science provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references from over 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. 1984 – Present.
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Research Guides

General

Book Reviews
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/bkrev.html

Literary Criticism
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/litcrit.html

English Literature

Nineteenth-Century British Women Poets
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/19ctwm.html

Victorian Periodicals
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/victorian.html

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Associations and Societies

Association for Women in Science
http://www.awis.org/
The association promotes participation and equity for women in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. The site includes scholarship information, articles from their magazine and current issues.

National Women's Studies Association
http://www.nwsa.org/
NWSA supports and promotes feminist/womanist teaching, learning, research, and professional and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary levels and serves as a locus of information about the inter-disciplinary field of Women's Studies for those outside the profession. NWSA publishes a newsletter NWSA Action and NWSA Journal, an official publication of the National Women's Studies Association, publishes the most up-to-date interdisciplinary, multi-cultural feminist scholarship linking feminist theory with teaching and activism.

Society for Women Engineers
http://www.swe.org/
SWE is a non-profit educational service organization dedicated to making known the need for women engineers and encouraging young women to consider an engineering education. Site information includes announcements, scholarship opportunities and career services.

Society for Women in Philosophy
http://www.uh.edu/~cfreelan/SWIP/
The site provides society information, online articles, reading lists, bibliographies job announcements and related eesources.
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Online Journals

Feminist Studies
http://www.feministstudies.org/

AVIVA
http://www.aviva.org/
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Web Pages

Women's Studies
Women's Studies at Auburn University
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/other/womens_studies/

Women's Studies Programs Worldwide
http://www.research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/programs.html

Feminist Theory Website
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism

Artemis Guide to Women's Studies in the U.S.
http://www.artemisguide.com/

Association for College and Research Libraries
Women's Studies Section
http://libr.org/wss/
Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html

Feminist Studies
http://www.feministstudies.org/

Women in Alabama

Women Gather @ Eleanor's Tree
http://www.e-etree.org/ETREE/

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/ (Follow internal links for Status of Women in Alabama Report)

Women and Anthropology


Feminist Anthropology
http://www.indiana.edu/~wanthro/fem.htm

Women and Health


National Women's Health Information Center
http://www.4woman.gov/

Canadian Women's Health Network
http://www.cwhn.ca/indexeng.html

Women and Art

National Museum of Women in the Arts
http://www.nmwa.org

Women and History

American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html

Early Modern Women Database
http://www.lib.umd.edu/ETC/LOCAL/emw/emw.php3

Women in American History
http://search.eb.com/women/

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html

Frauenews [German Only]
http://www.frauennews.de/themen/herstory/weltkrieg/

Lesbian History Project: Links to Lesbian History
http://www-lib.usc.edu/~retter/main.html

Remember the Women Institute
http://www.rememberwomen.org/

ViVa: A bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/vivahome.html

Women and the Holocaust
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mighty1/

Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/edocs/usccr/html%20files/usccrhp.asp

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/ (Follow internal links for Status of Women in Alabama Report)

Women and Literature

Women Writers
http://www.womenwriters.net/

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/

LitWomen.Org An umbrella site for not-for-profit organizations serving the literature and literacy needs of women.

Other Women's Voices
http://home.infionline.net/~ddisse/

Victoriam Women Writer's Project
http://www.indiana.edu/~letrs/vwwp/

Women and Race

Black American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/blackfeminism/

Women and Communication

Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches from Around the World
http://gos.sbc.edu

Gender, Race and Ethnicity in Media
http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/resources/GenderMedia/mediadir.html

Gender and Communication
http://www.uark.edu/~aca/studies/gender.html

Women's AudioVisuals
http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/WAVE/

Women and the Environment

Studies in Women and the Environment
http://csf.colorado.edu/forums/ecofem/