Subject Guide: Women's Studies
Find Books and Audio-Visual Materials:
Find Articles and Reviews:
- Use a Journal Index to find articles on a given topic.
- HELP: How do I search for articles?
Web Resources:
- A select list of resources available on the Web.
Citation Guides:
- Use these guides (APA Citation Style Guide, Other guides) to learn how to cite the materials you find and create a bibliography.
Web Resources:
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Not just information on where and how to find primary and secondary sources, but many links to digital collections of primary sources.
Canada's Social Policy Regime and Women: An Assessment of the Last Decade
Published in March 2007 and funded by the Status of Women Canada's Policy Research Fund.
Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Includes a searchable (and browsable) bibliography and links to online resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images. Also includes direct links to resources within The Perseus Digital Library and tips for finding other relevant information there.
Feminist Theory Website
Contains bibliographies of print materials covering fields within feminism, different national/ethnic feminisms and individual feminists.
Finding Data on Women: A Guide to Major Sources at Statistics Canada
Published by Status of Women Canada in March 2007.
Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women
A great site with information for and about women in Nova Scotia and beyond. The Council's own publications are here, and you can also search their library's catalogue for a variety of resources (books, videos, audio, government documents and other reports). As well, there is a categorized list of links to other related web sites.
Other Women's Voices
Full text and excerpts of works by over 125 women from Europe, Asia, and the Middle East from 2200 BCE to 1700. Some biographies as well.
ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals
A searchable bibliography of over 5200 articles from 114 international journals, 1975-to date. Compiled by the International Institute of Social History.
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies
Part of the well-known site at University of California, Santa Barbara. A list of web sites on a variety topics in gender studies, with brief annotations.
Women
A list of Canadian web sites about women, from the National Library of Canada's Canadian Information by Subject service.
Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
An annotated list of web sites on a wide variety of topics within women's studies. Organized by subject. Developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section Collection Development Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000
Brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women's reform activities.
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Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Site
An annotated list of web sites selected as being of particular use to an academic women's studies program. From the Center for Women and Information Technology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.