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All
of the following books are located in the reference area of the library unless
otherwise indicated. BiographiesWomen of Minnesota: Selected Biographical Essays REF HQ 1438 .M6 W65Notable Black American Women REF E 185.96 .N68 International Encyclopedia of Women Composers REF ML 105 .C7 Nobel Prize Women in Science REF Q 141 .B42 Outstanding Women Athletes REF GV 697 .A1 W69 Modern American Women Writers REF PS 151 .M54 Notable American Women: The Modern period REF CT 3260 .N573 Notable American Women, 1670-1950 REF CT 3260 .N57 American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary REF Q141 .B254 Epic Lives: 100 Black Women Who Made A Difference REF E185.96 .E65 Encyclopedias & DictionariesEncyclopedia of Women and World Religion REF BL 458 .E53Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets REF BL 458 .W34 Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia REF E 185.86 .B542 Women’s Chronology REF HQ 1122 .T73 Encyclopedia of Women’s History in America REF HQ 1410 .C85 Women’s Studies Encyclopedia REF HQ 1115 .W645 Dictionary of Feminist Theory REF HQ 1115 .H86 Films For, By and About Women REF PN 1995.9 .W6 S95 HandbooksHarvard Guide to Women’s Health REF RA 778 .C2163Women’s Desk Reference REF HQ 1236.5 .U6 F73 Handbook of American Women’s History REF HQ 1410 .H36 QuotationsNew Quotable Woman REF PN 6081.5 .N49Feminist Quotations REF HQ 1154 .F446 StatisticsWorld’s Women, 2000: Trends and Statistics RESERVE HQ 1154 .W95World’s Women, 1995: Trends and Statistics REF HQ 1154 .W675 World’s Women, 1970-1990: Trends and Statistics GOV DOCS REF Q 1154 .W675 DirectoriesAssociations
Unlimited BibliographiesUse bibliographies to locate lists of articles and books dealing with a particular subject. Abstract
Expressionist Women Painters REF
ND 212.5 .A25 P86
For
BOOKS
on your topic, search Voyager,
the library's online catalog.
Below are some suggested
terms:
Feminism Women and literature—United States Minority women—social conditions Women—employment Sex discrimination in employment Women—United States Sex discrimination in sports Women
in public life Sexism in education Women’s rights Sexism in mass media Women’s studies
These search engines provide citations and some abstracts and full-text from scholarly and popular journals. They are available through the SuperSearch Custom Search Women's Study page. If you need help selecting or searching the databases, please try our SuperSearch Tutorial or visit the Research Help Desk.
Women’s Studies International 1972-present An interdisciplinary database that contains records from Women Studies Abstracts (1984-present), Women’s Studies Database (1972-present), Women’s Studies Bibliography Database, New Books on Women and Feminism (1987-present), Women of Color and Southern Women (1975-present), The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: a bibliographic guide to the professions and disciplines (1970-1995), Women’s Health and Development: an annotated bibliography (1995), Women, Race, and Ethnicity: a bibliography (1970-1990), WAVE: Women’s Audiovisuals in English: a guide to non-print resources in Women’s Studies (1985-1990), POPLINE Subset on Women (1964-2000).
Full-text database that includes articles from over 100 journals and magazines devoted to women’s issues, plus newsletters, regional materials, reports and conference proceedings. Includes some coverage back to the mid-1970’s.
Available via EBSCOHOST. Indexes and abstracts approximately 8,200 scholarly journals, with over 4,650 of those available with somefull-text. 3,600 of the journals are peer-reviewed.
Sociological Abstracts 1963-present Provides access to the worldwide findings in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science. Features journal citations and abstracts; book, chapter, and association paper abstracts; and book, film, and software review citations.
Other databases specializing in business, political science, art and education are available.
The following printed indexes provide backfile coverage. They are located on the index/abstract tables/shelves in the reference area of the Library. Reader’s
Guide, 1890-present
Government
documents pertaining to women’s issues can be found in many areas of the
library.
The following materials,
located in the Government Documents
Reference area, can be used to locate legislation on issues important to
women: Wisconsin Statutes United
States Code Code of Federal Regulations United States Statutes at Large
The Government
Document Department
LexisNexis
Academic LexisNexis
Statistical
Catalog of US
Government Publications
As well as MANY more available through the Government Document section of SuperSearch.
The
best way to find web sites dealing with women’s issues is by using an Internet Subject Directory. The best directories are those that have
subject experts evaluate the sites, such as: Librarian’s Internet Index . This website offers many links to Internet
sites dealing with women’s studies, women’s issues, women’s rights and women in
history, to name a few.
Suffragists Oral History Project (UC Berkeley) Seven
major figures in twentieth-century suffragist history are represented here with
full-length oral histories.
WSSLINKS
Women and Gender Studies Web Sites (MIT) Developed
and maintained by the Women's Studies Section
This facility, located in the lower level of the library building, holds many resources concerning women in Wisconsin and the St. Croix Valley region. Included are letters and diaries, records of women’s organizations, manuscripts, books, and student papers and theses.
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