Research Guides: Women's Studies: Overviews, Encyclopedias & More

A Gateway Resource to
U.S. Women's History and Culture

American Women: A Library of Congress Guide for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States
Call No. HQ1410 .A43x 2001
Location: 3rd Level
Online Portal
Book's contents reorganized for fluidity of the web.

Women's Almanacs

Women's Almanac 2000
Call No. HQ1406 .W43x 2000
Location: 3rd Level
The European Women's Almanac
Call No. HQ1587 .S6 1992
Location: 3rd Level

Women and History: Chronologies, etc.

Chronology of Women Worldwide: People Places and Events that Shaped Women's History by Lynne Brakeman
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1121 .C617 1997
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's History by Doris Weatherford
Call No. HQ1410 .W434 1997
Location: 3rd Level
Women's Firsts by Caroline Zilboorg
Call No. CT3203 .W66 1997
Location: 3rd Level
A Century of Women: The Most Influential Events in 20th Century Women's History by Deborah G. Felder
Call No. HQ1410 .F44 1999
Location: 3rd Level

Women and History: Encyclopedias, etc.

Encyclopedia of Women in the Ancient World by Joyce E. Salisbury
Call No. HQ1127 .S25 2001
Location: 3rd Level
Encyclopedia of Women in American History by Joyce Appleby, Eileen K. Cheng, & Joanne L. Goodwin
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1410 .E53 2002
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
American Women's History by Doris Weatherford
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .W4 1994
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Handbook of American Women's History, 2nd ed. by Michael Edmonds
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1410 .H36 2000
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America by Kathryn Cullen-DuPont
Call No. HQ1410 .C85 2000
Location: 3rd Level
Black Women in America by Darlene Clark Hine
Call No. E185.86 .B542 2005
Location: 3rd level
Also in our Reference Collection - 1st Level North (under same call number for in-library use only)
Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America by Darlene Clark Hine & Kathleen Thompson
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF E185.96 .F2 1997
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Encyclopedia of Women in the American West (eBook)
Also, In-Library Use Only at
Call No. REF HQ1438.W45 E53 2003
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
The ABC-CLIO Companion to Women's Progress in America by Elizabeth Frost-Knappman & Sarah Kurian
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1410 .F76 1994
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Historical Encyclopedia of American Women Entrepreneurs: 1776 to the Present by Jeannette M. Oppedisano
Call No. HF3023 .A2 O64 2000
Location: 3rd Level
Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States (eBook)
Also at Call No. LC1752 .H57 1998
Location: Storage
The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928 by Elizabeth Crawford
Call No. JN979 .C73x 1999
Location: 3rd Level
Women: A Modern Political Dictionary by Cheryl Law
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1236 .L39x 2000
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North

Women's Studies: Overviews

Women's Issues by Margaret McFadden
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .W6425 1997
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge by Cheris Kramarae & Dale Spender
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .R69 2000
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of
Women's Issues Worldwide by Lynn Walter
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .G74 2003
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Women's Studies Encyclopedia by Helen Tierney
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .W645 1999
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Historical Dictionary of Feminism by Janet K. Boles & Diane Long Hoeveler
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .B65 2004
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
The Dictionary of Feminist Theory, 2nd ed. by Maggie Humm
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .H86 1995
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North
The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and Postfeminism by Sarah Gamble
HQ1115 .R68 2000
Location: 3rd Level
The Nature of Woman:
An Encyclopedia and Guide to the Literature by Mary Anne Warren
Call No. HQ1115 .W37
Location: Storage
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender by Judith Worell
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1115 .E63x 2001
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North

Women and . . .
(Topic-Specific Approaches)

Link to Guide on Women in Business
Women and the Military: an encyclopedia by Victoria Sherrow
Call Number: U21.75 .S54 1996, Reference Collection - 1st Level North
ISBN: 087436812X
Publication Date: 1996
Encyclopedia of Women's Health Issues by Kathlyn Gay (ed)
Call Number: RA778 .G39 2002
Publication Date: 2001
The A-to-Z of Women's Sexuality by Ada P. Kahn; Linda H. Holt
Call Number: HQ30 .K34 1992
Publication Date: 1993
Encyclopedia of Title IX and Sports by Nicole Mitchell; Lisa A. Ennis
Call Number: GV709.18.U6 M58 2007, Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Publication Date: 2007
Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America by Carole A. Oglesby; Doreen L. Greenberg
Call Number: GV709 .E53 1998, ARC Storage
Publication Date: 1998
Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion by June Melby Benowitz
Call Number: BL2525 .B45 1998, Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Publication Date: 1998
Encyclopedia of Women's Travel and Exploration by Patricia D. Netzley
Call Number: G465 .N47 2001, Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Publication Date: 2001
International Encyclopedia of Women Composers by Aaron I. Cohen
Call Number: ML105 .C7 1987, Reference Collection - 1st Level North
Publication Date: 1987

Women's Associations

Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide by Jacqueline K. Barrett; Jane A. Malonis
Call Number: HQ1883 .E53 1993, ARC Storage
In-Library Use Only
Call No. REF HQ1883 .E53 1993
Location: Reference Collection - 1st Level North