Scrawled Shortcuts through the Research Maze

“Merely the private lives of one-half of humanity”

GenderWatch

See what’s been written in the gender press on topics from size acceptance and ecofeminism to pitocin and father’s rights. Full text articles, some back to 1970.
On the Research Resources page: http://depts.drew.edu/lib/eresources/

Women’s Studies International

Search for modern and historical journal articles, dissertations and other publications relating to women’s studies.
On the Research Resources page: http://depts.drew.edu/lib/eresources/

Women in the Middle Ages: An Encyclopedia

There’s more to medieval women than demure damsels and modest nuns. Read about female singers, influential abbesses, guildswomen and fierce queens.
REF 305.403 W8723w

Encyclopedia of Women in American History

Slave marriage, Choctaw household economy, Methodism, Mrs. Deborah Franklin, editor Anne Royall, solider Nancy Hart--- all just in volume 1. Each volume (1585-1820, 1820-1900, 1900-2002) also includes overview essays and primary documents, like the trial of Massachusetts radical Anne Hutchinson.
REF 305.4097303 E56e

Girlhood in America: An Encyclopedia

History begins in childhood. Want to know about Jewish education of girls? Juvenile Delinquents? The YWCA? Body Image? Slumber parties? Check here:
REF 305.230973 G5252g

Women Writers Online

Full text of writings by pre-Victorian women.
On the Research Resources page: http://depts.drew.edu/lib/eresources/

The Women’s Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism

Check out volume 2 for ‘primary documents’ defining and talking about modern/third-wave feminism and its concerns.
REF 305.4203 W872w

Warning: Browsing Library resources can be liberating!