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Librarian for Women's Studies: Ms. Bennie P. Robinson
Email: bpr@uakron.edu

Databases, Indexes and Abstracts

• Academic Search Premier [Database]
• Contemporary Women's Issues [Database]
• Essay and General Literature Index [Database]
• An Index to Women's Studies Anthologies: Research Across the Disciplines, 1980-1984 Ref HQ1180 .B768 1994
• An Index to Women's Studies Anthologies: Research Across the Disciplines, 1985-1989. Ref HQ1180 B768 1996
• PAIS International [Database]
• Primary Sources in American Women's History (LexisNexis)[Database]
• Sociological Abstracts [Database]
• Sociological Collection [Database]
• Women Studies Abstracts Index Z7962 .W65

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Bibliographies

• Bibliography About the U.S. Suffrage Movement [Online]
• Carter, Sarah. Women's Studies: a Guide to Information Sources. New York: Mansell, 1990. Ref Z7961 .C37 1990
• Diotima [Online] - this site list materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world.
• H-Women Bibliography [Online]
• Huls, Mary Ellen. United States Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990: a Comprehensive Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. Ref HQ1410 .H85 1993
• Nordquist, Joan. The Feminist Movement: a Bibliography. Santa Cruz, CA.: Reference and Research services, 1992. Ref HQ1121 .N661 1992
• ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals [Online]
• Women and Cinema Bibliography [Online]
• Women Pedagogy: Bibliography [Online]

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Reference Resources (Handbooks, Encyclopedias, etc.)

• Boles, Janet K. Historical Dictionary of Feminism. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, c1996. Ref HQ1115. B65 1996
• Celebrating Women's History: a Women's History Month Resource Book. New York: Gale Research, 1996. Ref HQ1122.C45 1996
• Franck, Irene M. The Women's Desk Reference. New York: Viking, 1993. Ref HQ 1236.5 .U6 F73 1993
• Franck, Irene M. Women's World: A Timeline of Women in History. New York: HarperPerennial, 1995. Ref HQ1122 .F69 1995
• Handbook of American Women's History. New York: Garland Pub., 1990. Ref HQ1410 .H36 1990
• Heinemann, Sue. Timelines of American Women's History. New York: Berkley Pub Group, 1996. Ref HQ1410 .H45 1996
• Online Medical Dictionary
• The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism. New York: Routledge, 2000. Ref HQ1115 .R68 2000
• Salisbury, Joyce E. Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c2001. Ref HQ1127 .S25 2001
• Women's Studies Encyclopedia. New York: Greenwood Press, c1989-1991. Ref HQ1115 .W645 1989

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Internet Resources

General Resources
• AcademicInfo: Women Studies - an annotated directory of links.
• American Women's History: A Research Guide
• Feminism and Women's Studies - directory of sites about activism, gender, sexuality, women's history, health and more.
• Voice of the Shuttle: Gender Studies - offer links to sites about women's studies and feminist theory, queer studies, men's movements, cybergender and techgender.
• Women of Color Web
• Women's Issues on the Internet
• Women's Studies Database
• Women's Studies and Women's Issues Resource Sites - A directory of links organized by subject.
Specialized Resources
• Center for American Women and Politics - provides a list of women currently serving in congress and women in statewide elective executive office.
• Civil War Women: Primary Sources on the Internet
• Congresswomen's Biographies - Brief biographies of all women who have served or are currently serving in the House of Representative.
• Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement: an Online Archival Collection at Duke University
• Female Nobel Prize Laureates
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• Women and the Military
• Women in the U.S. Navy
• Institute for Women's Policy - this site focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, women's civic and political participation as well as the status of women in all 50 states.
• Women's Employment and Gender Equality in Europe
• Women in the Economy

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Government Resources for Women Studies

• Demographic Data on Women by the U.S. Department of Labor
• National Women's Health Information Center
• Trends in Marital Status of U.S. Women at First Birth, 1930 to 1994 [Online]

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Statistical Resources in Women Studies

• Center for Women's Business Research
• Women in Development Network (WIDNET)
• Women of India
• Women's Statistics (U.S.)
• Women Watch (UNESCO)
• World's Women 2000 - UN's analysis on the status of women.

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Journals and Newspapers

• Advancing Women in Leadership [Online]
• Contemporary Women Issues
• Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural
• Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy [Online]
• Feminism & Nonviolence Studies [Online]
• Feminist Legal Studies
• Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies
• Genders [Online]
• Hypatia (UA only)
• Jenda [Online] - full-text journal of culture and African women studies)
• Journal of International Women's Studies [Online]
• Journal of Women's History (UA only)
• NWSA Journal; also in the Electronic Journal Center
• Psychology of Women Quarterly
• Sex Roles; also in Electronic Journal Center
• Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society
• Thirdspace [Online]
• Women & Performance (issues 17 & 18 only) [Online]
• Women in Judaism: a Multidisciplinary Journal [Online]
• Women's Studies
• Women's Studies International Forum
• Women's Studies Quarterly
• Contemporary Women's Issues - located on the University of Akron Libraries' website is a full-text collection of newspapers, magazines and journals useful in women studies. Some of the titles are:
  About Marketing to Women; About Women and Marketing; About Women on Campus; Asian Women (Philippine); Bulletin of the Simone de Beauvior Institute; Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture; Differences: a Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies; Feminism and Nonviolence Studies; Feminist Collection; Gender Matters Quarterly; Journal of Women and Gender Studies (Taiwan); Journal of Women's History; Middle East Women's Studies Review; Minerva: Quarterly Report on Women and the Military; and NWSA Journal.

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Full-text Books

• Internet Women's History Sourcebook
• netLibrary
• The Online Books Page

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Images and Other Media

• History Universe: Primary Sources in Women's History - Photographs and Images
• Photo Essay - American Women: The Pioneers
• Votes for Women - The Struggle for Women's Suffrage: Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress, 1850-1920

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Guide to research for materials

• Bataille, Gretchen M. and Kathleen M. Sands. American Indian Women: a Guide to Research. New York: Garland, 1991. Ref Z1209.2 .N67 B36 1991
• Dickstein, Ruth and Maria Segura Hoopes. Minority American Women: a Research Guide. Tucson, Ariz.: Southwest Institute for Research on Women, 1991. Ref HQ1421 .D531 1991
• Friedl, Vicki L. Women in the United States Military, 1901-1995: a Research Guide and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. Ref UB418 .W65 F75 1996

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Related Subject Areas

• Archives for Research on Women and Gender
• Artemis: Guide to Women's Studies programs in the U.S.
• Museums on Women
• Museums Relating to Women
• Women's Museums

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Associations and Professional Organizations

• American Association of University Women (AAUW)
• Association for Middle East Women Studies (AMEWS)
• Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)
• Association of Women Professionals
• Center for Women Policy Studies
• FEAST (The Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory)
• MANA - A national Latina organization for women's civil rights, volunteerism, mentoring, education and other services.
• National Council For Research on Women
• National Women's Studies Association
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Women's International Studies Europe (WISE)

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Area Information (Local, State, National)

• Akron Women's History
• National First Ladies' Library
• Ohio Women's Hall of Fame
• Status of Women in Ohio (including the other 49 states)
• Women in Higher Education

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Grants, Fellowships, etc.

• CollegeSource
• Government Grants Just for Women
• Grants for Individuals: Women
• Women Scholarships

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