Women's Studies Research Guide
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This page is intended to provide a guide to selected
electronic resources and print resources (located mostly in Alderman
Library) for Women's Studies. Some resources useful
for Gender Studies research are also included in this
guide. For research help, please email
Alderman Reference, or call 924-3021.
Reference Sources
Research Guides and Bibliographies
Selected print and
web sources.
Background Information Sources
History Resource Center for topic overviews
See also Encyclopedias | Dictionaries
and Handbooks | Statistical Sources
Biographical Sources
Print Sources | Databases | see also Guide
to Diary Research at Alderman Library
Citation Guides
Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper
Provides examples for citing different types of sources in APA, Chicago, MLA and Turabian styles. Includes guides to citing motion pictures, email messages, web pages and many more source types.
Cite Sources
MLA and Turabian citation formats for films, legal documents, maps, photographs, recorded sound, and other formats. From the Library of Congress.
Also links to a section on copyright.
Journal Articles
See also the Association of College & Research Libraries Core List of journals in women's studies. This resource provides the names of databases which cover each journal title.
American Periodicals Series
Full text of over 1000 magazines and journals published in the US between 1740 and 1900. Use alphabetical title list to browse for and limit searches to titles that pertain to women. e.g. L for Ladies, H for Home, etc.
Contemporary
Womens Issues (1992+) UVA only
An index with international coverage on issues relating to women
in sociology, psychology, health,
education, and human rights. Includes book reviews.
Look for the Find@UVA link below each citation to locate full-text.
Gender
Inn
Search over 5000 records pertaining to feminist theory,
feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing
on English and American literature.
Medieval Feminist Index
Free index to
journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books
about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle
Ages.
Use the NWSA
Journal, an official publication of the National
Women's Studies Association as a current awareness tool by browsing its table of contents. Online full-text goes
back to 1999.
Project Muse Women's Studies UVA only
Searchable journals. Be patient -- this loads slowly!
Studies on women and gender abstracts UVA only
Abstracts from 1990's to the present. Loads slowly. Look for the Find@UVA llink below each citation to locate full-text.
The ViVa bibliography of articles from the International Instiute of Social History Women's History section.
See also the UVA Database page for other resources that contain material pertaining to women and gender topics. Scroll down page for a subject list of databases.
Research guides and bibliographies - selected print sources
Antifeminism in American Thought: an Annotated
Bibliography
Z7964.U49 K56 1986, Alderman Stacks
British Women's History: a Bibliographical Guide
Z 7964 .G7 H36 1996, Alderman Stacks
Feminist Research Methods: an Annotated Bibliography
Z 7963 .F44 M54 1991, Alderman Reference
Introduction to Library Research in Women's Studies
Z 7961.S42 1985, Alderman Reference
Mothers and Mothering: an Annotated Feminist
Bibliography
Z 7963 .M67 D59 1991, Alderman Stacks
Reader's Guide to Women's Studies
Z 7961.R42 1998, Alderman Reference also available
electronically through VIRGO Catalog
The Women's Movement: References and Resources
Z7963 .S9 R93 1996, Alderman Reference
Women and Sexuality in America: a Bibliography
Z7964.U49 S26 1984, Alderman Stacks
Women in Global Migration, 1945-2000: a Comprehensive
Multidisciplinary Bibliography
Z7164 .I3 H62 2001, Alderman Reference
Women in the United States Military, 1901-1995
: a Research Guide and Annotated Bibliography
UB418 .W65 F75 1996, Alderman Reference
Women in Western European History : a Select Chronological,
Geographical, and Topical Bibliography
Z7961 .F74 1982, Alderman Reference ;
Alderman Stacks
Women of Color in the United States : a Guide to
the Literature
Z7964.U49 R4 1989, Alderman Stacks
Women's Studies : a Recommended Bibliography
Z7963 .F44 K75 2004 , Alderman Reference
Women's Studies: a Recommended Core Bibliography (1975)
Z7961 .S75, Alderman Stacks
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Research guides and bibliographies - selected web sources
The Women's Studies
Section (WSS) of the Association of College &
Research Libraries. Includes newsletters, core
lists of
books and journals,
and more.
American
Women's History: a Research Guide
Ken Middleton's award winning site. Includes general
reference and biographical sources, state and regional
history sources, and information on finding primary
sources.
Black
American Feminism: A Multidisciplinary Bibliography
From Davidson Library at the University of California
at Santa Barbara. Focusing on black feminsim in the
U.S,primary sources include speeches
and interviews,
personal
narratives and memoirs.
Women's
Studies Database
From the University of Maryland. Bibliographies,
syllabi, conferences and film reviews.
University
of Wisconsin's Women's Studies Site
Another comprehensive site featuring bibliographies,
an audio-visual resources database, current awareness
links and more.
Library
of Congress Guide to the Study of Women's History
Maps, music, area studies, prints and photographs,
manuscripts and much more -- from the largest library
in the U.S.
Women's Studies: A Guide to the Collections of The
New York Public Library
A guide to the wealth of primary and seconday sources
at the NYPL.
Eldis Gender
Resource Guide
Collection of publications from development organizations
on gender topics such as education of women, violence
against women, and gender and participation......provides
an extensive guide to gender and HIV/AIDS, regional
and country profiles (Africa, Middle East, Asia, and
Latin America), and more. From Eldis, a development
resource-sharing program based at the Institute of
Development Studies, Sussex.
Forced Migration
Online
"Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides instant
access to a wide variety of online resources dealing
with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. Designed
for use by practitioners, policy makers, researchers,
students or anyone interested in the field..."
See introductory
guide.
Intute: Social Sciences / Women's Studies
A portal for women's studies resources from Intute. Provides links to information on a wide range of topics from sites all around the world.
Poverty
links
Access a wide range of authoritative resources on world poverty, through Intute's subject page on poverty. See the University of Wisconsin's Poverty-Related Links by Category for U.S. related resources.
Feminism
and Women's Issues
From the University of Amsterdam, SocioSite. Includes
sections on Gender & Queer Studies, Masculinity
& Men's Issues, Sexual Harrassment, and Family
and Children.
International
Women's Rights Actions Watch
IWRAW was organized in 1985 at the World Conference
on Women in Nairobi, Kenya, to promote recognition
of women’s human rights under the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women (the CEDAW Convention).
WomenWatch
Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women's Issues.
Library
Resources on Women and Islam
Print sources available at Alderman Library and links
to web sites, from Phil McEldowney at Alderman Library,
University of Virginia.
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Encyclopedias
See also online encyclopedias available from UVA Library.
Black Women in America (3v)
E185.86 .B542 2005, Alderman Reference
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities
and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender (2v)
HQ1115 .E52 2001, Alderman Reference
Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion (2v)
BL458 .E53 1999, Alderman Reference
Encyclopedia of Women in American History (3v)
HQ1410 .E53 2002, Alderman Reference
Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World
HQ1127 .S25 2001, Alderman Reference
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers (2v)
HQ1236 .R29 2001, Alderman Reference
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America (11v)
E185.96 .F2 1997, Alderman Reference
From Suffrage to the Senate: an Encyclopedia of
American Women in Politics (2v)
HQ1236.5 .U6 S32 1999, Alderman Reference
The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
BL 458 .W34 1983,Alderman Reference
Women and the Military: an Encyclopedia
U21.75 .S54 1996, Alderman Reference
Women During the Civil War : an Encyclopedia
E628 .H37 2004, Alderman Reference
Women in the Third World : an Encyclopedia of Contemporary
Issues
HQ1870.9 .W6548 1998 Alderman Reference
Women's Issues (3v)
HQ1115 .W6425 1997, Alderman Reference
Includes filmography
Women's Studies Encyclopedia (3v)
HQ1115 .W645 1999 Alderman Reference
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Selected
dictionaries and handbooks
Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment :
a Handbook of Cultural, Social Science, Management,
and Legal Perspectives
LC212.862 .P35 2003, Education Library Stacks
American Families : a Research Guide and Historical
Handbook
HQ 535 .A585 1991, Alderman Reference
Handbook of Gender, Culture, and Health [electronic
resource].
Search in VIRGO
to access this electronic 2000 publication.
Handbook of American Women's History
HQ1410 .H36 2000, Alderman Reference
Handbook of Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health
RG103 .H27 2002, Science & Engr Library Stacks
Information Every Woman Should Have: Domestic Violence
Handbook
HV6626 .P37 2003, Alderman Reference
The Nonsexist Word Finder: a Dictionary of Gender-Free
Usage
PE1689 .M23 1987, Alderman Reference
Women in the Third World : a Reference Handbook
HQ1870.9 .K58 1997, Alderman Reference
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Selected
statistical sources
See
also UVA's
Scholar's Lab resources
Statistical Abstract of the United States,
HA202.
Current editions are in Alderman Ready Reference, Alderman Government Information Resources,
Clemons Reference and Education Reference. Also available
electronically.
Statistical
Universe
"Provides abstracts and indexes of statistical
information from over 100,000 U.S. government publications
from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and
approximately 2000 documents from international organizations
from 1983. Incorporates ASI subject and keyword searching."
Historical Statistics of the United States: earliest times to the present (5v)
HA 202 .H57 2006, Alderman Ready Reference
Women
in National Parliaments around the world.
State
of the World's Children 2006
From UNICEF. See also
Monitoring the Situation of Women and Children.
Statistics
and Indicators
Fom the U. N's Women Watch
Women
and U.S. Politics: Facts and Findings
Statistical and other information from Rutger's University's
Center for American Women and Politics
U.S. Census Bureau.
See also their women's
page
Bureau of Labor Women's Page
See also these
D.O.L. links
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Biographical
sources - electronic format
Go to the UVA Library's Reference Page and click on Biographies. Note that coverage of the databases on this page is not necessarily imited to women. The following resources may also be useful:
Dictionary
of Literary Biography (Full-text) UVA only
Covers lives and careers of selected authors, critics,
screenwriters, journalists, scholars, and publishers
from all eras and genres, summarizing critical response
to their work and their role within literary movements.
ProQuest
Historical Newspapers UVA only
Searchable and browseable back issues in facsimile of the New York Times (1851-2003), the Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), the Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), the Washington Post (1877-1990) and Los Angeles Times (1881-1985). For more recent issues of these titles, use Factiva..
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Biographical
sources - print sources in Alderman and other
UVA libraries
A to Z of American Women in the Performing Arts
PN2286.8 .S66 2002, Fine Arts Library Stacks
A to Z of Women in Science and Math
Q141 .Y675 1999, Science and Engineering Stacks
American National Biography (24v),
CT213 .A68 1999, Alderman Reference
Updated material on over half the subjects covered
in the Dictionary of American Biography, plus 7000
new entries for people who died after 1980.
American Women Historians, 1700s-1990s: a Biographical
Dictionary
E175.45 .S27 1996, Alderman Reference
Biographical Dictionary of Ancient Greek and Roman
Women: Notable Women from Sappho to Helena
HQ1136 .L54 2000, Alderman Reference
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: the Qing
Period, 1644-1911
HQ1767.5 .A3 B56 1998, Alderman Reference
(v.1);
Alderman Stacks (v.2)
See also Notable women of China : Shang Dynasty to the Early
Twentieth Century
HQ1767.5 .A3 N67 2000, Alderman Reference
Collective Biography of Women in England, 1550-1900:
a Select Annotated Bibliography
Z7963 .B6 O53 1999, Alderman Reference
Dictionary of American Biography (11v)
E176 .D563, Alderman Reference
Thousands of entries for individuals who died before
1980.
The Dictionary of National Biography (and supplements)
DA28 .D4 1973, Alderman Reference. (covers Great Britain)
Notable Women in World History: a Guide to Recommended
Biographies and Autobiographies
Z7963 .B6 A28 1998, Alderman Reference
The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists (2v)
Alderman Reference HQ 1123 .B36 1985 v.1, Alderman
Stacks; HQ 1123 .B36 1985 v.2
Women and the Dictionary of National Biography
: a Guide to DNB Volumes 1885-1985 and Missing persons
DA 28 .D53 F43 1994, Alderman Reference
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VIRGO
search examples
Basic search examples
Keyword: second wave feminism
Keyword/subject: gender
and society
Keyword/keyword: girls
and success
Keyword/title: wom?n and
activis$
Begins with/author: norton
mary beth
Begins with/journal title:
gender and history
Advanced search examples
Use for precision searching, e.g. search more than one
index field at a time; limit search results by library
location, format, etc.
subject: sex differences (psychology)
keyword: oral history ; subject: women
subject: employment women [ limit format to computer files ]
subject: birth control
history [ limit publication year to 2000-2003 ]
keyword: labor movement;
subject: women [ limit library
to Clemons ]
Compiled by Anne Benham, updated October 2007
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