Introductory Materials
This section includes encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, and general introductions to the subject.
Feminist Theory
Below are listed books on the ideas which define Women's Studies and its interdisciplinary nature.
- Introduction to library research in women's studies
An overview and guide to conducting library research in women's studies, it covers topics such as how to use the library as well as lists bibliographies, article indexes, and directories on a variety of subjects. Includes indexes.
• Location(s): WILSON Reference, WILSON HQ1206 S443x 1985,
LAW HQ1206 S42 1985
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Bibliographies
- GenderWatch
Incorporates Women R, an electronic index formerly accesible on CD-ROM. GenderWatch, a full text index, covers the impact of gender in the following subject areas: Culture and the arts; business and finance; education; feminist teaching; public education; gender discrimination; family; health and healthcare; international issues; physical activity, sports and fitness; politics and issues of public policy; religion and spirituality, including issues of equity in organized religion; and women's and gender studies.
- Women's Studies International
International coverage of feminist writings. A compilation of ten databases covering journal articles, books, anthology chapters, and reports.
- Women's studies: A guide to information sources
A research guide for women's studies, use this guide to learn how to find articles and books in women's studies. The guide covers information sources about women from around the world, in subjects such as the arts, women of color, education, history, politics, lesbians, society, employment, and more. More than one thousand annotated entries are included. Index.
• Location(s): WILSON Reference, WILSON HQ1206 C275x 1990
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- Subject-Specific Bibliographies
- Women and mass communications : an international annotated bibliography
• Location(s): TC Journalism Library Z5633.W65 L45 1991 Regular Loan
TC Wilson Library Reference P94.5.W65 L458x 1991 Non-Circulating
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Biography
- Indexes to Biographical Material on Women
- Women in Chemistry and Physics : a biobibliographic sourcebook
Features biographical profiles of 75 women who made substantive contributions in chemistry and physics. Profiles include a bibliography of works by and about the individual. Written for the lay reader. (Adapted from Library Journal)
• Location(s): WALTER Sci/Eng Reference QD21 .W62 1993
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History
- American History Resources
- Handbook of American women's history
"This exceptional reference presents short articles on key people, events, and ideas that have shaped the history of women in the United States. Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition features more than 100 new entries as well as, for the first time, photographs and artwork illustrating key concepts...
The Handbook of American Women's History provides a comprehensive,interdisciplinary view of a fascinating field of study. Arranged alphabetically, each entry is accompanied by a
bibliography of primary and secondary sources to which interested readers can turn for more information." Includes an extensive subject/name index and end-of-entry cross-referencing.--Sage web site.
• Location(s): WILSON Reference
Quarto HQ1410 .H36 2000
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- Women's Travel Writing
Included here are works of women travellers from and to the United States, as well as selected American and European women travellers to non-Western areas. Our project begins in 1830, so as not to conflict with the Women Writers Project at Brown University. Although not limited to the US, our decision to emphasize American travel represents an effort to complement Indiana University's Victorian Women Writers Project (which focuses on British women, 1830-1901).
- International History Resources
- Annotated index of medieval women
Short biographies and references for medieval women from all social classes. Indexed by county, occupation, region and city.
• Location(s): Wilson & Wilson Reference CT3220 .A56 1992
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Women's Studies: Literature
For the literature section of Women's Studies, including American and International Literature.
Social, Legal, and Health Resources
- Women and HIV/AIDS
An international resource book : information, action, and resources on women and HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and sexual relationships
• Location(s): Wilson RA644 .A25 B47 1993
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Periodicals
- Indexes, Abstracts, and Bibliographies
- Selected Periodical Indexes
Located in Wilson Library Periodicals unless otherwise noted.
- Affilia
- Belles lettres
- Connexions (Wilson Newspapers)
- Differences (Law Periodicals Per. D55s)
- European journal of women's studies
- Feminist collections (Wilson Reference quarto HQ1180.F46x)
- Feminist issues
- Feminist review
- Feminist studies: FS
- Feminist teacher
- Gender & Society
- Genders
- Hypatia
- Journal of feminist family therapy (Magrath)
- Journal of feminist studies in religion (Walter Social Welfare HQ1393 .J68)
- Journal of women & aging
- Journal of women's history
- Lesbian ethics (Walter Social Welfare HQ75.L38x)
- Ms
- NWSA journal (Law Periodicals Per.N24)
- Off our backs (Wilson Newspapers)
- On the issues / Choices (Walter Social Welfare RA564.85.05)
- Psychology of women quarterly (Walter Periodicals Stacks)
- Resources for feminist research: RFR = Documentation sur la recherche feministe: DRF (Wilson Reference quarto HQ1101.R47x)
- Sage
- Women
- Women and criminal justice (Law Periodicals Per.W63)
- Women and environments (Architecture and Law)
- Women & therapy (Walter Periodicals Stacks)
- Women's review of books
- Women's studies
- Women's studies international forum
- Women's studies quarterly
Microfilm Collections for Women's Studies
Microfilm and microfiche collections provide the researcher with a wealth of primary documentation, often gathered from major repositories or otherwise-unavailable sources. The University of Minnesota Libraries include many microformat collections which contain information about women: the collections listed below are only those which are specifically or exclusively devoted to women. In addition to the holdings of the University of Minnesota, other major microform collections about women may be found elsewhere in the Twin Cities: Herstory: Women's Periodicals from the International Women's History Periodical Archive (College of St. Catherine Library), Collected Correspondence of Lydia Maria Child, and the Isabella Beecher Hooker Project (both at the Macalester College Library).
IMPORTANT: unless otherwise noted, all the collections listed below are housed in the Periodicals Room in the basement of Wilson Library. For the most part, the individual items which make up these collections are not listed in MNCAT, the library catalog. The reel guides, and other materials which inform the researcher about what materials are included in these collections, are located in the Reference Room of Wilson Library, which should be the first stop for anyone wishing to make use of these materials. In some cases, information about these collections is also available on the World Wide Web; where this exists, links to these remotely-accessible guides are provided below in the category called WWW Guide.
- European women's periodicals
Coverage includes: unit 1. Austria and Belgium -- unit 2. France -- unit 3. Germany, Switzerland, and German language issues from Paris and Prague -- unit 4. Dutch Indonesia and the Netherlands.
• Location(s):
Unit 1: Wilson Mfilm 4218
Unit 2: Wilson Mfilm 4219
Unit 3: Wilson Mfilm 4220
Unit 4: Wilson Mfilm 4221
- History of Women -- Microfilm
Note: Microfilm of selected materials on women before 1920 from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Sophia Smith Collection, Jane Addams Memorial Collection, the Galatea Collection, Miriam Y.Holden Collection, Ida Rust Macpherson Collection and others.
The individual items in this collection are listed in MNCAT.
• Location(s): Guide: Wilson Reference quarto HQ1121 .R474x 1986
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- Working women in Victorian Britain, 1850-1910
Diaries and letters of Arthur J. Munby (1828-1910) and Hannah Culwick (1833-1909)
• Location(s): Wilson Mfilm 3889
Guide: Wilson Reference HD6135 .M86x 1993 guide (Non-Circulating)
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Internet Sites
- Recommended General Sites
- University of Wisconsin Women's Studies Librarian
A good source for information about contents of current feminist publications, selected topical bibliographies, electronic journals and magazines, as well as links to other organization home pages, national and international women's studies programs, and gender-related sites.
- WSSLINKS: General Women's Sites
Welcome to General Sites for Women's Studies, developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. This page lists selective, annotated sites covering broad topics and intended to help those interested in women's studies research get a good start.
- InfoSurf/Women's Studies:
Interesting assortment of resources, including access to the electronic versions of several popular women's periodicals.
- A Celebration of Women Writers
Full text of fiction, poetry, essays by women authors from the 1700's to the present, biographical materials, selected criticism, commentaries and portraits.
- Ethnic/International Links
- Queer Resources Directory
International in scope, this comprehensive web directory of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender information contains more than 22,000 sites. The site is organized by subject, and covers issues such as health, business and industry, gay teens, religion, media, current events, and politics.
- Lesbian.Org
The site includes bibliographies, several e-texts and 'zines, bulletin boards and discussion lists, links to recommended sites, and a directory of personal home pages.
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