Selected Reference Sources in Women's Studies

ENCYCLOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES

• Blain, Virginia, Patricia Clements, and Isobel Grundy. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. New Haven: Yale UP, 1990.
  (Olin Ref PR 111 F32; also Uris Ref)

  Alphabetical arrangement of biographical and topical entries relating to women writing in English, from the beginning to 1985. Contains a chronological index of names.

• Humm, Maggie. The Dictionary of Feminist Theory. Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University Press, 1995.
  (Olin Stacks HQ 1115 .H86 1995)

  A valuable resource yet somewhat limited in scope to academic. Focuses on the written word rather than grassroots movements or the arts. Also includes a bibliography which will be very useful for researchers.

• Kramarae, Cheris. Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones: A Feminist Dictionary. London: Pandora, 1992.
  (Olin Stacks HQ 1115 K89 1992)

• Maggio, Rosalie. The Nonsexist Word Finder : a Dictionary of Gender-free Usage. Boston : Beacon Press, 1989, c1988.
  (Olin Ref PE 1689 .M19 1989)

  A compendium of usage, historical development and feminist advice. Appendices contain guidelines for non-sexist writing, and selected readings from publications on language, gender and sexism.

• Teirney, Helen, ed. Women's Studies Encyclopedia. 3 vols. New York: Greenwood, 1989-.
  (Olin Ref HQ 1115 .W875; also Uris Ref)

  Short articles provide basic definitions and information about a wide variety of women's studies topics. Articles incorporate recent feminist research. Most include a brief, representative bibliography. Volume 1 surveys the sciences; volume 2, literature, arts, and learning; volume 3, history, philosophy, and religion.

• Tuttle, Lisa. Encyclopedia of Feminism. New York: Facts on File, 1986.
  (Olin Ref HQ 1115 T96)

  A small but handy publication providing good definitions, some discussion and occasional bibliographic references to terms and people associated in any way with the feminist movement.

• Zophy, Angela Howard and Frances M. Kavenik, eds. Handbook of American Women's History. New York: Garland, 1990.
  (Uris Ref HQ 1410 H23 1990; also Olin Ref)

  This handbook is arranged alphabetically. Each entry contains a definition establishing the historical significance of the topic and includes a basic bibliography of current sources.

LITERATURE GUIDES

• Carter, Sarah. Women's studies : a Guide to Information Sources. New York: Mansell; Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1990.
  (Olin Ref Z7961 .C33 1990)

  Published in Great Britain, Carter's guide complements Searing's guide by focusing more on publications in England, Europe and developing countries. Reference resources, journals, bibliographies, archives and other materials are listed and annotated for geographic regions and topical studies such as law and politics, lesbians, society and the environment, spirituality and religion, literature and language, and women in the labor force.

• Fishburn, Katherine. Women in Popular Culture: A Reference Guide. Westport: Greenwood, 1982.
  (Olin Stacks HQ1426 .F53; also Uris Stacks)

  Arranged by medium with separate sections for bibliographies, special issues, chronologies, important research centers, and institutions. Indexed. Entries deal with American women of the Revolutionary War and later. The chapter on "Histories of Women in Popular Culture" is limited to titles published since 1970.

• Jacobs, Sue Ellen. Women in Perspective: A Guide for Cross-Cultural Studies. Urbana: U of Illinois P, l974.
  (Olin Stacks Z 7961 J17)

  Intended to facilitate the study of women from a cross-cultural perspective, this bibliography should aid not only anthropologists, but also sociologists, political scientists, and psychologists. The first section of the bibliography is arranged by geographical area, with a detailed and world-wide breakdown. The other major section is organized into a wide range of subject groups which include social, psychological, historical, literary, and biological categories. There is anauthor index. The material included in this bibliography is not restricted by date of publication, and includes books, articles, dissertations, government publications, pamphlets, and some unpublished conference papers.

• Searing, Susan E. Introduction to Library Research in Women's Studies. Boulder: Westview, 1985.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 S43)

  One of the most important research resources for women's studies. Includes information on selecting topics and constructing research strategies. Lists and annotations of key reference sources are provided, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, indexes and abstracts, and sources for book reviews and theses. Especially useful are the inclusion of many subject specific bibliographies. Arranged in geographical and topical subject categories, such as Asia and the Pacific, and literature and science; subdivided by type of resource needed, such as indexes or journals. Subject index provided.

• Terris, Virginia. Woman in America: a Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1980.
  (Olin Ref Z 7964 U49 T32)

  An annotated bibliography intended to "suggest the possibilities for research into the lives of American women..." (Introduction) Chapters are organized first into broad and then more specific subject areas. Title, author and subject indexes are provided.

• Tingley, Elizabeth. Women and Feminism in American History: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1981.
  (Olin Ref Z 7964 U49 T58)

  A bibliography of both primary and secondary sources (i.e. books, manuscripts, journal articles) divided into three parts: 1) general resources, 2) chapters divided by historical period (women in Colonial and Revolutionary eras), and 3) sections describing the contemporary status of women and writing since 1940. Entries are briefly annotated. Author, title and subject indexes make access easier.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Ballou, Patricia K. Women : a Bibliography of Bibliographies. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, c1986. Second ed.
  (Olin Ref Z7961.A1 B19 1986)

  An extensive list of bibliographies pertaining to women or topics traditionally associated with women. Geographical headings include Europe, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Australia and the Pacific as well as the United States and Canada. Topical breakdowns include specific headings such as childlessness, pornography, migrant women, fertility, comparable worth, and specific professions. Imprint dates are from 1970 through 1985. Coverage includes bibliographic essays, literature reviews, library catalogs and a guide to archival and manuscript catalogs.

• Ritchie, Maureen. Women's Studies: A Checklist of Bibliographies. London: Mansell, 1980.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 A1 R61)

  A good place to start, although there are no annotations. English language publications but international in scope. Subject divisions (i.e. Area Studies, History); indexed by author and keyword. Includes supplier information for "difficult to find" items.

• Williamson, Jane. New Feminist Scholarship: A Guide to Bibliographies. Old Westbury: Feminist, 1979.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 A1 W73)

  A bibliography of bibliographies covering all areas of concern to women's studies (e.g. childcare, lesbians, marriage and the family, politics, rape, sex roles, etc.). Arranged first by these subject areas, access is made even easier by author and title indexes at the back. A list ofpublishers who produce women's studies publications is also appended.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

• Bibliographic Guide to Studies on the Status of Women: Development and Population Trends. Paris: UNESCO, 1983.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 B58)

  This bibliography covers material by and about women in the Western industrialized countries, the Socialist countries and Third World countries. It was compiled by women social scientists working in each of these areas and contains material in many formats and numerous languages. Indexes are by country, subject and author.

• Cardinale, Susan. Anthologies By and About Women: an Analytical Index. Westport: Greenwood, 1982.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 C26 A6)

  Provides access to material published in anthologies, by and about women, after the early 1960's. Covers a variety of genres and types and encompasses a wide range of academic disciplines. Arrangement is in five sections: 1) a subject/genre index which includes titles when several items in a collection pertain to a given subject or can be grouped according to genre; 2) anthologies listing tables of contents; 3) A keyword index which extracts significant words from titles, then places them in context, with references to the anthologies in which they appear; 4) a list of contributors or authors of individual pieces with cross references to the books in which their work appears and 5) a list of editors or compilers of anthologies, keyed to the titles of the books for which they were responsible.

• Davis, Gwenn and Beverly A. Joyce, Comps. Personal Writings by Women to 1900: A Bibliography of American and British Writers. London: Mansell, 1989.
  (Olin Ref Z 7963 B6 D26)

  Included here are citations to autobiographies, letters, diaries, and travel literature published before 1900.

• Equal Rights Amendment Project. Equal Rights Amendment: a Bibliographic Study. Westport: Greenwood, 1976.
  (Olin Stacks KF 4758 .A1 E65)

  Unannotated entries arranged by medium, listing "reportage, which serves an historical function; argumentation, which defines the controversy, especially regarding the ERA's assumed social impact; and analyses of the specifically legal effects of the Amendment." (Preface) Materials date from 1923 to 1975. Sections include congressional and other government publications, books, dissertations, pamphlets and other documents and periodical material including regional newspaper coverage and the National Woman's Party magazine Equal Rights. An author and an organization index are helpful, especially because the alphabetical arrangement in some sub-sections makes finding articles for certain time periods more difficult. The introduction provides an excellent historical overview of the ERA.

• Frey, Linda, Marsha Frey and Joanne Schneider, comps. and eds. Women in Western European History: a Select Chronological, Geographical, and Topical, Bibliography from Antiquity to the French Revolution. 2 vols plus supplement. Westport: Greenwood, 1986.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 F87)

  Designed to "make available to the scholar and the nonspecialist recent and past research on the historical condition of women." (Preface) Organized by traditional time periods, Volume I covers from antiquity roughly to the French Revolution; Volume II, The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; and the supplementary volume updates the two previous volumes. This organization is supplemented by subject, name, and author indexes. Entries are not annotated. All items included are accessible through U.S. libraries.

• Goodwater, Leanna. Women in Antiquity: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1975.
  (Olin Stacks Z7961 G65)

  A selective annotated bibliography of materials about the historical women of ancient Greece and Rome. "Intended as a guide to the political, social, legal, and literary achievements and treatment of women in antiquity, this bibliography includes original classical sources as well as modern studies of the topic." (Format and Procedures, p.22) Includes indexes of women, authors, editors, and translators.

• Haber, Barbara. Women in America: a Guide to Books, 1963-1975, with an Appendix on Books Published 1976-1979. Urbana: U. of Illinois P., 1981.
  (Olin Ref Z 7964 U49 H25 1981)

  An excellent, completely annotated bibliography of important books published from 1963 to 1979, and covering areas of specific interest to women. Author-subject-title and chapters divided by subject category (e.g. education, health, literature) make access to particular items fairly simple.

• Hady, Maureen E. et al. Women's Periodicals and Newspapers from the 18th Century to 1981. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982.
  (Olin Ref Z7965 H13+)

  Identifies and describes 1,461 periodical titles published by or for women. The most extensive listing available for journals containing historical information about women of all ages. A subject index identifies journals by general topical coverage.

• Harrison, Cynthia. Women in American History: A Bibliography. 2 vols. Santa Barbara:ABC-Clio, 1979, 1985.
  (Olin Ref Z 7962 H31+)

  These abstracts of articles cover every aspect of women's history, including legal status, sex roles, politics, suffrage, image, travel memoirs, and so forth, in the United States and Canada. Also included are abstracts about certain professions in which women played a central role (e.g. the teaching of children), even though they may or may not be discussed. Abstracts are organized under broad subject headings like "Colonial America," followed by more specific subsections, such as "Religion and Ethnicity." Abstracts are also arranged chronologically and topically in subject and author indexes located at the end of the bibliography. Abstracts in Volume I are drawn from volumes 1-14 (1964-1977) of America: History and Life, an indexing service published by ABC-Clio which is available on CD-Rom 1982+. Volume II updates material to 1985.

• Huls, Mary Ellen. United States Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990 : a Comprehensive Bibliography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1993- .
  (Olin Ref Z 7964 .U49 H85x 1993)

• Humm, Maggie. An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Feminist Criticism. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1987.
  (Olin Stacks Z7963.F44 H92 1987)

• Kanner, Barbara, Ed. The Women of England from Anglo-Saxon Times to the Present. Hamden: Archon, 1979.
  (Olin Stacks HQ 1599 .E5 W87)

  This work consists of eleven bibliographic essays. Topics covered include, among others, Women in Norman and Plantagenet England, the 18th Century Englishwoman, and Demographic Contributions to the History of Victorian Women. There is a brief, but helpful, subject index at the back of the book, as well as a listing, with affiliations, of all contributors.

• Krichmar, Albert. The Women's Rights Movement in the United States: a Bibliography and Sourcebook. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1972.
  (Olin Ref Z 7964 U49 K92)

  This bibliography of the women's rights movement brings together material on the legal, political, economic, religious, educational, and professional status of women in the United States since 1848. Types of materials indexed include books, periodical articles, dissertations, pamphlets, and government publications. Several special sections enhance the bibliography: a list of biographical references on leaders of the women's rights movement; an outstanding guide to resources in manuscript collections; a list of post-1968 women's liberation serials; and a list of some of the more important periodicals documenting the earlier social and intellectual history of American women. Thoroughly indexed and cross-referenced. In 1977 Krichmar published The Women's Movement in the Seventies: an International English-Language Bibliography (Olin Stacks Z 7961 K89) which contains over 8,000 citations which update the 1972 title.

• Mainiero, Lina, ed. American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present. 4 vols. New York: Ungar, 1979-1982.
  (Olin Ref PS 147 A51; alsoUris Ref)

  "Both a critical guide and book of readable essays providing biographical data for each author, critical consideration of her works, a complete bibliography of primary sources, and a selected secondary bibliography." (Forward) Essays ranging in length from 400-5,000 words are included for most writers of reputation, as well as for some popular writers, nontraditional writers of diaries, letters, autobiographies, children's writers, and writers best known for extraliterary achievements who have also had wide general readership. Arrangement is alphabetical. At the front of Volume One there is a list of the writers included in the complete set.

• Manning, Beverley. Index to American Women Speakers, 1828-1978. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1980.
  (Olin Ref Z 7963 .A8 M27; also Uris Ref)

  This is an index to both historical and contemporary speeches given by American women and which are available in some print format, be it conference proceedings, anthologies, documentary histories, government documents or periodicals. The book is arranged in four sections: 1) a list of books indexed; 2) an author index (arranged alphabetically by speaker); 3) a subject index (arranged by broad topics); and 4) a title index (arranged alphabetically by title of speech).

• Miller, Connie. Feminist Research Methods : an Annotated Bibliography. New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
  (Olin Stacks Z7963.F44 M54x 1991)

• New Books on Women & Feminism. Madison, Wis. : Women's Studies Librarian-at-Large, University of Wisconsin System, 1979-. Olin has no. 8 - 27, 1985 - 1995.
  (Olin Z7961 .N53 +, last vol. in Ref)

• Nordquist, Joan. The Feminist Movement : a Bibliography. Santa Cruz, CA : Reference and Research Services, 1992.
  (Olin Stacks Z 7963 .F44 N67x 1992)

• Nordquist, Joan. Feminist Theory : a Bibliography. Santa Cruz, CA : Reference and Research Services, 1992.
  (Olin Stacks Z 7963 F44 N672x 1992)

• Rosenberg, Marie B. Women and Society: A Critical Review of the Literature. Beverly Hills: Sage, 1975, supplement 1978.
  (Olin Stacks Z 7961 R81 1975)

  The author sets out to provide for both scholars and general readers a selected, annotated bibliography of material that contributes to the "general understanding of the economic, political, legal, military, literary, and artistic aspects of women's roles in society." The entries, which include books, journal articles, and pamphlets, are divided and subdivided into topical and occasionally chronological groupings. The categories are well chosen and useful, although the descriptive annotations are very brief. Three highly selective literature reviews (on women in history, women at work, and women in politics) precede the bibliography. One section of the book covers reference works and library collections on women. There are indexes by author, organization, persons not cited as authors, place and subject.

• Soltow, Martha Jane, et. al. Women in American Labor History 1825-1935: An Annotated Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1972.
  (Olin Z 7964 U49 S69+)

  Items include books, journal articles, monographs, pamphlets, and U.S. government publications, and are listed by broad subject--e.g. Employment. The annotations are analytic rather than critical. There are helpful appendices; a listing of archival material about certain people available in the U.S., a list of pertinent Bulletins from the Dept. of Labor. There are also author and subject indexes. Updated by her American Women and the Labor Movement, 1825-1974: an Annotated Bibliography (1976) (ILR Ref HD 8045 S6 1976).

• Stineman, Esther. Women's Studies: A Recommended Core Bibliography. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 1979. Plus supplement 1987.
  (Olin Stacks Z 7961 S85)

  A listing, with full annotations, of over 1700 published books which deal with the study of women, or are written by women, or incorporate topics related to women's studies. Author, title and subject indexes, and division into chapters by discipline (e.g. anthropology, education, psychology), make access to individual items very easy. This bibliography was updated in 1987 with the publication of Women Studies: a Recommended Core Bibliography, 1980-1985 by Catherine Loeb, Susan Searing and Esther Stineman (Olin Ref Z 7961 S85 suppl.; also ILR Ref)

• Timberlake, Andrea et al., eds. Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research, 1975 to 1988. Memphis: Center for Research on Women, 1988.
  (Olin Stacks Z 7964 U49 W86+ 1988; also ILR Ref)

  Lists articles, working papers, dissertations, conference proceedings and books. Covers African-American, Latina, Asian American, Native American, and Southern women under such subject categories as culture, education, employment, family, health, etc.

• Watson, G. Llewellyn. Feminism and Women's Issues : an Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide. New York : Garland Pub., c1990.
  (Olin Stacks Z7961 .W33)

• White, Barbara A. American Women Writers: an Annotated Bibliography of Criticism. New York: Garland, 1977.
  (Olin Ref Z 7963 A8 W58)

  A bibliography of criticism of American women writers in general, rather than on a specific individual's works. Deals with such questions as, "Do women write differently from men?" "Have critics been asking the right questions about women writers in their criticism?" There is a section on feminist literary criticism, and the annotations throughout are very helpful.

• Women's Studies : a Bibliography of Dissertations 1870-1982. Compiled by V.F. Gilbert and D.S. Tatla. New York, NY, USA : B. Blackwell, 1985.
  (Olin Ref Z 7961 .G46+)

  A near comprehensive listing of theses and dissertations on women's studies in the U.S., Canada, Britain and Ireland. Dissertations focusing on individual women are included. It is organized by broad subjects with detailed subdivisions. A subject index is provided but an author index is lacking. [Note: Can be updated by searching Dissertation Abstracts, available online through Bear Access -- Library Gateway.]

PERIODICAL INDEXES AND ABSTRACTS

[There are numerous other indexes of great value for women's studies research that are interdisciplinary such as Uncover, or which focus on specific disciplines, such as Psychological Abstracts. Ask at the Reference desk for suggestions.]

STATISTICAL SOURCES

ATLASES

• Gibson, Anne and Timothy Fast. The Women's Atlas of the United States. New York: Facts on File, 1986.
  (Uris Stacks G 1201 E1 G44+; also ILR Ref)

  "This atlas offers a new way to explore the status of women and to understand the relationship between the sexes in the United States." (Introduction) Maps for employment, education, health, crime, politics, and more give comparative data and current status. Contains both bibliography and index.

• Seager, Joni. The State of Women in the World Atlas. London: Penguin, 1997.
  (Olin Library Maps HQ 1154 .S43 1997)

  Dozens of maps contain comparative data in the family, medicine, literacy, military service, earnings, and much more about the world's women.

• Shortridge, Barbara Gimla. Atlas of American Women. New York, N.Y. : Macmillan, c1987.
  (Olin Ref HQ1410 .S55+; also ILR Ref)

  Based primarily on the 1980 census and many other resources, this atlas provides maps, statistical charts and text on a wide variety of topics, including demographics, labor force, income, crime, health and politics. A bibliography and subject index are provided at the end of the atlas.

BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

• American Men and Women of Science. New York: Cattell, 1906- .
  (Olin Ref Q 141 C361+; also Mann Ref)

  Originally titled American Men of Science, renamed in 1971. Covers U.S. and Canadian women and men in the physical and biological sciences. Divided into 2 parts. Part I covers the physical and biological sciences and Part II, the social and behavioral sciences. Each entry gives full name, date and place of birth, education and degrees, affiliations, areas of specialization, some publications and a current address.

• Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York : New York University Press, 1985-1990.
  (Olin Ref HQ1123 .B21)

  Conceived of as a reference work for those interested in the British feminist movement, Banks' dictionary also redresses serious omissions in major reference sources, such as the Dictionary of National Biography. The concise entries on each feminist include a selective bibliography at the end. An index of 22 "topics" at the end identify women who worked in specific areas such as suffrage, education, trade unions, female sexuality, birth control, or health.

• Herman, Kali. Women in Particular: an Index to American Women. Phoenix: Oryx, 1985.
  (Olin Ref CT 3260 H55+; also Mann Ref)

  A personal name index which locates very brief biographical information and references to entries in biographic resources. Identical information is arranged in five sections (Field and Career, Religious Affiliation, Ethnic and Racial Group, Geographic Location, Alphabetical by Name). Sections are arranged chronologically, which allows for determination of age peers but also slows down location of specific entries.

• International Dictionary of Women's Biography. New York: Continuum, 1982.
  (Olin Stacks CT 3202 I61)

  Compilers Uglow and Hinton have aimed to provide "basic biographical information about outstanding women in a variety of fields." Although the majority of entries come from North America, Europe, and the British Commonwealth, there are significant entries for Eastern and other Third World women. There is a subject index and a bibliography of additional reference sources.

• Ireland, Norma. Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times. Westwood: Faxon, 1970.
  (Olin Ref Z 7963 B6 I65; also Mann)

  An index to books and some journal articles which contain biographical information about the women listed. Covers all centuries from Biblical times to the present. A valuable introductory chapter (now somewhat archaic in its terminology) discusses the role of women as pioneers and patriots, as well as their role in history, religion, literature, etc.

• James, Edward T. Notable American Women 1607-1950. 3 vols. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1971. Plus 1980 supplement The Modern Period 1951-1975.
  (Olin Ref CT 3260 N89+; also Uris Ref)

  This work is comparable to the Dictionary of American Biography in that it covers deceased persons only (i.e. women who died after 1950 were not included, no matter how famous). Entries are followed by a bibliography of works by and about the biographee. Women included here are those "who have attained distinction in their own right in work that took them before the public". These volumes contain some 1700 entries compared with DAB's 700 women entries, most of whom were wives of notable men. The long introductory essay by Janet Wilson James provides a broad overview of the sociological and historical position of women in America. The 1980 supplement adds some 442 women (all of whom died after 1950) to the set.

• Ogilvie, Marilyn B. Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986.
  (Uris Ref Q 141 O34+)

  Primarily a biographical dictionary but includes other information on the subject of women in science. An introductory essay divides the past into five chronological sections, placing the biographical pieces in an historical context. For more information, the author provides a brief, annotated bibliography at the end of the book, which includes citations to reference works, general histories, classical sources, non-classical sources, and more. Includes index.

• Stineman, Esther. American Political Women: Contemporary and Historical Profiles. Littleton: Libraries Unlimited, 1980.
  (Olin Stacks HQ1236 S85w 1980))

  Biographical essays with numerous bibliographic citations discuss the careers of about 60 American women who made it big in the political arena either as congresswomen, ambassadors, special presidential assistants, governors, lieutenant governors, mayors or a combination of these. Selected speeches and writings of the biographee are also included. An index at the back of the volume provides access to information available within an essay, and an appendix listing "women currently serving in government in key departmental, agency and White House positions" is also provided. Stineman also provides appendices listing: women of the Congress, 1917-1980, women ambassadors of the U.S. currently serving, and women currently serving as federal judges.

• Who's Who of American Women. Chicago: Marquis, 1958/1959- .
  (Olin Ref E 663 W64+)

  A biographical dictionary, published biennially since 1958, of notable living American women. The latest edition claims to provide some 20,500 biographical sketches of women with "reference value." This includes such people as prominent government figures, administrators, leaders of philanthropic, educational and scientific societies, high-ranking legal and military officials, etc.

DIRECTORIES & HANDBOOKS

• Directory of Women's Studies Programs and Library Resources. Edited by Beth Stafford. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1990.
  (Olin Ref HQ1181.U5 D59 1990)

  This directory contains over 400 entries compiled as a result of a survey of U.S. institutions of higher learning performed in 1988. Information is provided on teaching faculty, courses, degrees offered, and specialized library support services and other resources.

• Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide. Edited by Jacqueline K. Barrett. London ; Detroit : Gale Research, c1993. First ed. (1993- )
  (Olin Ref HQ 1883 .E56+)

  This encyclopedia provides contact information and descriptions of over 3,400 national and multinational nonprofit women's and women-related organizations. An alphabetic name index and an index of the organizations' activities is provided. The descriptive listings are organized in 8 chapters according to geographic region. Information is also provided on the publications produced by each organization and listings of regular meetings held. [Note: More recent listings may be included in the Encyclopedia of Associations, available at Olin Ref +HS 17 .G15.]

• European Women's Studies Guide. Produced by W.I.S.E, Women's International Studies Europe; Edited by Margit van der Steen and Tobe Levin. Utrecht, The Netherlands : Utrecht University, 1993.
  (Olin Stacks HQ 1181 .E85 E87x 1993)

• Index/Directory of Women's Media. Washington: Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, 1972-1987 .
  (Olin Stacks Z 7962 I38+)

  A directory of women's periodicals, presses and publishers, news services, radio and television programs, bookstores, theatre and film groups, and much more. Published annually. Also contains an index to Media Report to Women, a major periodical for women's communications.

• Kinnear, Karen L. Women in the Third World : a reference handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 1997.
  (Uris Ref HQ 1870 .9 .K58x 1997).

  This work describes how issues such as family, violence, health, work and politics affect the status of women in developing countries. It provides a survey of literature and other resources, including directories of organizations, biographical information, internet sites, and annotaated lists of print and nonprint resources.

• Library and Information Sources on Women : a Guide to Collections in the Greater New York Area. Compiled and edited by the Women's Resources Group of the Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries and the Center for the Study of Women and Society of the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 1988.
  (Olin Ref HQ1181.U5 L69)

  This guide provides information on 171 collections on women in the 5 boroughs of New York City, Long Island, Westchester County and eastern New Jersey. Collections listed are from a wide variety of organizations -- special libraries, historical society libraries, government agencies, public and academic libaries and other organizations that hold resources on women.

• Snyder, Paula, 1954-. The European Women's Almanac. New York : Columbia University Press, 1992.
  (Olin Ref HQ1587 .S69x 1992)

  In compiling this almanac, Snyder contacted over 1,000 women's organizations, groups, academic departments, trade unions, employers' organizations, embassies, and government ministries, in addition to many individual women in 26 countries. She provides information on each country, immigration and residence rights, equal rights, vital statistics, lesbian rights, health care, parental leave, child care provision, state benefits, employment, education and crime.

• Weiser, Marjorie and Jean S. Arluiter. Womanlist. New York: Atheneum, 1981.
  (Olin Ref HQ 1115 W42; also Mann Ref)

  "The first book of lists purely to celebrate women, a remarkable ramble of discovery through achievements, oddities, people, places and things..." (Preface) A thorough table of contents and extensive index aid access.

• W.I.S.H : the International Handbook of Women's Studies. Edited by Loulou Brown ... et al.. New York : Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.
  (Olin Stacks HQ 1180 .W2 1993z)

• Women's Movements of the World : an International Directory and Reference Guide. Edited by Sally Shreir ; contributors, F. John Harper ... et al. Phoenix, AZ ; Harlow, Essex, England : Longman : Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Oryx Press, 1988.
  (Olin Ref HQ1883 .W86)

  The primary emphasis in this publication is upon membership organizations, but several other types of organizations are also selectively included, such as those engaged in research and education, database and library services, and technical assistance to women in developing countries. The directory functions as a guide to the status of women's issues and organizations throughout the world. It is organized by country in alphabetical order. Also provided is a short section on international organizations and a select bibliography.

• Zophy, Angela Howard and Frances M. Kavenik, eds. Handbook of American Women's History. New York: Garland, 1990.
  (Olin Ref HQ 1410 H23 1990; also Uris Ref)

  This handbook is arranged alphabetically. Each entry contains a definition establishing the historical significance of the topic and includes a basic bibliography of current sources.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS/PRIMARY RESOURCES

• Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts, Books, and Periodicals 2nd ed. 10 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984.
  (Olin Ref Z 7965 A78++ 1984)

  The photoreproduction in book format of the cards in the catalog of the Schlesinger collection at Radcliffe. The emphasis in this collection is on the contribution of women in all phases of American life, but with particular attention paid to women's suffrage, education, law, family, medicine and organizations.

• The Gerritsen Collection of Women's History, 1543-1945 : a Bibliographic Guide to the Microform Collection. Edited by Duane R. Bogenschneider. Sanford, N. C. : Microfilming Corp. of America, 1983.
  (Olin Ref Z7965 .G37)

  The Gerritsen collection has been referred to as "possibly the greatest single source for the study of international women's history and the feminist movement". The collection, with eventually over 2,000 items, was begun in the late nineteenth century by Dr. Aletta Jacobs and her husband, Carl Gerritsen. Dr. Jacobs was the first woman university student and medical doctor in the Netherlands. She also founded the first birth control clinic in the world and was a leader in Dutch and international suffrage movements. Unfortunately the collection itself was broken up in 1954, but most of it went, intact, to the University of Kansas where it is maintained as a research collection. Materials on British ephemera and American Southern life from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro were also included in the microfilm edition of the collection. While Cornell owns only a few selected reels from the collection, the guide is an invaluable research tool. Title, subject and chronological indexes are provided.

• Hinding, Andrea. Women's History Sources: a Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States. 2 vols. New York: Bowker, 1979.
  (Olin Ref Z 7964 U49 H66+)

  This is a superb resource for the researcher looking for primary materials on women. Volume I is a geographic listing of all identified U.S. collections with a brief description. Volume 2 is an index to those collections by both subject and name.

• Sophia Smith Collection. Catalog of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Archive, Smith College. 7 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975.
  (Olin Ref Z 7965 S66++)

  A photoreproduction in book format of the card catalog of the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, the nation's oldest archive on women's history. The emphasis is on women in America and the sources include published materials as well as manuscripts and photographs.