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Reference Sources (Background)
Oxford Reference Online - Politics & Social Sciences (full text; current)
Search social science-related dictionaries and reference books published by Oxford University Press. Includes Dictionary of Contemporary World History, Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History, Oxford Companion to the Mind, Dictionary of Psychology, Dictionary of the Social Sciences, andDictionary of Sociology.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (full text; current)
15 key reference encyclopedias in biology and medicine, literature, and the social sciences. Includes St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America, and Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology.
Encyclopedia of Women and Sport.
Ref GV 709 .E53 1998
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America. 11 vols.
Ref E 185 .F2 1997
From Suffrage to the Senate: an Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics. 2 vols.
Ref HQ 1236.5 U6S32 1999
Women's Issues. 3 vols.
Ref HQ 1115 .W6425 1997
Women's Studies Encyclopedia. 3 vols.
Ref HQ 1115 .W645
Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science; Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. 2 vols.
Ref Q 141 .B5285 2000
Finding Books
MaconCat
The library's online catalog, providing access to books, journals, music, and movies in the library.
WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide.
Books and articles not owned by our library can be obtained from other libraries through Interlibrary Loan. Allow sufficient time for processing. Average turnaround time is 3-5 days for articles and 3-14 days for books, excluding holidays and weekends. Submit ILL requests well in advance of deadlines.
Locating Articles (Databases & Indexes)
Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) (1992 to present; citations)
Provides citations to articles in books; magazines; journals; newsletters to information on women in 150 countries
Sociological Abstracts (1952-present; abstracts)
Journals and other sources in sociology and related fields.
Academic Search Complete
OmniFile Full Text Mega (some full text; 1994 to present)
Articles from scholarly and popular sources in all disciplines. Select a subject area at the bottom of the search screen to get the most relevant results.
JSTOR (full text; dates vary by journal)
An archive of back issues of over 400 journals in many disciplines.
AnthroSource (full text; 1888 to present)
Articles from the journals, bulletins, and newsletters published by the American Anthropological Assocation, covering anthropology, ethnology, and related fields.
Websites
Academic Information Women's Studies
Has a "Women's Studies International" section
United Nations and the Status of Women
WIC (Women's International Center)
Women's Resources on the NET
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Sources (R-MC)
Is it POPULAR or is it SCHOLARLY? (R-MC)
Critical Evaluation of Resources on the Internet (University of Alberta Libraries)
Citing Sources