Kayo Denda
Women's Studies Librarian
kdenda@rci.rutgers.edu
August 2009

Research Resources: Subject Research Guides: Women's and Gender Studies: Knowledge and Power: Issues in Women's Leadership:
Women's Studies: General Works

Subject Headings

Feminism
Feminist Theory
Gender Identity
Sex role
Women's Rights
Women's Studies

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Feminism
Feminist
Ms. Forum
Women's Rights
Women's Studies

Books, Print and Electronic

The following sources provide basic information and brief introductions to Women's Studies. Call numbers and locations are listed below the book's description. Refer to the Ask-A-Librarian, IRIS Guide and Building Map pages for more information. Links to online sources are provided.

American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present [Rutgers Restricted Access]
An electronic version of the 4 volume resource containing "biographical and critical essays on 1,328 American women writers covering all genres and all periods of American history."

Essed, Philomena; Goldberg, David Theo; Kobayashi, Audrey Lynn, eds. A Companion to Gender Studies.
Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.
DOUGLASS, ROBESON REF HQ1075.C656 2005

Ginsberg, Alice, ed. The evolution of American women's studies : reflections on triumphs, controversies, and change.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
DOUGLASS STACKS HQ1180.E86 2008

Kimball, Gayle, ed. Women's Culture in a New Era: A Feminist Revolution?
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
CAMDEN, DOUGLASS STACKS HQ1426.W6633 2005

Krikos, Linda A. & Ingold, Cindy. Women's Studies : A Recommended Bibliography. 3rd ed.
Westport, CT.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
A bibliography is a list of materials related to a specific subject. This text covers materials from 1985-2000.
DOUGLASS REF Z7963.F44K75 2004

The Oxford English Dictionary [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Online source. The Oxford English Dictionary is the pre-eminent dictionary of the English language, with authoritative definitions of more than 500,000 words. In addition to current definitions, it traces the development of words - thus readers of earlier texts turn to the OED to find out what words meant at different periods.

Prince, Althea and Silva-Wayne, Susan. Feminisms and Womanisms: A Women's Studies Reader.
Toronto: Women's Press, 2004.
DOUGLASS STACKS HQ1111.F466 2004

Weatherford, Doris, ed. A History of Women in the United States: State-by-State Reference.
Danbury, CT.: Grolier Academic Publishing, 2004.
ALEX, DOUGLASS REF HQ1410.H58 2004 (4 volumes)

Other Print Resources

Women's File at Douglass Library

The "Women's File" is a pamphlet file collection with an assortment of information resources on women's issues, covering the period from 1970-1980. Of particular interest is information on the institutionalization of Rutgers' Women and Gender Studies department.

The collection is the product of past Douglass Women's Studies Bibliographers, including current Media Librarian Jane Sloan). It is mostly on American women, but contains some information on worldwide women's activities. The collection is organized into 417 subject folders, each containing a combination of bibliographies, clippings from major newspapers, popular and academic journals, newsletters, reports and miscellany. These items record women's history in the years surrounding the Women's Liberation Movements, Amendments to Title IX, and other distinctive and often contentious events.
DOUGLASS REFERENCE ROOM

Journals

The journals below may contain relevant articles on your chosen topic. To locate the online versions of these journals, search for the title in IRIS and select "Periodical title begins with" from the dropdown menu. The results page will include a link to the electronic version.

Earlier editions of many journals can be found in print format. Check IRIS for locations.

Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

Journal of International Women's Studies [Open Access, Online Resource]

Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

Indexes

Journal articles from a variety of periodical sources can be found via these specialized and multidisciplinary indexes. Students can use their Net ID and password to log into Rutgers Restricted databases from off-campus. See the "How Do I Connect From Home?" guide for more information.

Contemporary Women's Issues (1992-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Covers over 1500 sources published by more than 200 organizations around the world. Coverage includes more than 150 periodicals in addition to non-periodical source publications.

New Jersey Women's History
A resource about the history of New Jersey Women.

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Documents women's activism in public life by bringing together books, images, documents (including primary documents), scholarly essays, commentaries, bibliographies, and links to other websites.

Women's Studies International (1972 - present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Includes records from several U.S. and some international material on women's issues.

Women Writers Online (1400-1850) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides access to more than two hundred texts of pre-Victorian women's writing in English from 1400-1850. It is the textbase of the ongoing Brown University Women Writers Project.

Multidisciplinary Indexes (Rutgers-Restricted Access):

Narrow your search within these general indexes and databases by choosing the "Advanced Search" option. Think of a one sentence description for your topic (e.g. "The experience of female executives in pharmaceutical companies") and type in the relevant phrases. Use the "Keywords," "Subject" and/or "Phrase Search" options to further restrict your search.

Academic Search Premier [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
A multi-discipline, full-text database of 3,200 scholarly publications as well as abstracts and indexing for over 4,170 scholarly journals with some dating back to 1984. A valuable and large collection of peer-reviewed full text journals for nearly all academic areas of study.

America: History and Life (1964 - present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present, including women's issues.

Business Source Premier [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Business Source Premier covers most business and management topics including accounting, banking, economics, finance, international trade, marketing, and public administration.

Historical Abstracts (1955-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides a comprehensive bibliography for material on the history of the world from 1450 to the present. It covers all countries and regions, excluding the United States. It includes book and media reviews and dissertations, as well as articles. It indexes more than 2,000 publications.

Humanities Full Text (1984-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]

IngentaConnect - Multidisciplinary Periodicals Index (1988-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Journal indexing for over 15,000 titles. Exceptional multidisciplinary coverage makes this index invaluable for information on women.

Left Index (1982 - present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides a comprehensive source of information on leftist and radical media. The emphasis is on political, economic, social and culturally engaged scholarship inside and outside academia.

MLA International Bibliography (1926-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials. The database approximately 1,400,000 records.

PsycINFO (1887-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Covers the professional and academic literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, and other areas.

Social Sciences Citation Index - The Web of Science (1994-present) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Includes citations and references from articles in more than 8,000 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to articles, other document types indexed are letters, corrections, additions, editorials, and reviews. It provides complete bibliographic data, searchable author abstracts, and cited references.

Sociological Abstracts [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides citation and abstracts in the areas of activism and action research, case work, community organization, demographics, family studies, feminist studies, and much more.

Reference Indexes

The indexes below DO NOT contain journal articles. They are useful for retrieving other reference-related information; including encyclopedia entries, biographies, and primary sources.

Literature Resource Center (Gale) [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides on-line access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis of authors from all over the world and their works.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial Times to 1950 [Rutgers Restricted, Online Resource]
Provides full text access to the personal writings of American women from all classes and walks of life, from colonial times to 1950.

Websites and Blogs

Association of College and Research Libraries: Women's Studies Section
Includes links to core books, journals and useful websites.

Bluestockings Bookstore (Facebook Page) (MySpace Page)
"Bluestockings is a radical bookstore, fair trade cafe, and activist center in the Lower East Side of Manhattan."

Discovering American Women's History Online
This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States.

Feminist Bookstore Locator

Feministing (Facebook Page)
"Young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures. Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze, influence and connect."

Feminist Majority Foundation (YouTube Page)

Institute for Research on Women (Rutgers)

Jezebel
Jezebel provides a smarter, more feminist take on typical women's magazine topics (including fashion trends and celebrity gossip).

Margery Somers Foster Center (Rutgers Libraries)

National Organization for Women

New Jersey Women's History
Searchable database with links to biographical, bibliographical information, as well as images and documents about New Jersey Women.

Rutgers Media Center: Women's Studies-related Films

Rutgers University Women's Center (Facebook Page)

Technorati.com
Use Technorati to search blogs and "the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.)" for women's studies-related topics and authors.

Women's Organizations (from Feministing.com)

American Association of University Women

Center for Advancement of Women

Code Pink

Equality Now

Equal Rights Advocates

Feminist.com

Feminist Majority Foundation

Girls, Inc.

Guerrilla Girls On Tour

Institute for Research on Women

Institute for Women's Leadership

Institute for Women in Technology

Ms. Foundation for Women

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

National Association of Commissions for Women

National Coalition of Women and Girls in Education

National Council of Women's Organizations

National Council for Research on Women

National Partnership for Women & Families

National Organization for Women

Sisterhood is Global Institute

Soroptimist

Wellesley Centers for Women

Women's Sports Foundation

Younger Women's Task Force

Links of Interest from the "Women's Studies Subject Research Guide (edited by Jessica Emili)

BBC: Ancient History/Egyptians: From Warrior Women to Female Pharaohs
About: article on Egyptian women, historical focus on equality and career choices
Links of Interest: Women's history

Harley-Davidson: History of Female Riders
About: history of women motorcycle riders, includes "why women ride," and "women riders making headlines"
Links of Interest: Women's history, General Interest

Jean Thomas: The Traipsin' Woman Collection
About: digital collection of photographer Jean Thomas's snapshot photos of "the mountain way of life;" includes a Jean Thomas biography
Links of Interest: Archives on Women

Duke University Libraries- Neither model nor muse: Women and Artistic Expression
About: Information on the Duke university exhibit, which explores the "behind the scenes" perspective of art-making, as well as a digital collection of works in the exhibit
Links of Interest: General interest, Archives on Women

International Women's Day
About: history of International Women's Day; teacher's guide with suggestions for lesson plans and links to online resources
Links of Interest: Courses and teaching resources, General interest, Women's history

The Field Museum's Women in Science
About: Personal interviews with 13 women working in science-related fields at the museum
Links of Interest: General interest, Biographical sites

American Women through Time
About: various timelines of notable women in American history; timelines by decade, topic and state
Links of Interest: Bibliography sites, Biographical sites, Women's history