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Women's Studies (General)

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Women's Studies (General)
The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics	Ref HQ 1236 M347 2000
American Women	Ref HQ 1410 A47 2001
The Book of Women's Firsts	Ref CT 3260 R428 1992
Chronology of Women Worldwide	Ref HQ 1121 C617 1997
The Columbia Documentary History of American Women Since 1941	Ref HQ 1420 C65 2003
Encyclopedia of Aging	Ref HQ 1061 E534 2002 (v.1-4)
Encyclopedia of Gender and Society	Ref HQ 1115 E54 2009 (v.1-2)
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender	Ref HQ 1115 E43 2001 (v.1-2)
Encyclopedia of Women's Health Issues	Ref RA 778 G39 2002
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women's Issues Worldwide	Ref HQ 1726 G74 2003 (v.1-6)
Handbook of American Women's History	Ref HQ 1410 H36 2000
International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports	Ref GV 709 I58 2000 (v.1-3)
Lesbian Histories and Cultures	Ref HQ 75.5 L4395 2000
Our Mothers Before Us: Women and Democracy	Ready Ref HQ 1410 O9 1998
The Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Guide and Index to the Microfilm Edition	Ready Ref HQ 1413 S689 GUIDE AND INDEX
Political and Historical Encyclopedia of Women	Ref HQ 1236.5 E85 E52 2003
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge	Ref HQ 1115 R69 2000 (v.1-4)
Shaded Lives: African-American Women and Television	Ref PN 1992.8 A34 S64 2002
Sourcebook on Violence Against Women	Ref HV 6250.4 W65 S68 2001
Violence Against Women in Families and Relationships	Ref HV 6626 V56 2009 (v.1-4)
What American Women Did, 1789-1920: A Year-By-Year Reference	Ref HQ 1154 C665 2001
The Woman Source Catalog Review: Tools for Connecting the Community of Women	Ref HQ 1121 W883 1996
Women and Work: A Handbook	Ref HD 6095 W678 1996
Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia	Ref E 628 H37 2004 (v.1-2)
Women in Higher Education: An Encyclopedia	Ref LC 1569 W66 2002
Women in Prison: A Reference Handbook	Ref HV 9471 B365 2003
The Women's Chronology	Ref HQ 1122 T73 1994
The Women's Desk Reference	Ref HQ 1236.5 U6 F73 1993
Women's Issues	Ref HQ 1115 W6425 1997 (v.1-3)
The Women's Liberation Movement in America	Ref HQ 1421 B47 1999
Women's Progress in America	Ref HQ 1410 F76 1994
Women's Rights (Major Issues in American History series)	Ref HQ 1236.5 U6 S77 2003
Women's Rights: A Global View	Ref HQ 1236 W6527 2001
Women's Studies Encyclopedia	Ref HQ 1115 W645 1999 (v.1-3)

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Statistics
Demographics of the U.S.: Trends and Projections	Ready Ref HB 849.49 R875
The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World	Ref G 1046 E1 S43 2009
Statistical Abstract of the United States	Ready Ref HA 202
The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics	Ref HQ 1154 W95 2000

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Biography
A to Z of American Women Business Leaders & Entrepreneurs	Ref HD 6054.4 U6 S5 2002
Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women	Ref U52 A44 2003 (v.1-2)
Black Women Scientists in the United States	Ref Q 141 W367 1999
Contemporary Women Artists	Ref N 8354 C66 1999
Dictionary of Women Artists	Ref N 8354 D53 1997 (v.1-2)
The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia	Ref E 807.1 R4 2001
An Encyclopedia of Women Artists of the American West	Ref N 8214.5 U6 K68 1998
Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics	Ref HQ 1236.5 U6 E53 1999
Encyclopedia of Women in Religious Art	Ref N 7793 W65 A66 1996
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America	Ref E 185.96 F2 1997 (v.1-11)
Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs	Ref HF 3023 A2 O64 2000
Jewish Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia	Ref DS 115.2 J49 1998 (v.1-2)
Larousse Dictionary of Women	Ref HQ 1115 L37 1996
Latin American Women Artists of the United States: The Works of 33 Twentieth-Century Women	Ref N 6538 H58 H46 1999
Notable American Women 1607-1950	Ready Ref CT 3260 N57 (v.1-3)
Notable American Women: Modern Period	Ready Ref CT 3260 N573
Notable Latin American Women: Twenty-Nine Leaders, Rebels, Poets, Battlers and Spies, 1500-1900	Ref CT 3290 A33 1995
Notable Twentieth-Century Latin American Women: A Biographical Dictionary	Ref CT 3290 N68 2001
Notable Women of China: Shang Dynasty to the Early Twentieth Century	Ref HQ 1767.5 A3 N68 2000
Significant Contemporary American Feminists: A Biographical Sourcebook	Ref HQ 1412 S56 1999
Who's Who of American Women	Ref CT 3260 W5 (1958/59-present)
Women and Music in America Since 1900: An Encyclopedia	Ref ML 82 W625 2002 (v.1-2)
Women in Particular: An Index to American Women	Ref HQ 1412 H47 1984
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia	Ref HQ 1115 W6 1999 (v.1-16)
Women Rulers Throughout the Ages: An Illustrated Guide	Ref D 107 J32 1999

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Suggested Subject Headings and Location of Books in Our Library

Search the Library Catalog by keyword, subject, title, or author. Edens Library offers books and other materials on a variety of Women's Studies subjects, including:

Feminism
Women
Women and peace
Women artists
Women -- Health and hygiene

Women in politics
Women in the Bible
Women -- United States
Women's studies

...Or, you can browse the following sections in the library's General Collection and Reference areas:

H -- Social Sciences (General)
HM -- Sociology
HQ -- Family, Marriage, Women
HT -- Communities, Classes, Races
HV -- Social Pathology, Social Service, Criminology
BF -- Psychology
RG -- Gynecology and Obstetrics
CT -- Biography

Also, browse in specific subject areas, such as:

GV --For women in sports and dance
HD -- For women and work
N -- For women in art
E -- For women in the United States
RA -- For women and health

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Databases for Research

*For additional databases, see the Databases for Research page.

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Academic Search Premier On-Campus \| Remote Access	"The world's largest academic multi-disciplinary database, Academic Search Premier contains indexing for over 8,000 publications, with full text for more than 4,450 of those titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles."
Expanded Academic ASAP On-Campus \| Remote Access	For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students (1980 - present) * Comprehensive periodical database covering all academic disciplines * Millions of full-text articles from 2000+ scholarly, refereed and professional journals and selected general interest magazines * Indexing of additional professional and general periodicals
General Reference Center (Magazine Index) On-Campus \| Remote Access	For high school students through adults (1980 - present) * Magazine, newspaper and reference articles on a variety of topics of general interest * Millions of full-text articles from over 900 general magazine titles * Reference information from encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs * Coverage of school subjects, current events and consumer interest topics
General OneFile On-Campus \| Remote Access	For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students (1980 - present) * Comprehensive periodical database covering all subjects and all types of periodicals * Periodicals from nearly all InfoTrac collections merged into a single database * Over 25 million full-text articles on all subjects from over 5000 periodical titles * Articles from newswires and general, professional, scholarly and children's periodicals * Indexing of the New York Times, other major newspapers and 8000+ periodicals
Project Muse On-Campus \| Remote Access	"Provides online, worldwide institutional subscription access to the full text of over 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics."
ERIC On-Campus \| Remote Access	"ERIC®, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC provides full text of more than 2,200 digests along with references for additional information and citations and abstracts from over 1,000 educational and education-related journals."
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection On-Campus \| Remote Access	"This database provides nearly 575 full text publications, including nearly 550 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO. This database is updated daily via EBSCOhost."
SocINDEX with Full-Text On-Campus \| Remote Access	"SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers."
Health and Wellness Resource Center (HWRC) On-Campus \| Remote Access	For advanced middle school students through adults (1980 - present) * Portal to health information from a variety of sources for general users; includes "Alternative Health Module" content * Full-text articles from 400 health, nursing, allied health and medical journals, including 30+ alternative health periodicals * Health-related articles from 2,200 general interest magazines * Medical encyclopedia articles, pamphlets, drug information and hospital directory, including alternative health reference titles and herbal medicine information * Access to health news and key health Web sites
General BusinessFile ASAP On-Campus \| Remote Access	For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students (1980 - present) * Articles from academic and general business, industry & management periodicals, newspapers and newswires (3300+ indexed titles; 2600+ full-text) * Investment and broker research reports Company directory listings * InfoTrac interface
LegalTrac On-Campus \| Remote Access	For college-level and adult researchers and advanced high school students (1980 - present) * Index to law and legal periodicals with selected full-text articles * Indexing of over 1400 titles; full-text articles from 100+ titles * Major law reviews, legal newsletters, bar association journals and international titles * Law-related articles from over 1,000 additional business and general interest titles
LexisNexis Academic On-Campus \| Remote Access	Provides access to more than 6,000 news, business, and legal sources Offers full-text of newspaper, magazine, journal, and wire service articles; television and radio broadcast transcripts; blog postings and other Web publications; biographical information; foreign language news publications; law reviews; federal and state cases and codes; Canadian and European Union court cases and legislation; and patents Also includes LexisNexis Company Dossier; company profiles; SEC filings; country profiles; and Shepard's Citations service for federal and state court cases going back to 1789
Custom Newspapers On-Campus \| Remote Access	For all age groups * Full-text articles from over 100 U.S. and international newspapers * New York Times (2000-) * Christian Science Monitor (1996-) * Post & Courier (Charleston, SC; 2000-) * Atlanta Journal-Constitution (1998-) * 40+ other domestic papers * Times (London; 1996-) * 60+ other international papers * Updated 1-3 days after publication of the print newspapers. * Complete lists of newspapers included, with beginning dates of coverage
SIRS Knowledge Source On-Campus \| Not available remotely	For advanced middle school students through adults * Articles, images, reference information, Web sites and more on all subjects * Articles selected from 2,500+ U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, government publications and reference sources * News, current events and organized links to evaluated Web sites * Includes special features on - literature, terrorism and other topics * Interactive textbook on citizenship with teacher resources * Images, maps, country profiles, primary sources and Supreme Court decisions *This database is only available on the Columbia College campus.
History Resource Center: U.S. On-Campus \| Remote Access	History Resource Center: U.S. provides a complete overview of U.S. history covering the most-studied events, issues and current information. Selected by expert history advisors for its relevance in the undergraduate curriculum, the content combines: * Original materials from Primary Source Microfilm's digital archives-including documents, monographs, pamphlets, first-person accounts, etc * Encyclopedic articles built from the foundation of respected MacMillan Reference USA and Charles Scribner's Sons information, as well as other Thomson Gale original, proprietary content such as country and era overviews * Full-text periodicals and scholarly history journals * A historical bibliography * Links to digitized special collections * Audio and Video clips of historic speeches and events
History Resource Center: World On-Campus \| Remote Access	History Resource Center: World is a comprehensive collection of award-winning reference, full-text articles from leading scholarly publications, an array of primary sources, and images, maps and charts which provide expansive geographic and chronlogic research materials for the study of world history. From ancient Europe to Latin America and from the Far East to the Renaissance, world history curricula is supported with over 1,800 primary sources, over 27 reference titles and more than 110 journals.
Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who® On-Campus \| Remote Access	For all age groups * Comprehensive source for biographical information * Over 350,000 biographies of people from around the world and throughout history * Quick reference information on nearly one million people from Who's Who sources * Full-text articles from hundreds of magazines and links to selected biography Web sites
Contemporary Authors On-Campus \| Remote Access	Provides complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Dictionary of Literary Biography On-Campus \| Remote Access	Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Scribners Writers On-Campus \| Remote Access	Scribner Writer's Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 1,600 authors and literary genres drawn from 13 acclaimed Scribner print series, including African American Writers, African Writers, American Nature Writers, American Writers, Ancient Writers, The Books of the Bible, British Writers, European Writers, Latin American Writers, Modern American Women Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Writers, and Writers for Children.

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Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

The following periodicals, held by Edens Library, are excellent resources for exploring current topics in Women's Studies. Check the Library Catalog for holdings.

Current Subscriptions

Journals
Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
Woman's Art Journal
Women's Studies Quarterly

Magazines
Essence
Glamour
Self

Historical Collection

Good Housekeeping (1939-1981)
Harper's Bazaar (1942-1982)
Ladies Home Journal (1942, 1950-1982)
McCall's (1956-1983)
Vanity Fair (1983-1987)
Vogue (1948-1982, 1994)
Women's Work (1977-1980)

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Recommended Internet Sites for Women's Studies

Women's Studies (General)

Statistics

Women & Domestic Violence

Historical

International

Women's Health

Feminism/Women's Rights/Politics

Women & the Arts

Women & Computer Studies

Women & Religion

Women & Science

Women & Literature

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Women's Studies (General)
Institute for Women's Policy Research "The Institute for Women's Policy Research conducts rigorous research and disseminates its findings to address the needs of women, promote public dialogue, and strengthen families, communities, and societies. IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation."
National Women's Hall of Fame "The National Women's Hall of Fame, a national membership organization, holds as its mission: "To honor in perpetuity these women, citizens of the United States of America whose contributions to the arts, athletics, business, education, government, the humanities, philanthropy and science, have been the greatest value for the development of their country." "
Sunshine for Women Includes bibliographies, essays, links, and book summaries on feminist and women's studies issues
Women's and Gender Studies (Louisiana State Univ.)
Women's Studies Librarian's Office (Univ. of Wisconsin System)
WWWomen: The premier search directory for women online

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Statistics
The Alliance For Women "The Alliance for Women has a simple and important mission- to improve the status of women in South Carolina. Spearheaded by Columbia College through a unique public-private partnership with the Governor's Office, The Alliance for Women is a network of colleges, universities, government agencies, non-profit organizations, corporations, and individuals dedicated to working together to bring about positive changes that will improve the lives of all citizens of the State."
Social Indicators A range of statistical information compiled by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs; topics include population, youth and elderly programs, water supply and sanitation, housing, child-bearing, education, literacy, and more.
Woman Stats Project "Woman Stats Project is the most comprehensive compilation of information on the status of women in the world. The Project facilitates understanding the linkage between the situation of women and the security of nation-states. We comb the extant literature and conduct expert interviews to find qualitative and quantitative information on over 294 indicators of women's status in 174 countries. Our database expands daily, and access to it is free of charge. "
The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics " This report uniquely focuses on national reporting of sex disaggregated statistics in such areas as demographics, health, education, work, violence against women, poverty, human rights and decision-making."

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Women & Domestic Violence
South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault "SCCADVASA is a statewide coalition of all domestic violence shelters and rape crisis centers in South Carolina. Since 1981, we have been an advocacy leader in representing the critical needs of survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault."
WomensLaw.org "The Mission of WomensLaw.org is to provide easy-to-understand legal information to women living with or escaping domestic violence
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence " The Mission of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence is to organize for collective power by advancing transformative work, thinking and leadership of communities and individuals working to end the violence in our lives."
United Nations Development Fund for Women: UNIFEM UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality.

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Historical
(Also see the Women's History links on the History subject guide)
American Women's History: A Research Guide (Middle Tennessee State Univ.)
American Women Through Time "This site offers two approaches for the study of specific time periods in American women's history. Each section includes a timeline that links specific events with relevant online sources, such as diaries and letters, photograph collections, and lectures by historians. Each section also includes a guide to research sources that are appropriate for the specified time period. Examples of categories include Advertising, Advice Lit., Clothing, Historical Statistics, Manuscripts, Newspapers, Quilts, and Secondary Sources."
Civil War Women - On-line Archival Collections (Duke Univ., Special Collections)
Female Nobel Prize Laureates (Nobel Prize Internet Archive)
National Women's Hall of Fame
The National Women's History Project "Today, the NWHP is known nationally as the only clearinghouse providing information and training in multicultural women's history for educators, community organizations, and parents-for anyone wanting to expand their understanding of women contributions to U. S. history. "
Schlesinger Library (The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study) Holds letters and diaries, photographs, books and periodicals, ephemera, oral histories, and audiovisual materials that document the history of women, families, and organizations, primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 (Library of Congress)
Women Working: 1800 - 1930 (Harvard Univeristy Libraries) "...provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard's library and museum collections. This collection explores women's roles in the US economy between the turn of the 19th century and the Great Depression. Working conditions, conditions in the home, costs of living, recreation, health and hygiene, conduct of life, policies and regulations governing the workplace, and social issues are all well documented. The collection currently contains 3,460 books and pamphlets, 1,125 photographs, and 7,489 pages from manuscript collections."

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International
African Gender Institute (AGI) (Univ. of Cape Town) "The AGI's Vision is of Africa as a continent liberated from the legacies of colonial and patriarchal domination, and transformed into a powerful and united region in which women and men are respected as equal, and social justice is a reality for all its people."
SAWNET: South Asian Women's NETwork (Univ. of Maryland) A forum for those interested in South Asian women's issues
WomensNet (Institute for Global Communications)
Women'sNet (South Africa) "A vibrant and innovative networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the Internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action"
WomenWatch - The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
Women in Politics (Inter-Parliamentary Union)
The World's Women 2005: Progress in Statistics " This report uniquely focuses on national reporting of sex disaggregated statistics in such areas as demographics, health, education, work, violence against women, poverty, human rights and decision-making."

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Women's Health
(Also see the Women's Health Internet Sites on the Physical Education and Health Promotion & Health & Medicine subject guides)
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (OCOG): Women's Health Care Physicians
Dying To Be Thin - "This companion site to the film "Dying to be Thin" includes information on minority women and eating disorders, personal stories, resources, and frequently asked questions answered by an experienced psychologist."
Faces of Hope - "A breast cancer education and awareness program"
The National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) "Provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women's health information resources"
Women's Cancer Network
Women's Health (The New York Times)

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Feminism/Women's Rights/Politics
The Feminist Majority Foundation Online "A cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically. Our organization believes that feminists - both women and men, girls and boys - are the majority, but this majority must be empowered."
Feminist.Com "Feminist.com is a grassroots, interactive community by, for and about women. We aim to facilitate information-sharing among women and encourage mobilization around political issues. Feminist.com promotes women's business development, supports women-friendly organizations, expands civic participation and encourages women's self-sufficiency. Feminist.com is a responsive community that offers resources for all women and provides a safe space for diverse dialogues."
Independent Women's Forum "Provides a voice for American women who believe in individual freedom and personal responsibility"
NOW (National Organization for Women) "The largest women's rights organization in the United States, with a membership of over 500,000 contributing women and men"
WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Against Women "The first-ever World Health Organization (WHO) study on domestic violence reveals that intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence in women's lives -- much more so than assault or rape by strangers or acquaintances. The full text of the 2005 report (with data and quotes) is accompanied by fact sheets with information about women's health and domestic violence in Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Samoa, and several other countries."
Women @ Work to End Violence: Voices in Cyberspace United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Women of Color Resource Center "A non-profit education, community action, and resource center working on social justice issues that affect women of color"

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Women & the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, DC)

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Women & Computer Studies
Center for Women & Information Technology (Univ. of Maryland)
The Systers Home Page - "An informal organization for technical women in computing"

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Women & Religion
Frank Henderson's Page on Liturgy and Medieval Women Offers listings of his scholarly writings, including the topics of baptism, the Catholic Lectionary, marriage, and more.
American Women's History - Religion: A Research Guide (Middle Tennessee State University)

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Women & Science
Women of NASA: Dr. Mae C. Jemison Learn all about Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African American woman in space!
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Includes information about the organization, its chapters, activities and programs, career development, publications, and the latest news on "issues affecting women in science and technology."

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Women & Literature
A Celebration of Women Writers (University of Pennsylvania Digital Library Programs & Projects)
Moondance E-zine: Celebrating Creative Women A variety of columns, nonfiction, fiction, poetry, opinions, "inspirations", and more
Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color (Univ. of Minnesota) "An instructional Web site focusing on the lives and works of North American women writers of color"

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Edens Library Resources for Women's Studies

Selected Reference Books

Great for statistics, definitions, a general overview of the topic...

Suggested Subject Headings and Location of Books in Our Library

Databases for Research

Periodicals (Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)

Recommended Internet Sites for Women's Studies

Edens Library Resources
for Women's Studies