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Auraria Library has a wide variety of learning materials in the area of Women's Studies. These learning materials can be divided into four major groups:
This guide is intended as an introduction to materials that might be called women-centered or feminist, which are kept in a particular location, usually under a call number beginning with "HQ." Information about women appears throughout the Reference section located on the first floor of the Library: the HQ section contains information about sexuality, marriage and divorce, children, adolescents, and the aging. Information about women appears in each of these sections. Information about women who are members of American ethnic groups is located near the end of the E (American History) section, and material on women writers appears in the P (Literature) section. Information about lesbians is included in the homosexuality section as well as the women's studies section. Two examples are: Dynes, Wayne R. Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. New York: Garland, 1990. REF HQ 76.25 E53 1990 Schlager, Neil, ed. St. James Press Gay and Lesbian Almanac
Detroit: St. James (Gale): 1998. REF HQ 76.3 U5 S75 1998 Be sure, also, to be aware of the date of your information. The date of statistical information is always important; in addition, laws change, attitudes change, new issues become important. Feminist style and rhetoric have changed. To understand older feminist material, even older second-wave material, you must be aware of its historical and cultural background. Keep in mind that material about women may be located nearly anywhere in the library -- women musicians in the music section, women writers in the literature section, women mathematicians in the mathematics sections. Also remember that material by or about women may be written from many standpoints; it may be feminist or liberal or conservative or radical. As with information on any subject, you have to consider the point of view of the author and how that affects the value you will place on the information. If you have difficulty finding information, you might be using terminology that is different from that which the library is using. Please ask at the Reference Desk for assistance if you are not finding what you need. Librarians will be happy to show you how to use the Library of Congress Subject Headings, which may lead you to other searches. Women in LC's Terms: A Thesaurus of Library of Congress Subject Headings Relating To Women (REF Z 695.1 W65 D53 1988) is another helpful source. Words and phrases from these sources should be used as SUBJECT searches. Any time you can not find what you need, ask a librarian at the Reference Desk for assistance. Reference books can be useful in locating background information on a topic, biographical data, lists of key articles on a topic, or statistics. Listed here are a few of the important sources that are available in the reference collection. Browse the REF HQ 1101 - HQ 1900 area on the first floor for similar books. Encyclopedias Code, Lorraine. Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. New York: Routledge, 2000. This is arranged by categories, such as "oral history," "hierarchical models of decision making," and "ecofeminism," about which feminists have theorized. Most entries describe the kinds of criticism/theory that the particular category has attracted; some entries describe the work of individual theorists. References and further reading suggestions are included. HQ1190.E63.2000 Culler-Dupont, Kathryn. The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America. New York: Facts on File, 1996. Information about organizations founded, speeches given, documents written and signed, conventions held, and more. Most women listed here were leading figures. Has a 25-page appendix of documents, including the U.S. Constitution, the Married Women's Property Act of 1848, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and a list of women who have served as U.S. Senators and Representatives. REF HQ 1410.C85 1996 Kramarae, Cheris, and Dale Spender, eds. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. 4 volumes. New York: Routledge, 2000. An excellent starting place for information about issues as they affect women. Cross-references. References and Further Reading lists provided. REF HQ 1115.R69.2000 Nelson, Barbara J., and Najma Chowdhury. Women and Politics Worldwide.New Haven:Yale University Press, 1994. This 818-page encyclopedia took nine years to prepare and involved 61 scholars writing about 43 countries. Coverage is from the early 1960s to the early 1990s, depending on women's political activities in that country. Each chapter is prefaced by a chart of political, demographic, and economic information. REF HQ1236.W6363.1994 Schenken, Suzanne O'Dea. From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics. 2 volumes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999. Mostly biographical, also contains information about law cases, organizations, and issues. Sources and cross-references provided. REF HQ 1236.5.U6.S32.1999 Slavin, Sarah, ed. U.S. Women's Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. Lists many groups, including: political, educational, religious, liberal, conservative groups. Provides contact information, brief description, and sections describing organization and development, funding, policy concerns and tactics, electoral activities, and further information. Entries are brief to several pages long. REF HQ 1904.U2.1992 Stromquist, Nelly P. Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues. New York: Garland, 1998. The encyclopedia is divided into ten major areas: 1) Conceptual and theoretical issues, 2) Political and legal contexts, 3) Sex-role ideologies, 4) Demographic and health, 5) Marriage and the family, 6) Women and production, 7) Women and the environment, 8) Enabling conditions for change, 9) Movements for Change, and 10) Geographical entries. Each section contains articles on that theme, often by women from the area. The bibliography is annotated. REF HQ 1870.9.W6548.1998 Tierney, Helen, ed. Women's Studies Encyclopedia. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989- . This is an excellent source for locating background information on a wide variety of women's studies topics. Volume I covers Views from the Sciences; Volume II looks at Literature, Arts, and Learning; and Volume III deals with History, Philosophy, and Religion. REF HQ 1115.W645 1989 Dictionaries Humm, Maggie, comp. Dictionary of Feminist Theory. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1990. This dictionary provides explanations of words and phrases used in contemporary feminist thought. REF HQ 1115.H86 1990 Webster's Dictionary of American Women. New York: Smithmark, 1996.More than 1500 biographies of women who have shaped American life. REF HQ 1412. W43 1996 Bibliographies/Biographies/Statistics American Women: Who they Are and Where they Stand. Ithaca: New Strategist Publications, 1997. REF HQ 1421. A486 Brakeman, Lynne, ed. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places and Events that Shaped Women's History. Detroit: Gale, 1996. REF HQ 1121.C617 1997 Commire, Anne, ed. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Detroit: Yorkin/Gale. This is a multi-volume work in progress; over half was complete in 2000. Biographical information is provided for women in all fields and from all nations. Entries vary in length from a paragraph to several pages. Quotations, sources, suggestions for further readings, and media may be given. Photographs are often included. REF HQ 1115.W6.1999 Neft, Naomi, and Ann D. Levine. Where Women Stand: An International Report on the Status of Women in 140 Countries, 1997-1998. New York: Random House, 1997. REF HQ 1154. N39 1997 Taeuber, Cynthia, ed. Statistical Handbook on Women in America. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1996.This is an excellent source for statistical information on a wide variety of topics concerning women. REF HQ 1420.T34 1996 Watson, G. Llewellyn, ed. Feminism and Women's Issues: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. New York: Garland, 1990 REF HQ 1206.Z9 W37 1990 Auraria Library Online Catalog -- Use the Library online catalog (Skyline) to locate specific books and other materials at Auraria Library. You can search for books and other materials in Skyline by word (such as "women writers") or by title, author and a number of other methods. For information about how to search in each category, see the hints that appear on the screen right under the search box. You may also ask for assistance at the Reference Desk. To find a videorecording, use a WORD search, typing in the topic and word videorecording. For example: women's spirituality videorecording Here are some ways to narrow a search, along with examples: WOMEN paired with another word to describe a subject:
WOMEN paired with a geographical location:
WOMEN paired with another subject:
WOMEN paired with a media format:
Prospector: the Colorado Unified Catalog -- Use Prospector to determine which major Colorado library may own a particular book. WorldCat -- This database contains records of nearly every library in the United States, and many foreign libraries. Currently more than 19,000 libraries. {Scroll down the "W" databases to WorldCat. NetLibrary This is a database of online, full text books. Online access to full text scholarly, reference and professional electronic books from leading university, academic and professional publishers. Locate e-books through either Basic Search or Advanced Search or try the Browse by Subject, Browse by Title, or Browse by Author options. E-books may be viewed online or "checked out". There is a charge for most book viewing. The Free Reading Room area has a sizable collection of public domain e-books. Other eBooks.
Tip Link to the Guide Find Books and Other Material to learn how to find and request materials that are not available at Auraria Library. To find articles and citations to articles choose one of the indexes listed. Online Indexes Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) Provides access to information on women in more than 150 countries. Sources include journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups and government agencies, and fact sheets. Disciplines included are sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights. Coverage is from 1992-to the present. The database is updated every two weeks. Though full-text may be available for a particular article, it may not be immediately available, that is, it may be emailed to you up to 24 hours later. Check the terminal screen for options. More general databases useful for Women's Studies: Depending on your topic, you may want to consult the following: America History and Life. A comprehensive bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to present. This database covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide, and includes citations of book and media reviews and dissertations. Over 90% of the articles are published in English-language journals; all abstracts are written in English. 1964 - present. Updated monthly. Published by ABC-CLIO. Art Abstracts -- Index to and abstracts of leading English language publications in the arts. 1984 - present (indexing), 1994 - present (abstracts), updates monthly. Includes information compiled by specialists with expertise in all fields of art to provide an international perspective on many art subjects. Arts & Humanities Search -- Citations from many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. 1980 - present, updates weekly. Historical Abstracts. A reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life, see above). The database covers more than 2,000 journals, and includes citations to historical books and dissertations. 1960 - present. Updated monthly. Provided by ABC-CLIO. Sociological Abstracts -- Also available in print at INDEX HM 1.S67 Print (paper) subscription CANCELLED in 1996. The online version covers journal citations and abstracts; book, chapter, and association paper abstracts; and book, film, and software review citations in theoretical and applied sociology, social science, and policy science from 1963-present. Uncover (Ingenta) -- This index lists more articles from journals, fewer from magazines. Auraria Library owns about 40 percent of the journals indexed, and there are no online full-text articles. Articles not owned by Auraria Library may be obtained through Interlibrary Loan at little or no cost. They may also be directly ordered from Uncover, but tend to be somewhat expensive. Databases -- Go to this page for general databases that cover multiple subjects, contain full text and scholarly, peer reviewed articles which appear in leading journals in various fields. Print Indexes As Women's Studies is a multi- and inter-disciplinary field, articles on this broad topic can be published in a wide variety of journals, ranging from specialized women's studies journals to those in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. For Women's Studies, one of the best is: Women Studies Abstracts. Rush, NY: Rush Publishing. (Quarterly) Journals indexed in this source relate directly to the study of women in all subject areas. Also includes book and media reviews. Abstracts are included for many of the citations. INDEX HQ 1101.W65 Specialized Microfilm Collections The Auraria Library is fortunate in having two major microfilm collections of women's studies materials -- History of Women and Herstory. The collections are housed in the microforms area in the Periodicals/Microforms Department. History of Women. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, 1975.This is a valuable research tool for anyone interested in the study of women's history. It contains microfilm copies of primary materials (monographs, pamphlets, periodicals, manuscripts, selected photographs) from prominent women's history archives, including the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, the Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College, the Jane Addams Hull House Library, the New York Public Library, the Boston Public Library, the Scripps College's Mcpherson Collection, and the private collection of Miriam Y. Holden. Its emphasis is on material published prior to 1920. MICRO HQ 1121.H5 To access the information contained in this large collection, which contains over 900 reels of microfilm, consult the following index: History of Women: A Guide to the Microfilm Collection. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, 1983. INDEX HQ 1121. H522 Herstory. Wooster: Bell and Howard, 1973- . This collection contains information which is of interest to researchers studying the resurgence of the feminist movement dating from 1956. It contains the full text of journals, newspapers, and newsletters of women's groups (liberation, civic, religious, professional, peace) from throughout the world. MICRO HQ 1410.H47 To access this important collection, consult the following index: Herstory: Microfilm Collection. Berkeley, CA: Women's History Research Center. INDEX HQ 1410.H472 200 Annotated Women's Issues and Gender-Related Links! 300 Important Women Artists: Medieval to Modern Biographies of Women Mathematicians -- and a related link: Past Notable Women of Computing and Mathematics which honors the close connection between mathematics and computing, by providing information on pioneers in both areas." Celebration of Women in Engineering Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World Distinguished Women of Past and Present -- This site, by Danuta Bois, has biographies of women who contributed to our culture in many different ways. There are writers, educators, scientists, heads of state, politicians, civil rights crusaders, artists, entertainers, and others. Some were alive hundreds of years ago and some are living today. We've heard of some of them, while many more have been ignored by history book writers. Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls -- A UNICEF site. Emma Goldman Papers: Selected Documents and Papers Emory Women Writers Resource Project -- A collection of women's writing from the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries, the Emory Women Writers Resource Project offers students the opportunity to edit primary texts. Feminist Majority Foundation Online gender Inn: Women's and Gender Studies Database -- A searchable bibliographic database that contains records describing over 5,000 works on "feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature" from 1950 to the present. GenderReach -- This new Website from USAID "describes the agency's gender strategy and its many critical gender projects." Images Of Women In Ancient Art Ladyslipper.org -- Ladyslipper is a non-profit organization which has been involved in many facets of women's music since 1976. The website includes a catalog and resource guide of recordings by women. Lesbian Herstory Sites -- Links compiled by the Austin Lesbian Activism in the 70's Herstory Project (often called the ALA's). The ALA's are a small group of lesbians engaged in the work of collecting, organizing, preserving and teaching the herstory of Austin's lesbian community during the decade of the 1970's. Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman -- This online exhibition consists of approximately twenty paintings and prints by American Impressionist woman artist Mary Cassatt; the online exhibit also features background information on each work of art, and a gift shop with online ordering that offers the exhibition catalogue and Mary Cassatt note cards, tote bags, and posters. Medieval Feminist Index -- Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages. National Museum of Women in the Arts [QuickTime, Windows Media Player] National Organization for Women National Women's History Project National Women Studies Association -- Supports and promotes feminist/womanist teaching, learning, research, and professional and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary levels. NWSA also serves as a locus of information about the inter-disciplinary field of Women's Studies for those outside the profession. NOEMA, Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy -- This project is a collaborative scholarship, replete with a database now containing over 15,000 records representing the work of over 5,000 women. Sources in the History of Gender, Science, and Medicine -- An excellent meta-site prepared by Dr. Marjorie Levine-Clark, University of Colorado at Denver History Department. It was prepared as a resource guide to accompany a class entitled "Gender, Science, and Medicine: 1600 to Present." Sources in the History of Gender and Women in Europe, 1750-Present -- Another excellent meta-site by Dr. Marjorie Levine-Clark, University of Colorado at Denver, History Department. Contains many links to Auraria Library resources as well as Internet sites. The Varo Registry of Women Artists Witchcraft Bibliography Project -- Compiles and disseminates information about witchcraft in early modern Europe and America. Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development, and Peace for the 21st Women and Social Movements in the United States 1830-1930 -- A collection of learning modules on specific topics, such as African-American Women and the Chicago World's Fair, 1893, Women's Peace Mission to European Capitals, 1915, and Pacifism vs. Patriotism in Women's Organizations in the 1920s.From the Encyclopedia Britannica. Women of Color Health Data Book -- In this report the term "women of color" encompasses four major groups of women—Native, Hispanic, black, and Asian Americans—with subgroups within each of the major groups. The health of adolescent and elderly women of color receives separate attention as well. Search for life expectancy, demographics, tobacco use, violence and other factors. Women of the West Museum -- Explore the continuing role of women in the development of the American West. The museum is the brainchild of Toni Dewey, the first woman corporate officer at Motorola, Inc. Women's Health Information Center -- From the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Women's Historical Text Archive -- Links to a variety of women's history sites. Prepared by Don Mabry, a History professor at Mississippi State University. Women in Politics -- Provides references to "books, reports and journal articles on all aspects of women's participation in political life worldwide." Women's International Center -- Established in 1984, WIC seeks to inform and educate through the Internet. A permanent information and educational home for women, worldwide, to learn, teach and create. Women's Speeches from Around the World -- Gifts of Speech is a project to preserve and create access to speeches by contemporary, influential women from around the world. Copies of all the Nobel Lectures by female laureates will be digitized during 1999; many historic speeches given by women dating back to the 1800s are also included at the site. Women's Studies at the University of Maryland -- The award-winning University of Maryland women's studies database, begun in 1992, contains information about conferences, bibliographies, calls for papers, syllabi, film reviews, information about gender issues, links to other websites, lists of gender-related listservs, and other information. Women's Studies on the Internet -- Sites selected by Ruth Dickstein, Women's Studies Librarian, University of Arizona. These links connect to sites which are very useful for conducting Internet research in women's studies WomenWatch -- The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women. Women Writers Project -- Located at Brown University; the Project consists of an online textbase, a collection of pre-Victorian (1450-1850) literature written by women. The initial release of the textbase will include over 200 texts, and 50 to 100 texts are expected to be added in the first year. WSSLinks -- The Women's Studies Section (WSS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) was formed to discuss, promote, and support women's studies collections and services in academic and research libraries. Areas of interest include: Women & Gender Studies websites; Core Lists of women's studies resources: Serials and books; Publication of research findings; Electronic access to materials; Cooperative collection development; and Working with publishers of women's studies materials. Explanation of Location Codes REF = Reference Stacks on Main level near Reference Desk
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