WOMEN'S STUDIES RESEARCH GUIDE: BOOKS

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SOURCES OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

General Bibliographies

• Reader's guide to women's studies Reference HQ1180 .R4 1998
• Women : a bibliography of bibliographies Reference Z7961 .B32 1986
• Women's studies : a recommended core bibliography Reference Z7961 .S75
• Women's studies : a recommended core bibliography, 1980-1985 Reference Z7963.F44 L63 1987
• Women's studies : a guide to information sources Reference Z7961 .C37 1990

Special-Topic Bibliographies

• American women's magazines : an annotated historical guide Reference Z6944.W6 H85 1989
• Antifeminism in American thought : an annotated bibliography Reference Z7964.U49 K56 1986
• Feminism and postmodern theory : a bibliography Reference HQ1190 N65 1996
• Feminism and women's issues : an annotated bibliography and research guide, 2 vols. Reference Z7961 .W37 1990
• Feminists, pornography & the law : an annotated bibliography of conflict, 1970-1986 Reference Z7164.P84 S45 1987
• Feminist research methods : an annotated bibliography Reference Z7963.F44 M54 1991
• Goddesses & wise women : the literature of feminist spirituality, 1980-1992 : an annotated bibliography Reference Z7963.R45 C37 1992
• Mothers and mothering : an annotated feminist bibliography Reference Z7963.M67 D59 1991
• Women artists : an historical, contemporary, and feminist bibliography Reference N8354 .P4 1994
• Women's legal rights in the United States : a selective bibliography Reference KF477.A1 A75 1985
• The women's movement : references and resources Reference HQ1236.5 .U6 1996
• Women in the Third World : a historical bibliography Reference Z7964.D44 B96 1986

Handbooks and Guides

• The book of women's firsts : break-through achievements of almost 1,000 American women Reference CT3260 .R428 1992
• Handbook of American women's history Reference HQ1410 .H36 1990
• Introduction to library research in women's studies Reference Z7961 .S42 1985
• The reader's companion to U.S. women's history Reference HQ1410 .R43 1998
• Resourceful woman Reference HQ1115 .B83 1994
• Where women stand : an international report on the status of women in over 140 countries, 1997-1998 Reference HQ1154 .N39 1997

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

• The ABC-CLIO companion to women's progress in America Reference HQ1410 .F76 1994
• An Encyclopedia of continental women writers, 2 vols. Reference PN481 .E5 1991
• Encyclopedia of feminism Reference HQ1115 .T87 1986
• Encyclopedia of women and sports Reference GV709 .S44 1996
• Encyclopedia of women's associations worldwide : a guide to over 3,400 national and multinational nonprofit women's and women-related organizations Reference HQ1883 .E53 1993
• The encyclopedia of women's history in America Reference HQ1410 .C85 1996
• A feminist dictionary Reference HQ1115 .K73 1985
• The New quotable woman Reference PN6081.5 .N49 1992
• Women's issues, 3 vols. Reference HQ1115 .W6425 1997
• Women's studies encyclopedia, 3 vols. Reference HQ1115 .W645 1989

Biographical Sources

• American women writers : a critical reference guide from colonial times to the present, 5 vols. Reference PS147 .A4
• The Continuum dictionary of women's biography Reference CT3202 .C66 1989
• The international who's who of women Reference CT3202 .I58 1997
• Lesser-known women : a biographical dictionary Reference CT3203 .G57 1992
• The Norton book of women's lives Stacks / Upper Level CT3235 .R67 1993
• Notable women in the physical sciences : a biographical dictionary Reference Q141 .N734 1997
• Women of achievement : thirty-five centuries of history Reference HQ1123 .R38 1981

Reviews

• Choice reviews in women's studies, 1990-96 Reference HQ1180 .C56 1996

Statistics

• Statistical handbook on women in America Reference HQ1420 .T34 1996
• Statistical record of women worldwide Reference HQ1150 .S73 1995
• The women's atlas of the United States Reference G1201.E1 G5 1995
• The World's women, 1970-1990 : trends and statistics Reference HQ1154 .W675 1991
• The World's women, 1995 : trends and statistics Reference HQ1154 .W675 1995

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