Reference sources can provide background information
on a particular topic, and are a great place to start your research. All of
the reference sources listed in this guide are located on the 2nd floor of
the Richard J. Daley Library.
Encyclopedias
& Dictionaries
Biographical Sources
Statistical Sources
Directories
Research Guides
Finding Books
Finding Articles
World Wide
Web Resources
Encyclopedias
& Dictionaries
Women's Studies Encyclopedia
(3 vols.)
Helen Tierney, Ed. New York: Greenwood Press.
HQ1115 .W645 1999
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
(4 vols.)
Cheris Kramarae & Dale Spender, Eds. New York:
Routledge.
HQ1115 .R69 2000
Greenwood Encyclopedia
of Women's Issues Worldwide (6 vols.)
Lynn Walter, Ed. Westport: Greenwood Press.
HQ1115 .G74 2003
Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism
and Postfeminism
Sarah Gamble, Ed. New York: Routledge.
HQ1115 .R68 2000
Encyclopedia of Women's History in America
Kathryn Cullen-DuPont. New York: Facts on File.
HQ1410 .C85 2000
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender (2 vols.)
Judith Worell, Ed. San Diego: Academic Press.
HQ1115 .E43 2001
Chronology of Women's History
Kirstin Olsen. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
HQ1121 .O47 1994
Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's
History
Doris Weatherford. New York: Facts on File.
HQ1410 .W434 1997
Women in the Third
World: A Reference Handbook
Karen L. Kinnear.
Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
HQ1870.9 .K58 1997
What American Women
Did, 1789-1920: A Year-By-Year Reference
Linda Miles Coppens. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
HQ1154 .C665 2001
Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places
& Events That Shaped Women's History
Lynne Brakeman, Ed. Detroit: Gale Research.
HQ1121 .C617 1996
Women's Firsts
Caroline Zilboorg, Ed. Detroit: Gale Research.
CT3203 .W66 1997
Historical Dictionary of Feminism
Janet K. Boles & Diane Long Hoeveler, Eds. Lanham: Scarecrow.
HQ1115 .B65 2004
The Women's Desk Reference
Irene Franck & David Brownstone. New York:
Viking.
HQ1236.5 .U6 F73 1993
Biographical
Sources
Who's Who of American Women
Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Inc.
CT3260 .W5
Note: Latest edition is located
in Reference; earlier editions are located on the 3rd floor North of the Richard
J. Daley Library.
The World Who's Who of Women
Cambridge: International Biographical Centre.
HQ1123 .W65
Note: Latest edition is located
in Reference; earlier editions are located on the 4th floor South of the Richard
J. Daley Library.
Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics
Jeffrey D. Schults and Laura Van Assendelft,
Eds. Phoenix: Oryx Press.
HQ1236.5 .U6 E53 1999
Notable American Women, 1607-1950 (3
vols.)
Edward T. James, Ed. Cambridge: Belknap Press
of Harvard University Press.
CT3260 .N57
Notable American Women: The Modern Period
Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green, Eds.
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
CT3260 .N573
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia
(17 vols.)
Anne Commire, Ed. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications.
HQ1115 .W6 1999
Encyclopedia of Women
in American History (3 vols.)
Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference.
HQ1410. E53 2002
Encyclopedia of Women
in the Ancient World
Joyce E. Salisbury. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
HQ1127 .S25 2001
The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography
Jennifer Uglow, Ed. Boston: Northeastern University
Press.
CT3202 .N67 1999
Ahead of Their Time: A Biographical Dictionary
of Risk-Taking Women
Joyce Duncan. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
HQ1123 .D86 2002
A to Z of American
Women Leaders & Activists
Donna Langston. New York: Facts on File.
HQ1412 .L36 2002
Women Building Chicago
1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary
Rima Schultz & Adele Hast, Eds. Bloomington: Indiana University Press
HQ1439 .C47 W66 2001
Extraordinary Women
of the Medieval and Renaissance World: A Biographical Dictionary
Carole Levin et al. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press.
HQ1143 .E93 2000
Encyclopedia of Women
Social Reformers (2 vols.)
Helen Rappaport. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
HQ1236 .R29 2001
The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American
Politics
Mart Martin. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
HQ1236.5 .U6 M3778 1999
From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia
of American Women in Politics
Suzanne O'Dea Schenken. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
HQ1236.5 .U6 S32 1999
Statistical
Sources
Statistical Handbook on Women in America
Cynthia M. Taeuber, Ed. Phoenix: Oryx Press.
HQ1420 .T34 1996
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Washington: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau
of the Census.
HA202
Note: Latest edition is behind
the Reference Desk. Earlier editions are on the 3rd floor North of the Richard
J. Daley Library.
The American Woman, 1999-2000: A Century
of Change--What's Next?
Cynthia B. Costello et al., Eds. New York: Norton.
HQ1421 .A475 1998
Note: See section entitled "American
Women Today: A Statistical Portrait."
Directories
Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide
Jacqueline K. Barrett, Ed. Detroit: Gale Research.
HQ1883 .E53 1993
U.S. Women's Interest Groups: Institutional
Profiles
Sarah Slavin, Ed. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
HQ1904 .U2 1995
International Directory of Women's Political
Leadership
College Park, MD: Center for Political Leadership
and Participation.
HQ1236 I62 1995
Research
Guides
Women's Studies: A Guide to Information Sources
Sarah Carter and Maureen Ritchie. Jefferson,
NC: McFarland.
Z7961 .C37 1990
Reader's Guide to Women's Studies
Eleanor B. Amico, Ed. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn.
Z7961 .R43 1998
Finding
Books
To find books about women's studies, you must
use UICCAT,
the UIC libraries' online catalog.
Boolean (Keyword) Searching
A Boolean search is a great way to begin finding
books on a broad topic area. Simply typing in women as a Boolean search
in UICCAT,
however, will retrieve thousands of records. To focus your results, try doing
a search that combines several keywords of your topic. For example, if your
topic is "the representation of women in film" you might try different combinations
of the following keyword searches:
By using the exact subject heading, you can
focus your search so that you retrieve only books that fall within a particular
subject category. A good way to do this is by looking at the "LC Subjects"
area in the "Detailed Record" of some relevant books in UICCAT (once you've
done a preliminary keyword search). Alternately, you can consult the Library
of Conress Subject Headings (a red multi-volume set located at the Reference
Desk, 2nd floor of the Richard J. Daley Library), or ask a librarian.
Finding
Articles
Print Indexes
Women Studies Abstracts (1972-Current)
Z7962 .W65
Index Tables (2nd floor, Daley Library)
Online Indexes
These online indexes are accessible from the
Library's homepage.
a) Select "Electronic Resources--Alphabetical List" from the "QUICKLINKS/ShortCuts"
menu.
b) Click on "Go!"
c) Choose the database you wish to search from the "Alphabetical List of Electronic
Resources."
Contemporary Women's Issues
Feminae:
Medieval Women and Gender Index
Gender Watch
Because Women's Studies is an inter-disciplinary
subject area, there may be additional article databases that would be worth
searching. See the UIC Library's Subject
Guide to Selected Article Databases for a full listing of article databases within particular subject
areas. "Gender Studies" is included under the broader subject heading "Social
and Behavioral Sciences."
UIC does not own all of the periodicals listed
in the above indexes, so you must do a Start of Magazine/Journal Title search in UICCAT
for the title of the periodical.
World
Wide Web Resources
National Council
for Research on Women
National Women's
Studies Association
Research
Information Network for Women and Girls in Illinois
Women's Studies Database
Gender and Women's Studies Programs at UIC
Women
Writers Online
A print version of this online guide
is available at the Reference Desk, on the 2nd floor of the Richard J. Daley
Library.
