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Contemporary Women's Issues (Info)
Connect to: Contemporary Women's Issues
| Producer: | Gale | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Full-text database of journal and magazine articles, reports and newsletters, and other sources on women's issues around the world. | |
| Usage Tips: | The default search is "Full Text & Citation," finding words anywhere within the texts of articles, etc.
Combining Terms To search for citations containing two or more particular terms, connect them with AND. Example: discrimination AND workplace To search for citations containing a multi-word phrase, simply type those words with no connecting AND. Example: workplace discimination Forms of a Word You may search for variations on a term by using an asterisk (*). Example: teen* finds teen, teens, teenage, teenagers, teenagers, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Feminae; Medieval Women And Gender Index (Info)
Connect to: Feminae; Medieval Women and Gender Index
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| Description: | Indexes journal articles and more about women, sexuality, and gender in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, from 450-1500 AD. | |
| Librarian: | Yolanda Merrill | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
| Producer: | JSTOR | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | A digital archive of over 1,100 important scholarly journals. All issues of each journal are included in full-text except for the most recent 2-to-5 years, based on JSTOR's agreement with the journal's publisher.
August 2009 update: JSTOR is developing Data for Research, a tool for analysis of the content of the database. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching The opening Advanced Search page presents 4 options for searching through the full text of all articles. You can change one or more these options to search through authors' names, words in article titles, words in article abstracts, or words in captions.
To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for missing letters. Example: modern* finds modern, modernism, moderns, modernistic, etc. To find articles containing two or more words, connect the search terms with AND. Example: terror* AND nationalis* To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose search terms in quotation marks. Example: "vernacular architecture" Results and Printing The list of articles resulting from a search is displayed in order of relevance (the number of appearances and prominence of your search terms), but can be re-sorted by publication date. To print an article, click on the "PDF" option. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Music Economics and Business - General History -- United States Humanities - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- Congressional Research Politics -- General Economics Theater .General (any topic) Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
| Producer: | Johns Hopkins University | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | "World's largest database on reproductive health, containing citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues." | |
| Usage Tips: | Probably the most reliable way of searching for materials on a topic is "Keywords" searching. However, in POPLINE "Keywords" searching does not refer to searching through all words in the text of entries -- it searches only for "offically" accepted terms, which are listed in this thesaurus.
To search for entries containing two or more terms, connect your search terms with an ampersand (&). Example: abortion & students Some entries will include links to the "Full Text" of an article. Others may include a link to a "DOI" (digital object identifier), which will take you to the full text of an article only if W&L subscribes to that journal. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Producer: | American Psychological Association / PsycNET | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | The world's most comprehensive source for bibliographic coverage of psychology and behavioral sciences literature; with special subset files ClinPSYC. Subjects covered include education, linguistics, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, physiology, psychiatry, sociology, and other areas. Coverage includes 1,500 journals in more than 20 languages. Journal articles, dissertation abstracts, chapters, books (authored, edited, and other), reports, secondary publications are included. Coverage: 1887 to the present. Updated weekly. | |
| Usage Tips: | Truncation Use an asterisk (*) to search for all terms which begin with a basic root. Example: condition* will search for condition, conditioned, conditioning, etc.
Combining Terms You may use AND or OR to combine search terms. Example: hippocamp* AND (smell OR olfactory). Phrase You may search for a phrase by enclosing the words in quotes. Example: "posttraumatic stress". | |
| Librarian: | Mary Abdoney | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Education Journalism and Mass Communications Marketing Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies | |
Connect to: Sociological Abstracts
| Producer: | Sociological Abstracts / ProQuest | |
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| Sources: | Sources | |
| Description: | Preeminent database of research in sociology and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences. It includes references to articles in over 4,000 journals and other serial publications, plus books, dissertations, and conference papers, dating back to the early 1950's. | |
| Usage Tips: | Please note the "Figures and Tables" search option, near the top of the screen, which allows you to look for graphs, tables, and other forms of images.
For more help with using the ProQuest database interface (searching, printing, etc.), see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Education Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Marketing Women's and Gender Studies African-American Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies | |
| Producer: | Inter-Parliamentary Union | |
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| Description: | Searchable database of references to articles and books on wide range of subjects involving women -- political participation, religion, electoral behavior, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Foreign and International Politics -- General Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women's Studies International (Info)
Connect to: Women's Studies International
| Producer: | National Information Services Corporation / Ebsco | |
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| Description: | Nearly 600,000 entries from over 2,000 periodicals and other sources, dating back to the 1970's, on the "core disciplines in Women's Studies." Materials include: journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; reports, theses and dissertations; book chapters; and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Here is help with searching, navigating, printing, and more. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Work And Family Literature Database (Info)
Connect to: Work and Family Literature Database
| Producer: | Sloan Work and Family Research Network, Boston College | |
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| Description: | Created by the Sloan Work and Family Research Network, this database contains over 9,000 records of journal articles and other materials constituting a "representative sampling of academic research-oriented literature that reflects the diverse disciplines addressing work and family studies." | |
| Usage Tips: | Note: This database does not provide the full text of any items. To find out if W&L has a cited article, use the Periodical Finder on our library home page. For most other items, consult Annie, the W&L library catalog. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Sociology Economics Business Administration Women's and Gender Studies | |
Abortion: A Documentary And Reference Guide (Info)
Connect to: Abortion: A Documentary and Reference Guide
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | This 2008 work "explores the evolution of America's abortion debate in a balanced selection of over 40 primary documents by doctors, feminists, religious leaders, politicians, extremists, and judges from the 19th century to the present day." Each document is followed by a brief analysis. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia (Info)
Connect to: American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia
| Producer: | Greenwood / ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | 2010 volume contains about 100 alphabetically-arranged entries "exploring the meaning of beauty practices and products, often while making analytical use of categories such as gender, race, sexuality, and stages of the lifecycle. Focusing primarily on the late-19th and 20th-century American beauty industry..." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
American Women During World War II: An Encyclopedia (Info)
Connect to: American Women During World War II: An Encyclopedia
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2009 volume contains about 250 alphabetically-arranged entries on individuals, organizations, institutions, issues, and other topics associated with the effects of World War II on millions of women. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
To open a chapter listed in the table of contents (column on left), click on the tiny plus-sign (+) above the chapter title. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Women's and Gender Studies | |
Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999 (Info)
Connect to: Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999
| Producer: | American University in Cairo Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Edited by Radwa Rashour and first published in Arabic in 2004, this 2008 translation "traces the development of Arab women’s literature through the end of the twentieth century" with country-by-country essays. Also includes a comprehensive bibliography. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material within this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Producer: | Greenwood / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 "overview of birth control and related controversies over time," divided into three major sections: historical overview; contemporary issues and controversies; and primary documents. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Cambridge Companion To Feminism In Philosophy (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Companion to Feminism in Philosophy
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | "The thirteen specially-commissioned essays in this [2000] volume are designed to provide an accessible and stimulating guide through an area of philosophical thought and literature that has seen massive expansion in recent years." You may preview a copy of the table of contents.
The library also owns a printed copy.
You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Philosophy Women's and Gender Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Cambridge Companion To Feminist Literary Theory (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | 2006 volume "presents a range of approaches to the field. Some of the essays demonstrate feminist critical principles at work in analysing texts, while others take a step back to trace the development of a particular feminist literary method." You may preview a copy of the table of contents.
You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language Women's and Gender Studies | |
Cambridge Companion To Feminist Theology (Info)
Connect to: Cambridge Companion to Feminist Theology
| Producer: | Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online | |
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| Description: | This 2002 volume is "a critical guide to the scholarly exploration of feminist theology. It describes the main features of this modern theological development and examines its major concerns and questions." You may preview a copy of the table of contents.
The library also owns a printed copy.
You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Religion Women's and Gender Studies | |
Companion To Gender History (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Gender History
| Producer: | Blackwell / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2006 volumes provides about 30 signed chronological and thematic essays which survey "the history of women around the world, studies their interaction with men in gendered societies, and looks at the role of gender in shaping human behavior over thousands of years." You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
Click on the tiny plus-signs [+] immediately above the titles of Parts in the table of contents to access individual sections. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
Companion To Women In The Ancient World (Info)
Connect to: Companion to Women in the Ancient World
| Producer: | Wiley / Wiley Online Library | |
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| Description: | 2012 collection of nearly 40 original essays, in a four-part thematic arrangment, exploring a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Wiley Online Library e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Classics Women's and Gender Studies | |
Dictionary Of Sports Studies (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Sports Studies
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference | |
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| Description: | 2010 volume contains 1,100 entries on "social, political, economical, and cultural theory of sport, as well as entries relating to exercise, preparation, and performance psychology, and key scientific terms," and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Physical Education | |
Dictionary Of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through The Ages (Info)
Connect to: Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages
| Producer: | Yorking Publications | |
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| Description: | Published in 2006, this two-volume set contains about 25,000 brief biographical entries on women from U.S. and non-U.S. history. | |
| Usage Tips: | The simplest way to find an entry is to type some or all of her name in the "Quick Search -- Find" box, on the right side of the screen. (be sure to click on the "within this publication" box.)
The order of first name and last name should not matter. Example: Either alice roosevelt or roosevelt alice will work. If you are uncertain about the spelling of a first name or last name (stuart or stewart), enter only what you are certain of. (Of course, this search may result in a lengthy list of entries through which you must scroll.) You also can search for individuals in a particular occupation by entering the singular form of the occupational term in the "Quick Search" box. Example: journalist Browsing The eTable of Contents option is not very useful for this ebook, except for the Genealogical Charts, which are available in Volume 1 (A-L). Delivery Printing -- Click on this  icon/link to display and then print a text form of the entry.
Click on this  icon/link to display and then print a PDF form of the entry.
E-Mail -- You may e-mail an entry by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
Connect to: Diversity in Academe
| Producer: | Chronicle of Higer Education | |
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| Description: | Annual special report (2011- ) from the Chronicle. The 2012 edition focuses on gender and the 2011 edition is also available. Both editions include data tables on campus gender, ethnicity, fields of study, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Education Women's and Gender Studies | |
Documenting First Wave Feminisms: Transnational Collaborations And Crosscurrents (Info)
Connect to: Documenting First Wave Feminisms: Transnational Collaborations and Crosscurrents
| Producer: | University of Toronto Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | This is Volume 1 (2012) of a two-volume "collection of essays, pamphlets, manifestos, memoirs, petitions, reports, and resolutions documenting the multiple forms of engagement and organizing within first wave feminism." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Domestic Violence: A Reference Handbook (Info)
Connect to: Domestic Violence: A Reference Handbook
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2007) offers an overview of domestic violence "from social, legal, and historical perspectives." Chronology, thematic entries, biographical sketches, statistics, more. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Abortion In The United States (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Abortion in the United States
| Producer: | McFarland / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2009) contains hundreds of alphabetically-arranged entries on: Supreme Court decisions and other legal issues; social, religious, or moral arguments; medical issues and terminology; and much more. | |
| Usage Tips: | The Table of Contents on the left side of the screen does not contains links to individual sections of entries, so the most efficient way to use this volume is to search for the desired words or names.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Body Image And Human Appearance (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Body Image and Human Appearance
| Producer: | Elsevier / ScienceDirect | |
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| Description: | Two-volume work (2012) contains 117 signed, scholarly entries on "human physical appearance -- how people’s outer physical characteristics and their inner perceptions and attitudes about their own appearance (body image) affect their lives." You may preview the table of contents. This item was purchased with funds from the W&L Friends of the Library. | |
| Usage Tips: | To view the complete alphabetical listing of entries, click on the small plus-signs (+) preceding "Volume 1" and "Volume 2," buried in the table of contents.
Here is additional help with searching, printing, etc. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Domestic Violence (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | 2007 volume includes signed entries on the "traditional" research areas, such as battered women, child abuse, and dating violence, as well as less well-studied areas, such as military families and cross-cultural perspectives. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary
While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the Table of Contents to navigate the book. Click on any letter of the alphabetically-arranged list entries to to start on the first page of that section. You also can browse the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on "Index" at the bottom of the Table of Contents. You will need to "manually" copy subsequent page numbers into the "Page" box above the displayed text. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Feminist Literature (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | This 2004 resource profiles nearly 70 important women writers, as well as offering over 20 other entries on such themes as sexuality and and the novel. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the alphabetical list of entries (via the letters in the left-hand column) or the alphabetically-arranged Index option (lower-left of screen).
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: hurston AND folklore To find entires containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "suffrage movement" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Gender And Society (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
| Producer: | Sage | |
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| Description: | Published in 2008, this two-volume set includes about 500 signed entries which cover "the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies," providing "a cross-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world." | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Gender In Media (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Gender in Media
| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
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| Description: | 2012 volume contains 150 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries examining "the role of the media in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social construction of gender in our society." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Interpersonal Violence (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence
| Producer: | Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Edited by Claire Renzetti and Jeffrey Edleson, this two-volume set (2008) contains over 500 signed entries on "different forms of interpersonal violence, their incidence and prevalence, theoretical explanations, public policy initiatives, and prevention and intervention strategies." | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Motherhood (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Motherhood
| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set (2010) contains about 700 signed entries "on the central terms, concepts, topics, issues, themes, debates, theories, and texts" in this subject area, with coverage from historical, social, psychological, and philosophical viewpoints. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Sex And Gender: Culture, Society, History (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Culture, Society, History
| Producer: | Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Four-volume set (2007) contains hundreds of signed articles, encompassing the various concepts of sex and gender that have arisen from the critical study of those subjects worldwide. You may view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. The alphabetically-arranged are divided into four "volumes," beginning with "A-C." You may open any of the sub-divided article lists, such as "Closets-Cruising," by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You also may browse the alphabetically-arranged entries in the eBook Index option, which includes links from the entries to the appropriate pages. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Sex And Gender: Men And Women In The World's Cultures (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures
| Producer: | Kluwer / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Essays on "issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality." Includes topical essays and entries on individual cultures. You can see the table of contents here.
Originally published as a two-volume set in 2003.
Purchase was made possible by the Alice M. Dean Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into broad sections, beginning with "Cultural Conceptions of Gender." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). The fifth section, "Sex and Gender in the World's Cultures," consists of alphabetically-arranged essays on about 80 individual cultures, beginning with "Abaluyia." Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of many hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: adolescen* finds adolescence, adolescent, adolescents, etc. Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Title IX And Sports (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Title IX and Sports
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | This 2007 volume "offers a comprehensive guide to various aspects and wide ranging issues associated with Title IX and sports." An introductory essay and chronology precede about 150 entries on people, court cases, and organizations associated with "the landmark legislation prohibiting sex discrimination in schools, whether in academics or athletics."
Purchase was made possible by the Peyton May Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Women And Islamic Cultures (Info)
Connect to: Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures
| Producer: | Brill / Brill Online | |
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| Description: | Landmark collection of hundreds of articles by 1,000 scholars reflecting the "latest research on gender studies and the Islamic world." Publication began in 2003, with the six-volume set to be completed in 2007. You can preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with searching, printing, etc. in the Brill Online interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Women And Religion In North America (Info)
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| Producer: | Indiana University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | About 150 signed essays on "the history and current state of women's religious experience in North America," focusing on institutions, movements, and ideas. You can preview the table of contents. Published 2006. | |
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Religion Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Women In The Renaissance -- Italy, France, And England (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | This 2007 volume contains over 135 signed biographical entries on "women who made significant contributions to the art, science, culture, religion, and philosophy of the Renaissance." Additional topical entries on literature, the arts, medicine, education, warfare, religion, science, and daily life. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Women's Health (Facts On File) (Info)
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| Producer: | Facts on File / Infobase | |
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| Description: | Sixth edition (2009) contains over 1,000 alphabetically-arranged entries on "issues specific to women, as well as material on general health issues such as diet, exercise, and disease treatment." | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Infobase e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Encyclopedia Of Women's Health (Springer) (Info)
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| Producer: | Springer / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Published in 2004, this volume deals with both social and clinical aspects of women's health. In addition to hundreds of alphabetically-arranged entries, it includes several introductory essays. You may view a copy of the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 2 sections: "Foundation Topics..." which contains overview essays; and "Topics...," which contains the alphabetical list of articles. You may open the contents of any section by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: famil* finds family, families, familial, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-right portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
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| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Feminism In Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (Info)
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| Producer: | Gale | |
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| Description: | Published as a six-volume set in 2004, this resource explores the history of women and feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern times. Essays include biographical entries and coverage of such topics as women in the medieval world and feminist literary theory. A copy of the table of contents is here.
This purchase was made possible by the Alice M. Dean Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 6 "volumes," beginning with "Antiquity-to-18th Century, Topics and Authors." You may open any of the article lists, such as "Women and Women's Writing from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages," by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms.
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| Descriptors: | Literature and Language Women's and Gender Studies | |
Feminist Philosophies A-Z (Info)
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| Producer: | Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2007 volume by Nancy Arden McHugh is a "concise alphabetical guide to the key terms, issues, theoretical approaches, projects and thinkers in feminist philosophy." | |
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| Descriptors: | Philosophy Sociology Women's and Gender Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
Feminist Writings From Ancient Times To The Modern World (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 collection of over 200 chronologically-arranged selection from feminist writers, thinkers, and organizations, beginning with poetry from 4,000 years ago. You may preview the contents. | |
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| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
From Suffrage To The Senate: America's Political Women (Info)
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| Producer: | Grey House / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2006) of this compendium of biographies of leading women in U.S. politics, past and present, with additional primary source materials, entries on organizations and agencies, and more. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material within this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Women's and Gender Studies | |
Gender Issues And Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources (Info)
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| Producer: | Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | A collection (2006) of about 200 documents, including "speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, essays, and much more," on gender and sexuality during the last three centuries. Each entry is accompanied by commentary of the document's context and significance. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 8 broad categories, beginning with "Beyond Femininity and Masculinity." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: reproduc* finds reproduce, reproductive, or reproduction. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
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| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Gender And Education: An Encyclopedia (Info)
Connect to: Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia
| Producer: | Praeger / Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2007), containing about 100 essays on the "intersection of gender and education," is presented in two separate e-books. The link above takes you to Volume 1, which includes Parts I to V. Volume 2 contains Parts VI to X. You can view a copy of the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. Important notes: The Subject Index, covering both volumes, is available only at the end of Volume 2. The Quick Search option for each volume will find only entries within that volume -- not the entire set. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Education Women's and Gender Studies | |
Gender And Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook (Info)
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| Producer: | Sage / Sage Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Published as a two-volume set in 2010, this work contains 101 thematically-grouped entries, with each section beginning "with an overview of leadership questions that have been or are still being tackled in every field where the study of women, as women, is important." | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing There are three options for browsing through available entries:
* The Reader's Guide groups entries by a list of themes, such as "Women's Leadership in Public Policy." * Entries A-Z shows you an alphabetic list of broadly-defined topics. * The Index provides a list of terms and names in the database, with links to the entries in which they appear. For help with searching, printing, and e-mailing Sage e-books, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- American Politics Women's and Gender Studies | |
Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia (Info)
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| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2007) contains about 250 entries on topics concerning girls' and womens' lives, such as advertising, mass media, body image, sexuality, music, literature, etc.
Acquisition was made possible by the Peyton May Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Handbook Of Gender Research In Psychology (Info)
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| Producer: | Springer / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set, published in 2010, provides a "critical overview of the current state of affairs in psychological research on gender." The above link take you to Volume I, which is subtitled Gender Research in General and Experimental Psychology. Here is a link to Volume 2, which is subtitled Gender Research in Social and Applied Psychology.
You may preview the set's contents near the bottom of this page. | |
| Usage Tips: | Important note: These two volumes are not functionally cross-searchable or linked, although the Subject and Author Indexes cover both volumes.
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| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Handbook Of Gender, Sex And Media (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2011 collection of 30+ original essays offering "insights into the complex set of relations which exist between gender, sex, sexualities and the media," including new research at the forefront of media and communication practice and theory. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Journalism and Mass Communications Women's and Gender Studies | |
Handbook Of Gender, Work, And Organization (Info)
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| Producer: | Wiley / Safari | |
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| Description: | 2011 volume presents 24 signed, scholarly overviews of issues in this interdisciplinary field. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
International Encyclopedia Of Marriage And Family (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Ebook version of The International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. (2nd edition, 2003), which uses an international, cross-cultural approach to such diverse topics as adolescent parenthood, family planning, cohabitation, widowhood, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, etc. It includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
International Encyclopedia Of Men And Masculinities (Info)
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| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | This 2007 volume contains over 350 signed entries on "men's personal and social lives as shaped by gender," including masculinity politics, the men's groups and movements that have tried to change men's roles, cross-disciplinary perspectives on and examinations of men, gender and gender relations, diverse cultural and historical formations of masculinity and the bodies of scholarship that have documented them. | |
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To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the Table of Contents to navigate the book. You may browse the alphabetical list of entries by clicking on the little plus-sign (+) immediately above the desired letterv within the Table of Contents. You could choose to browse entries within a particular topic area by clicking on the plus-sign above "Thematic List of Entries." You also can browse the entries within the alphabetically-aranged "Index," at the bottom of the Table of Contents, and then clicking on the desired page(s). Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
International Encyclopedia Of The Social Sciences (Info)
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| Producer: | Macmillan / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | This second edition (2008), consisting of nine volumes, is the major revision of the first edition of this title and its predecessor, to which we also have online access. It specializes in coverage of "scholarship and fields that have emerged and matured since the publication of the original international edition," containing "nearly 3,000 entirely new articles... contributed by thousands of scholars (including several Nobel prize winners)." You may view the table of contents here.
Acquisition was made possible by the McCrum Palmer Book Fund. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 9 volumes, beginning with "Abortion-Congitive Dissonance." You may open the contents of any section of these volumes by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: consum* finds consume, consumer, consumption, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Religion Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- General Economics Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies Politics -- Political Philosophy | |
International Encyclopedia Of The Social And Behavioral Sciences (Info)
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| Producer: | Elsevier / ScienceDirect | |
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| Description: | IESBS (2002) is the largest reference work on the social and behavioral sciences ever published -- over 4,000 signed articles in 26 printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | The first screen displays an alphabetical Subject Classification, beginning with "Adolescence and Youth."
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Economics and Business - General Psychology Social Sciences - General Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Journalism and Mass Communications Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Economics Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies Bioethics Latin American and Caribbean Studies Islamic Studies | |
International Handbook Of Gender And Poverty (Info)
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| Producer: | Edward Elgar / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | This 2010 volume's collection of signed essays "presents women’s and men’s experiences of gendered poverty with respect to a vast spectrum of intersecting issues including local to global economic transformations, family, age, race, migration, assets, paid and unpaid work, health, sexuality, human rights, and conflict and violence." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies | |
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| Producer: | CEI Internships | |
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| Description: | Information on internships available to Washington and Lee students.
This is part of a larger collection of W&L internship resources. | |
| Usage Tips: | Contains the contents of a dozen or more titles in their internship series, listing over 2,800 organizations which offer internships and/or summer jobs for students. Among these titles are:
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Environmental Studies Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies Poverty Studies | |
Latinas In The United States: A Historical Encyclopedia (Info)
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| Producer: | Indiana University Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | Three-volume set, published in 2006, includes nearly signed 600 entries by over 200 scholars on "the contribution of women of Latin American birth or heritage to the economic and cultural development of the United States." You can view the table of contents here. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word.
Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into three volumes, beginning with "Abarca through Guzman." Any of the sections can be "opened" by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of many hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search -- find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) for missing letters. Example: immigra* finds immigration, immigrant, immigrants, etc. Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Men And Masculinities; A Social, Cultural, And Historical Encyclopedia (Info)
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| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Edited my Michael Kimmel, this two-volume work (2003) explores the origins, structures, and dynamics of masculinity, including such areas as sexual violence, intimacy, pornography, homophobia, sports, profeminist men, rituals, sexism, and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
New Century, Old Disparities: Ethnic And Gender Earnings Gaps In Latin America (Info)
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| Producer: | World Bank / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 book "adopts a sophisticated econometric methodology for measuring earnings gaps and applies it consistently across and within countries to measure gender and racial or ethnic differences." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Latin American and Caribbean Studies | |
Connect to: Our Bodies, Ourselves
| Producer: | Boston Women's Health Book Collective | |
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| Description: | Access to the contents of the 2005 edition of this valuable compendium of health information for women. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Oxford American Handbook Of Reproductive Medicine (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 volumes provides a "practical overview of the reproductive system and a systematic approach to its disorders, covering diagnosis, assessment, and ongoing management." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Bioethics | |
Oxford Companion To Women's Writing In The United States (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | This 1995 guide, with over 800 entries, offers a "comprehensive survey of women writers across four centuries of American history. Includes biographical entries on poets, novelists, and playwrights, as well as writers who have made contributions in other fields, such as Betty Friedan, Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B Anthony. Topical entries on personal, cultural, and historical issues, such as AIDS, racism, sexual harassment, the Civil War, black feminism, lesbian literary theory, and deconstruction. A printed copy is available in the library's collection. | |
| Usage Tips: | The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the " Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "native american". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) as a wild-card term. Example: reali* will find realism, reality, realization, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Literature"). | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Oxford Encyclopedia Of Women In World History (Info)
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| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online | |
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| Description: | Edited by Bonnie G. Smith, this four-volume work (2008) contains over 1,200 signed topical and biographical entries. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching The initial screen ("Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of this encyclopedia.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Sociology Women's and Gender Studies History -- Outside U.S. | |
Oxford Handbook Of Feminist Theology (Info)
Connect to: Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theology
| Producer: | Oxford University Press / Oxford Handbooks Online | |
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| Description: | Twenty-six signed essays in this 2011 volume provide an overview of "the relevance of globalization and the insights of gender studies and religious studies for feminist theology." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Oxford Handbooks Online interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Psychology Of Prejudice And Discrimination: Bias Based On Gender And Sexual Orientation (Info)
Connect to: Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination: Bias Based on Gender and Sexual Orientation
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Part of the four-volume Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (2004), this volume presents signed essays on the psychology and history of gender and sexual orientation bias, including such topics as gay/lesbian youth and workplace discrimination.
Other volumes deal with disabilities and physique, ethnicity and multiracial identity, and racism in America. | |
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Producer: | Facts on File / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Revised edition (2010) contains over 18,000 quotations from women. Contributors are presented in chronological order by the year of their birth, then alphabetically within each year. Indexes allow readers to find quotations by subject and contributors by name, occupation/profession, and nationality/ethnicity. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Rape Investigation Handbook (Info)
Connect to: Rape Investigation Handbook
| Producer: | Elsevier / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | Second edition (2011) "details specific investigative and forensic processes related to sex crimes casework invaluable to those in law enforcement, the legal community, and in the private sector. It takes the reader through these processes in a logical sequence, showing how investigations of rape and sexual assault can and should be conducted from start to finish." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
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| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Rights Of Women: The Authoritative ACLU Guide To Women's Rights (Info)
Connect to: Rights of Women: The Authoritative ACLU Guide to Women's Rights
| Producer: | New York University Press / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Fourth edition (2009) "is a comprehensive guide that explains in detail the rights of women under present U.S. law." You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Legal and Constitutional Women's and Gender Studies | |
Routledge Companion To Feminism And Postfeminism (Info)
Connect to: Routledge Companion to Feminism and Postfeminism
| Producer: | Routledge / NetLibrary | |
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| Description: | Edited by Sarah Gamble, this first edition (2001) contains in-depth signed overview essays and 400 shorter entries on individuals, publications, and other subjects. | |
| Usage Tips: | Using NetLibrary
While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes.
To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the Table of Contents to navigate the book. To open the section labeled "I. Feminism: Its History and Cultural Context," click on the tiny plus sign (+) directly above that title; the resulting list of click-able essay titles includes "Second Wave Feminism." To open any of the alphabetically-arranged entries in the next section, "II. A-Z of Key Themes and Major Figures," click on the plus-sign directly above the desired letter. You also can browse the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on "Index" at the bottom of the Table of Contents. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Sexual Deviation And Sexual Offenses (Info)
Connect to: Sexual Deviation and Sexual Offenses
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Part of the three-part set Sex and Sexuality (Greenwood, 2006), this volume offers a survey of behaviors considered atypical, as well as those considered deviant or maladaptive. Also includes some coverage of treatment and management issues.
Other volumes in the series cover sexual (dys)function and trends and controversies. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the Table of Contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Sexual Function And Sexual Dysfunction (Info)
Connect to: Sexual Function and Sexual Dysfunction
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Part of the three-part set Sex and Sexuality (Greenwood, 2006), this volume treats the factors influencing human sexual arousal and response, including emotional, cognitive, interpersonal, physiological, biological, sociocultural, environmental, and even evolutionary factors.
Other volumes in the series cover trends and controversies and sexual deviation and offenses. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the Table of Contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Sexuality Today: Trends And Controversies (Info)
Connect to: Sexuality Today: Trends and Controversies
| Producer: | Greenwood | |
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| Description: | Part of the three-part set Sex and Sexuality (Greenwood, 2006), this volume offers an overview of recent trends and developments, providing a summary of the sociocultural determinants of sexual practices and of sexual development through the lifespan. Topics include sexual orientation and sexual behavior in the U.S.
Other volumes in the series cover sexual (dys)function and sexual deviation and offenses. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the Table of Contents listing of chapter titles in the left-hand column or the
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Sports In American Life: A History (Info)
Connect to: Sports in American Life: A History
| Producer: | Wiley / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | In addition to other topics, this 2nd edition (2011) "highlights the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and larger issues, such as gender, race, and class." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Struggle For Female Suffrage In Europe (Info)
Connect to: Struggle for Female Suffrage in Europe
| Producer: | Brill / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 collection of historical and comparative essays women's access to suffrage in each European Union country. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Violence Against Women In Families And Relationships (Info)
Connect to: Violence against Women in Families and Relationships
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | This is a four-volume set (2009) which provides overviews of victimization and the community response, the family context, criminal justice and the law, and the media and cultural attitudes. You may preview the table of contents (near the bottom of the page). | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Psychology Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Connect to: Women In Early America
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Published in 2004, this resource contains nearly 200 entries on women's lives, contributions, and struggles during the years of early America, including legal issues, ethnic groups, customs, habits of dress, material goods, and writings. Coverage begins with the 1607 settlement at Jamestown and ends with the War of 1812. Funding for this e-book was made possible by a gift in memory of Lewis P. Nelson III, Class of 1961. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
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| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women And Political Participation; A Reference Handbook (Info)
Connect to: Women and Political Participation; A Reference Handbook
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | This 2004 volume examines the involvement of women in American politics, concentrating mainly on their participation since the birth of the second women's movement in the late 1960s. Includes historical developments, issues in grassroots and national organizations to voting and running for office, key documents, and biographies. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing for a particular alphabetically-listed article or by searching for a particular word.
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| Descriptors: | Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Elections and Voting Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women And Politics Around The World: A Comparative History And Survey (Info)
Connect to: Women and Politics Around the World: A Comparative History and Survey
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Two-volume work (2009), edited by Joye Gelb and Marian Palley, is a guide to the role of women in political systems worldwide. Volume 1 consists of thematic essays, such as "Education for Women in Comparative Perspective," while Volume 2 profiles 22 individual countries.
You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
Each volume contains an Index which lists entries throughout the entire set. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Anthropology and Archaeology Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women And Slavery In America : A Documentary History (Info)
Connect to: Women and Slavery in America : A Documentary History
| Producer: | University of Arkansas Press / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2012 volume contains dozens of primary documents (newspapers, broadsides, cartoons, pamphlets, excerpts from oral histories and memoirs, speeches, photographs, and editorials) organized thematically, covering cultural, political, religious, economic, and social perspectives. You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page.
For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies African-American Studies | |
Women In American Politics: History And Milestones (Info)
Connect to: Women in American Politics: History and Milestones
| Producer: | CQ Press / CQ Press Electronic Library | |
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| Description: | Two-volume work (2012) contains 19 thematic chapters ("Battle for the Vote," "State-by-State guide," etc.), plus biographies and data tables. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing the entries or by searching for a particular word.
Browsing The initial screen offers chapter-by-chapter access to the contents. Searching The "Search" box at the top of the page enables you to search through all the words in the database. Use an asterisk to search for forms of a word. Example: discriminat* finds discrimination, discriminating, discriminatory, etc. To find entries containing two or more terms, connect them with AND. Example: republican* AND recruit* To find a multi-word term or phrase, enclose the search terms within quotation marks. Example: "birth control" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Politics -- American Politics Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women In Congress, 1917-2006 (Info)
Connect to: Women in Congress, 1917-2006
| Producer: | U. S. House of Representatives / GPOAccess | |
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| Description: | Profiles of the 229 women who have served in the U.S. Senate and House, divided into four "generations,"as well as historical and analytical material.
Part of a series of House publications "highlighting the congressional service of women and minority groups." (See also this site on black Americans in Congress.)
A more up-to-date directory of women in Congress is published by the Congressional Research Service. | |
| Usage Tips: | To find an entry on a particular individual, you might want to consult the Index. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Government -- U.S. Federal Politics -- American Politics Politics -- Congressional Research Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women In India: A Social And Cultural History (Info)
Connect to: Women in India: A Social and Cultural History
| Producer: | Praeger / ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2009) examines "the various ways in which Indian women have developed and expressed their own feminist agenda." Volume I includes cultural background and covers various historical religious and social traditions, while Volume II covers Islam and other more modern history and traditions, including reform efforts and post-independence issues. | |
| Usage Tips: | Please note that Volume One contains Chapters numbered 1-7 and Volume Two contains Chapters numbered 1-5.
You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women In The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Volume 1, A-J) (Info)
Connect to: Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Volume 1, A-J)
| Producer: | Greenwood Press | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2005) with over 300 signed entries that conclude with extensive bibliographies of both primary and secondary sources. Entries cover people and topics ranging from the third to the fifteenth centuries.
This volume includes entries beginning with the letters A-through-J, with other entries in Volume 2. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the alphabetical Table of Contents in the left-hand column.
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "forced marriage" To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: religio* will find religion, religions, religious, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: church AND vow* Printing You can choose to print an entry by clicking on the "Print" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. You will have the option of printing a single page or a range of pages. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies | |
Women In The Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Volume 2, K-Z) (Info)
Connect to: Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia (Volume 2, K-Z)
| Producer: | Greenwood Press | |
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| Description: | Two-volume set (2005) with over 300 signed entries that conclude with extensive bibliographies of both primary and secondary sources. Entries cover people and topics ranging from the third to the fifteenth centuries.
This volume includes entries beginning with the letters L-through-Z, with other entries in Volume 1. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing You can browse the contents of this volume by using the alphabetical Table of Contents in the left-hand column.
Searching The "Quick Search" option, located near the top of the screen, allows you to search through the text of "This Title" (volume). To find entries containing a multi-word phrase, place the words within quotation marks. Example: "forced marriage" To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (*) to substitute for one or more letters. Example: religio* will find religion, religions, religious, etc. To find entries containing two or more words, connect the words with AND. Example: church AND vow* Printing You can choose to print an entry by clicking on the "Print" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. You will have the option of printing a single page or a range of pages. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies Medieval and Renaissance Studies | |
Women's Health Psychology (Info)
Connect to: Women's Health Psychology
| Producer: | Wiley / Ebrary | |
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| Description: | 2013 volume examines "the developmental, reproductive, and sociocultural contexts of health decision-making and behavior for women." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You can view the table of contents by clicking on "Contents" within the "TOC" display.
You can open sections of the text by clicking on the arrow preceding that section's label. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women's Roles In Eighteenth-Century America (Info)
Connect to: Women's Roles in Eighteenth-Century America
| Producer: | Greenwood / ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | This 2010 volume offers a concise overview of "the lives of white, black, and Native American women between 1700 and 1800." You may preview the contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women, Science, And Myth (Info)
Connect to: Women, Science, and Myth
| Producer: | ABC-Clio | |
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| Description: | Edited by Sue Rosser, this 2008 volume "analyzes the ways that scientists have researched gender, the ways those results have affected society, and the impact they have had on the scientific community and on women," using both chronologically-organized entries and thematic entries. You may view a copy of the table of contents. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Discovering American Women's History Online (Info)
Connect to: Discovering American Women's History Online
| Producer: | Middle Tennessee State University | |
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| Description: | Provides access to over 400 "digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States." | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | History -- United States Women's and Gender Studies | |
Connect to: Gender and Development
| Producer: | World Bank | |
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| Description: | International coverage of gender-related issues. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Global Database Of Quotas For Women (Info)
Connect to: Global Database of Quotas for Women
| Producer: | International IDEA and Stockholm University | |
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| Description: | Collection of information, including country-by-country comparisons, on representation of women in national governments. | |
| Usage Tips: | Data options are listed in the navigation bar, near the top of each page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Government -- Foreign and International Politics -- Foreign and International Women's and Gender Studies | |
Status Of Women In The States (Info)
Connect to: Status of Women in the States
| Producer: | Institute for Women's Policy Research | |
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| Description: | Biennial compilation of data on employment and economic conditions, health, political representations, and more. | |
| Usage Tips: | Access to most recent report and previous editions. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- American Politics Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women And Gender Studies Web Sites (Info)
Connect to: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
| Producer: | Association of College and Research Libraries | |
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| Description: | Links to significant Web resources in business, history, politics, theology, and other areas. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women And The Electoral Process (Info)
Connect to: Women and the Electoral Process
| Producer: | Leyburn Library | |
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| Description: | A collection of U.S. and international Web sites useful for research on the relationship between women and electoral processes. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Politics -- Elections and Voting Women's and Gender Studies | |
Women's Resources: Sites Of Interest (Info)
Connect to: Women's Resources: Sites of Interest
| Producer: | Association of College and Research Libraries | |
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| Description: | Links to sites which "provide information on women's issues, in general, and women's studies [and] emphasis has been given to comprehensive sites and those focusing on academic study or research." | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Producer: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Federal Government gateway to information on reproductive health, smoking, body image, nutrition, mental health, and other health-related topics, as well as statistics.
A recent addition (2008) is The Healthy Woman; A Complete Guide for All Ages. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |
Year's Work In Critical And Cultural Theory (Info)
Connect to: Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
| Producer: | Oxford University Press | |
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| Description: | An annual narrative bibliography of work in the field of critical and cultural theory, recording significant debates and issues of interest in a broad field of research in the humanities and social sciences. Examples: Post-Modernism, Feminisms, Multiculturalism, Deconstruction, etc.
Volumes dated 1996-to-date are available online. The library also holds printed volumes. | |
| Usage Tips: | Browsing To read entries in the most recent volume, click on "View Current Issue." You also can peek at forthcoming articles at the "Advance Access" link.
To view earlier years, click on "Browse the Archive." Searching You can search through the text of all volumes, including the pre-1996 volumes, by using the "Search this Journal" option. To search for entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the search words within quotation marks. Example: "irish studies" | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Literature and Language Philosophy Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
American Women: Who They Are And How They Live (Info)
Connect to: American Women: Who They Are and How They Live
| Producer: | New Strategist / Gale Virtual Reference Library | |
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| Description: | The 4th edition (2008) contains data from U.S. Government agencies and other sources on "on attitudes education, health, income, labor force, living arrangements, population, spending, time use, and wealth." You may preview the contents.
We also have online access to the 3rd edition via NetLibrary. | |
| Usage Tips: | You may find material in this ebook by browsing in the table of contents or by searching for particular words.
For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Producer: | World Bank | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Database of gender-related statistics and indicators, including national statistics, United Nations databases, and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys. | |
| Usage Tips: | Searching is a three-step process:
More complex searches, including multiple country searches, are available through the "Data Query Systems" option, near the upper-right portion of the screen. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Sociology Politics -- Foreign and International Women's and Gender Studies | |
| Producer: | United Nations | |
|---|---|---|
| Description: | Reports published at five-year intervals on international "sex disaggregated statistics in such areas as demographics, health, education, work, violence against women, poverty, human rights and decision-making."
The library has some editions in printed form. | |
| Librarian: | Dick Grefe | |
| Descriptors: | Women's and Gender Studies | |