WS 200: Women in Western Culture
For further assistance, contact Mary Feeney.
The best sources for biographical and critical information about women from the earliest times to the present is a 17 volume biographical encylopedia in the Reference Room on the Main floor (2nd floor) of the Main Library.
Women in World History: a biographical encyclopedia. HQ1115 W6 1999 Main Ref
Use this source either by looking up your women of choice alphabetically, or consult the indexes in the last volume. This lists important women by century, by country of origin (Biblical World is listed as a country) and by occupation and experience.Women's Studies Encyclopedia
An online encyclopedia with good background information. Consult the list of sources at the end of the article for books and articles that contain more information.Wilson Biographies Plus
Excellent source to biogrpahical information for people from all historical periods, but especially good for modern times.Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
Mostly full text · News from newspapers and magazines, business, law, health, biography · Newspapers and news magazines.America's Newspapers
Full text - Newspapers from all parts of the U.S.
The following links will connect to sources for information about women from Classical times to the present. Read the descriptive information to determine which links to use.
Free Websites developed by scholars
WSSLinks
A page of links to scholarly fee websites about women in history, from ancient times to the present.Links to Databases the library subscribes to for scholarly articles
Atla Religion Database
An index to journal articles and book chapters related to religion and related disciplines. Some articles are available in full-text. Printing does not seem to work well from off campus.Historical Abstracts
Indexing of articles in world history (except for the U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Some links to full text.American History & Life
Indexing of articles about all of U.S. and Canadian history from the time of colonization to the present. Some links to full text.Gender Studies Database
The most comprehensive index to women's studies materials. Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters and more. Links to some full text. A more direct link can be used by clicking on Women's Studies International below.Women's Studies International
The most comprehensive index to women's studies materials. Indexes journal articles, books, book chapters and more. Links to some full text.GenderWatch
Includes full text of articles from both popular and scholarly sources.Humanities Abstracts
Index to scholarly article dealing with all areas of the humanities - literature, music, art, dance, philosophy and history.International Medieval Bibliogrpahy
An index to information about articles in scholarly journals and book chapters relating to the Middle Ages.ITER [TIPS]
Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700). Index to articles, books, and book chapters published since 1990.L'Annee philologique
A source for information about where you can find articles in scholarly sources for Ancinet Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Mediterranean world. This is not a full text source, but one that tells you where an article has been published.Literature Resource Center
An excellent full text source to both biograhical and critical information about modern literary authors.Academic Search Complete
Index to both popular and scholarly articles in all subject areas. Includes full text for most recent years. Limit search to "Peer Reviewed" publications to find articles in just scholarly journals.General Onefile
Similar to Academic Search Complete, index and full text of popular and scholarly articles. Limit search "to refereed publications" to find articles in just scholarly journals.