Research Tools > Research by Topic > Women's Studies
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- Academic OneFile
- Source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles on a variety of subjects including diversity studies,
gender issues, psychology, and social sciences. Integrated with Web of Science for access to cited references.
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- America: History and Life
- Complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, covering all key English-language historical journals from 1964-Current.
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- ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts
- Indexing and abstracting tool covering health, social services, psychology, sociology, economics, politics, race relations and education. ASSIA includes records from 650 journals in 16 different countries.
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- One-stop source for news and periodical articles on a wide range of topics, including history and containing many full-text articles, covering 1980-current.
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- Women's Studies International
- "...primarily an index of the feminist press...an excellent resource for finding articles from a
feminist perspective."
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- WorldCat
- Catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide; contains more than 62 million records.
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Selected Web Sites
- American Women's History: A Research Guide
- Provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as
to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information
about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles,
dissertations, and primary sources.
- http://www.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html
- National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
- Supports and promotes feminist/womanist teaching, learning, research,
and professional and community service at the pre-K through post-secondary
levels and serves as a locus of information about the inter-disciplinary
field of Women's Studies for those outside the profession.
- http://www.nwsa.org/
- Women's Studies Database
- Serves those people interested in the women's studies profession and in
general women's issues.
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/
Women's Studies Online Resources- Organizes information-rich, high-quality web sites focusing on women's studies or women's issues; women- or gender-related e-mail lists; women's studies files from the WMST-L File Collection; links to women's studies programs around the world and to the Center for Women and Information Technology; financial aid for women; updates to Internet Resources on Women; and more.
http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/
- WSSLINKS Women & Gender Studies
- Web Sites developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
- http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html
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ETSU Departmental Web Sites
- ETSU Women's Studies Program
- The minor provides students with an interdisciplinary education about history, society, culture, politics, economics, and legal issues as related to women. The goals of this endeavor are to create an increased awareness of gender issues, foster individual development and decision-making, and
encourage effective participation in our complex social world. Courses are designed to assist students in developing philosophical and historical perspectives on women; appreciating the contribution of women to the arts, sciences, and humanities; and making informed choices as individuals and professionals.
- http://www.etsu.edu/womenstudies/
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Selected Bibliography
- Feminist Research Methods, An Annotated Bibliography
- Westport, CT:Greenwood Press, 1991.
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) Z 7963 .F44 M54
- Reader's Guide to Women's Studies.
- Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) Z 7961 .R43 1998
- http://www.netlibrary.com/ebook_info.asp?product_id=8927&piclist=19799,20772,21547,39801
- Women's Studies, A Guide to Information Sources
- Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1990
- SHERROD Reference Room (No Loan) Z 7961 .C37 1990
