Women and Women's Studies
Selected Resources
General Reference Works
Harvard guide to women’s health. RA778/C2163/1996/REF
Introduction to library research in women's studies. Z7961/S42/1985/REF
Readers guide to women’s studies. HQ1180/R43/1998/REF
The Rights of women: the basic ACLU guide to women's rights. KF478/Z9R67/1993/REF
The Women's desk reference. HQ1236.5/U6F73/1993/REF
Women’s issues. HQ1115/W6425/1997/REF
Women's sourcebook. HQ1406/I54/1995/REF
Women's studies encyclopedia. HQ1115/W645/1999/REF
Biographical Sources -- General
Lesser-known women; a biographical dictionary. CT3203/G57/1992/REF
Great lives from history; American women. CT215/G745/1995/REF
International Who's who of women. CT3202/I58/REF
Notable American women, 1607-1950. CT3260/N57/REF 3 vol.
The Modern period, vol. 4.
Notable women in world history. CT3230/A33/1998/REF
Who's who of American women. CT3260/W5/REF
Women’s firsts. CT3203/W66/1997/REF
Biographical Sources -- Specialized by Ethnic Group
A to Z of Native American women. E98/W8S65/1998/REF
African American women. E185.96/A45/1993/REF
Black women in America. E185.86/B542/1993/REF
Native American women. E98/W8B38/1993/REF
Notable Black American women. E185.96/N68/1992/REF
Notable Hispanic American women. E184/S75N68/1993/REF
Biographical Sources--Specialized by Occupation
A to Z of women in science and math.
American women historians. E175.45/S27/1996/REF
American women in science. Q141/B25/1994/REF
American women writers. PS147/A4/REF
Contemporary women dramatists. PR736/C58/1994/REF
Contemporary women poets. PS151/C67/1998/REF
Dictionary of women artists. N8354/D53/1997/REF
Encyclopedia of Amazons. U51/S34/1991/REF
Encyclopedia of women and sports. GV709/S44/1996/REF
Encyclopedia of women and world religion. BL458/E53/1999/REF
Encyclopedia of women in American politics. HQ1236.5/U6E53/1999/REF
Hypatia’s daughters; 1500 years of women philosophers. B105/W6H97/1996/REF
Mothers and daughters of invention. T36/S73/1993/REF
North American women artists of the twentieth century. N6503/N67/1995/REF
Notable women in mathematics. QA28/N68/1998/REF
Women in the biological sciences. QH26/W66/1997/REF
Notable women in the life sciences. QH26/N68/1996/REF
Notable women in the physical sciences. Q141/N734/1997/REF
Oxford companion to women's writing in the United States. PS147/O94/1995/REF
Women and the military. U21.75/S54/1996/REF
Women artists. N8354/P55/1994/REF
Women composers, conductors and musicians of the twentieth century. ML82/L46/REF
Women in science. Q141/O34/1986/REF
Women in the third world. HQ1870.9/K58/1997/REF
Women in the United States miliary. UB418/W65F75/1996/REF
Women public speakers in the United States. HQ1412/W67/REF
Women sports encyclopedia. GV709/W589/1997/REF
History
American women's history. HQ1115/W4/1994/REF
Book of women's firsts. CT3260/R428/1992/REF
Chronology of women worldwide. HQ1121/C617/1997/REF
Chronology of women's history. HQ1121/O47/1994/REF
Milestones: a chronology of American women’s history. HQ1410/W434/1997/REF
Readers companion to US women’s history. HQ1410/R43/1998/REF
Timetables of women's history. HQ1121/G74/1994/REF
What every American should know about women's history. HQ1410/L86/1994/REF
Women in world history.
Women rulers throughout the ages. D107/J32/1999/REF
Women's chronology. HQ1122/T73/1994/REF
Statistics
Women in the world. HQ1154/S34/1997/REF
World's women: trends and statistics. HQ1154/W965/1995/REF
Statistical handbook on women in America. HQ1420/T34/1996/REF
Indexes and Bibliographies
American women's diaries (Western). HQ1438/A17A43/REF
Guide to the microfilm collection.
Index to women of the world from ancient to modern times. Z7963/B6I73/REF 2 vol.
Index to women's studies anthologies: research across the disciplines. HQ1180/B76/1994/REF
Women and science; an annotated bibliography. Q136/O35/1996/REF
Women's studies; a recommended core bibliography. Z7963/F44S75/REF
Women's studies abstracts. Z7962/W65/REF
Selected Periodicals
Frontiers; a journal of women's studies. HQ1101/F76
Journal of women's history. HQ1101/J68
Ms. HQ1101/M82
Signs; journal of women in culture and society. HQ1101/S5
Working woman. HQ1101/W78
Web Sites
National Women’s History Project. Provides links
to numerous women’s history sites.
Women’s Bureau of the US Dept. of Labor.
Excellent site for statistics and reports dealing with women’s employment issues.
New York Public Library. Women’s Studies.
Rutgers
University.
Excellent site with many links.
"Informing, inspiring and celebrating
women."