Women's Studies

From SubjectGuides

[edit] Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories (HQ 1190 .E63 2000)

Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature (PN 471 .W455 2004)

The Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature (PQ 149. F47 1999)

The Feminist Encyclopedia of Spanish Literature (PQ 6055 .F46 2002)

Historical Dictionary of Feminism (HQ 1115 .B65 2004)

International Encyclopedia of Women's Suffrage (JF 851 .H28 2000)

The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism & Postfeminism (HQ 1115 .R68 2000)

Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge (HQ 1115 .R69 2000)

Women's Issues (HQ 1115 .W6425 1997)

Women's Studies Encyclopedia (HQ 1115 .W645 1995)

[edit] Handbooks and General Reference Books

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

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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] Indexes and Databases

All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted. To access remotely, type in your university ID and password when prompted.

Subject Databases

Contemporary Women's Issues

GenderWatch

JSTOR

Women Writers Online

Biography and Genealogy Master Index

Dissertations and Theses

Current Awareness Resource

Ingenta 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 $45.00 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.

[edit] Journals

List of Women's Studies Journals available through AU Libraries

For a complete and detailed listing of journal holdings at Auburn University Libraries, search the online catalog by journal title

Online Journals

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

Feminista! http://www.feminista.com/

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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/

Victorian 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/