Kayo Denda Women's Studies Librarian kdenda@rci.rutgers.edu June 12, 2001

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Women's Studies:
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Handbooks

The titles below are selection mainly from Douglass Library reference collection. We invite you to search IRIS, our online catalog, for a complete record of each title or to explore our full collection.

• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Handbooks

Dictionaries

Humm, Maggie. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory. (2^nd ed.)
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1990.
Short entries on a wide range of authors, and philosophical and social topics, such as advertising, authority, Chicana theory, daughterhood. Includes references to represented authors.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, ALEXANDER REF HQ1115.H86 1990

Kramarae, Cheris, and Paula A. Treichler. A Feminist Dictionary.
London; Boston: Pandora Press, 1985.
Several thousand short entries such as correctness, difference, male mind and mammy. All entries refer to usage in cited writings.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, DANA REF HQ1115.K73 1985

Russel, Letty M., and Shannon J. Clarkson. Dictionary of Feminist Theologies.
Louiville: Westminster John Knox, 1996.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF BT83.55.D53 1996

Encyclopedias

Adamec, Christine, and William L. Pierce. The Encyclopedia of Adoption.
New York: Facts on File, 1991.
ALEXANDER REF HV875.55.A28 1991

Beasley, Maurine H., et al., eds. The Eleanor Roosevelt Encyclopedia.
Westport: Greenwood, 2001.
DOUGLASS REF E807.1.R4 2001

Benowitz, June Melby. Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, KILMER BL2525.B45 1998

Christensen, Karen, Allen Guttmann, and Gertrud Pfister. International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports.
New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2001.
DOUGLASS REF GV709.I58 2001

DiCanio, Margaret. The Encyclopedia of Marriage, Divorce and the Family.
New York: Facts on File, 1989.
DOUGLASS REF HQ9.D38 1989

Foley, Denise, and Eileen Nechas. Women's Encyclopedia of Health and Emotional Healing.
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1993.
DOUGLASS REF RA778.F66 1993

Franck, Irene M., and David M. Brownstone. The women's desk reference : an A-Z sourcebook.
New York: Viking, 1993.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF HQ1236.5.U6F73 1993

Hannan, June, Mitzi Auchterlonie, and Katherine Holden. International Encyclopedia of Women's Suffrage.
Santa Barbara; Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF JF851.H28 2000

Hine, Darlene Clark, Elsa Barkley Brown, and Rosalyn Terborg-Penn. Black women in America: an historical encyclopedia.
Brooklyn, N.Y: Carlson Pub, 1993.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, KILMER, DANA REF E185.86.B542 1993

International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports: History, Health, Sport, Culture.
MacMillan Library Reference, USA, 1999.
DOUGLASS REF GV709.I58 2001

Kramarae, Cheris and Dale Spender. Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women.
New York: Routledge, 2000.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF DOUGLASS HQ1115.R69 2000

Lewis, James R. Witchcraft today: an Encyclopedia of Wiccan and Neopagan Traditions.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF BF1571.L49 1999

Oppedisano, Jeannette M. Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs: 1776 to the present.
Westport: Greenwood, 2000.
DOUGLASS HF3023.A2O64 2000

Schenken, Suzanne O'Dea. From Suffrage to the Senate. An Encyclopedida of American Women in Politics.
Santa Barbara; Oxford: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER HQ1236.5.U6S32 1999

Schneider, Dorothy, and Carl J. Schneider. The ABC-CLIO companion to women in the workplace ABC-CLIO, 1993.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, KILMER REF HD6095.S34 1993

Sherrow, Victoria. Women and the Military: an Encyclopedia.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1996.
DOUGLASS REF U21.75.S54 1996

Snodgrass, Mary Jane. Historial Encyclopedia of Nursing.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1999.
ALEXANDER, CAMDEN RT31.S66 1999

Tierney, Helen. Women's Studies encyclopedia.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
Three volumes: I: The Sciences, II: Literature, Arts and Learning, III: History, Philosophy, and Religion.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1115.W645 1999.

Weatherford, Doris. American women's history.
New York: Prentice Hall General Reference, 1994.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1115.W4 1994

Welch, Rosanne. Encyclopedia of Women in Aviation and Space.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF TL539.W395 1998

Young, Serenity. Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion.
New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 1999.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN REF BL458.E53

Zierdt-Warshaw, Linda. American Women in Technology: an Encyclopedia.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF T36.Z54 2000

Handbooks

Apple, Rima D., ed. Women, Health, and Medicine in America: A Historical Handbook.
New York: Garland, 1990.
DOUGLASS REF RA564.85.W664 1990

Bataille, Gretchen M., and Kathleen M. Sands. American Indian women : a guide to research.
New York: Garland, 1991.
DOUGLASS REF E98.W8B36 1991

Brakeman, Lynne, ed. Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places & Events That Shaped the Women's History.
Detroit: Gale Research, 1997 [i.e. 1996].
CAMDEN HQ1121.C617 1996

Buck, Clare. The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature.
New York: Prentice Hall , 1992.
Comprehensive, worldwide.
CAMDEN, DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER REF PN471.B57 1992

Carter, Sarah, and Maureen Ritchie. Women's studies : a guide to information sources.
McFarland, 1990.
Comprehensive guide to international sources.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN REF HQ1206.C37 1990

Denmark, Florence, and Michele Antoinette Paludi. Psychology of women : a handbook of issues and theories..
Greenwood Press, 1993.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, LSM REF HQ1206.P747 1993

Fogel, Catherine Ingram, and Nancy Fugate Woods, eds. Women's Health Care: a Comprehensive Handbook.
Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1995.
DOUGLASS REF RA564.85.W66684 1995

Griffiths, Trevor R., and Margaret Llewellyn-Jones, eds. British and Irish Women Dramatists Since 1958: a Critical Handbook.
Buckingham; Philadelphia: Open University Press, 1993.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN PR739.F45B75 1993

Howard, Angela M. and Frances M. Kavenik, eds. Handbook of American Women's History.
Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2000.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1410.H36 2000

Hull, Gloria T., Patricia Bell Scott, and Barbara Smith. All the women are White, all the Blacks are men, but some of us are brave: Black women's studies.
Old Westbury, N.Y: Feminist Press, 1982.
Essays, bibliographies, and excerpts on history, sociology, health, education, religion, literature, writers, playrights, composers, and non-print materials.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN, KILMER, DANA REF E185.86.A4 1982

Humm, Maggie. The dictionary of feminist theory.
Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1990.
Short entries on a wide range of authors, and philosophical and social topics, such as Advertising, Authority, Chicana Theory, Daughterhood. Includes references to represented authors.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF HQ1115.H86 1990

Humm, Maggie. A reader's guide to contemporary feminist literary criticism..
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994.
DOUGLASS REF PN98.W64H85 1994

Kennedy, Mary, Cathy Lubelska, and Val Walsh. Making connections : women's studies, women's movements, women's lives..
London Washington, D.C: Taylor & Francis, 1993.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1180.M2 1993

Kinnear, Karen L. Women in the Third World: a Reference Handbook.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN REF HQ1870.9.K58 1997

Jackson, Stevi. Women's studies : essential readings.
New York: New York University Press, 1993.
Extracts from basic literature on theory, history, education, work, family, sexuality, law, politics, medicine, literature and media.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1190.W69 1993

Langley, Winston, and Vivian C. Fox. Women's rights in the United States: a documentary history..
Greenwood Press, 1994.
Excerpts from over 100 documents.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1236.5.U6W68 1994

Moe, Barbara A. Adoption: a Reference Handbook.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, ALEXANDER REF HV875.55.M645 1998.
(on order for DOUGLASS)

Olsen, Kirstin. Chronology of women's history
Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1994.
DOUGLASS REF HQ1121.O47 1994
Also The Women's Chronology (REF HQ1122.T73 1994) and The Timetables of Women's History (REF HQ1121.G74 1994).

Slade, Joseph W. Pornography in America: a Reference Handbook.
Santa Barbara; ABC-CLIO, 2000.
ALEXANDER HQ471.S59 2000

Taeuber, Cynthia, compiler. Statistical Handbook on Women in America.
Phoenix: Oryx Press, 1996.
DOUGLASS, ALEXANDER, CAMDEN REF HQ1420.T34 1996

Traeger, James. The Women's Chronology: a Year-by-Year Record from Prehistory to the Present.
New York: Henry Holt, 1994.
DOUGLASS, CAMDEN, KILMER REF HQ1122.T73 1994