Research Guide for Women's Studies

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. Contemporary Women's Issues Full Text A full-text database which includes information concerning women's issues worldwide. America: History and Life The most prominent index to articles and books for the field of American History. Humanities Abstracts Indexes 400 periodicals in U.S. and world history, and other humanities disciplines. Coverage begins in 1984. Arts and Humanities Search Indexes 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage begins in 1980. Expanded Academic Index Full-Text EAI indexes approximately 3,400 journals and magazines and the New York Times. Full text online is provided for approximately 2,000 of the journals/magazines. Historical Abstracts The most prominent index to articles and books for the field of non-U.S. history. MLA International Bibliography The most important database for research in literature. Indexes books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Sociological Abstracts Provides access to the latest research in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences, from 1963 to the present. Includes citations (and abstracts since 1974) for articles in over 1,500 journals. Draws information from an international selection of journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations . Social Sciences Abstracts Includes references to articles, interviews, obituaries, biographies, and book reviews from over 550 periodicals. Coverage begins in 1983.

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Albion College Library - Full Text Finder This resource provides links to full text articles found in the Albion College Library's many online databases and electronic journal collections. Covers more than 10,000 journals and magazines. Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 1,000 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. Electronic Collections Online Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in the sciences and many other disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed. JSTOR Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in many other disciplines. Coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog The MeLCat Online Catalog will help you find materials owned by more than 30 Michigan libraries. Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. Women Writers Online Collection of full text books written by women from 1400 to 1850.

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The almanac of women and minorities in American politics. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1236.5.U6 M3778 1999 The almanac of women and minorities in world politics. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1236 .M347 2000 Chronology of women worldwide : people, places & events that shaped women's history. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1121 .C617 1997 Encyclopedia of women and gender. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1115 .E52 2001 Encyclopedia of women in the ancient world. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1127 .S25 2001 Encyclopedia of women's history in America. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1410 .C85 2000 The female experience in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America : a guide to the history of American women. REFERENCE COLLECTION - Z 7961 .C64 1982 Handbook of American women's history. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1410 .H36 2000 Notable American women : the modern period : a biographical dictionary. REFERENCE COLLECTION - CT 3260 .N573 Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1115 .R68 2000 Routledge historical atlas of women in America. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1410 .P68 2000 Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's issues and knowledge. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1115 .R69 2000 The state of women in the world atlas. REFERENCE COLLECTION - G 1046.E1 S4 1997 What American women did, 1789-1920 : a year-by-year reference. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1154 .C665 2001 Women's almanac. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1101 .W7562 2002 Women's studies encyclopedia. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1115 .W645 1999 The world's women : trends and statistics. REFERENCE COLLECTION - HQ 1154 .W95

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American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States "American Women is not a collection of digital items. It is a gateway--a first stop for Library of Congress researchers working in the field of American women's history. The site contains a slightly expanded and fully searchable version of the print publication American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 2001). The guide has been redesigned for online use, with added illustrations and links to existing digitized material located throughout the Library of Congress Web site." National Council for Research on Women The Status of Women in the States "A leading source of analysis of women’s status across the country. Between 1996 and 2004, IWPR has produced individual reports on women’s status in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as biennially updated reports on national trends across the states. The Status of Women in the States project is designed to inform citizens about the progress of women in their state relative to women in other states, to men, and to the nation as a whole." Women Working, 1800-1930 Women Working, 1800 - 1930 focuses on women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from Harvard University's library and museum collections. The collection features approximately 500,000 digitized pages and images including: 7,500 pages of manuscripts 3,500 books and pamphlets 1,200 photographs