UCSB Library Resources

Information Resources for Area, Ethnic & Gender Studies, UCSB Library

A guide to Internet and UCSB Library collection resources in area, ethnic & gender studies.

Women's Studies Research Guide

The women's studies research guide provides starting points for research in Women's Studies at the UCSB Library.  The guide lists relevant periodical databases for locating articles, and reference books for concise easily accessible inforamtion on a range of topics related to women, feminism and gender.

Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Studies Research Guide

A guide to Internet and UCSB library resources in the area of gay, lesbian, bisexual studies.

UCSB E-Journal Subscriptions

An alpahbetical and subject listing of electronic journals that the UCSB library subscribes to.

Gateways/Megasites to Women's, Feminist and Gender Resources

Femina: Sites for By and About Women

See the Society and Culture: Feminist Resources page for feminist issues.

University of Wisconsin Women's Studies Librarian

Voice of the Shuttle: Women's Studies, Gender Theory, & Queer Theory

Women's Studies: Women's Issues Resource Site

Joan Korenman's highly respected and notorius page, hosted by University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Women's Studies Resources

A searcable database for people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues

Reference and Archival Resources (not at UCSB)

African-American Women

On-line Archival Collections, Special Collections Library, Duke University

Bibliography of Works by & about Women Writers of the Middle Ages

Bibliography on Women in Byzantium

Civil War Women

On-line Archival Collections,Special Collections Library, Duke University; Rose O'Neal Greenshaw and Sarah E. Thompson papers, and Alice Williamson diary

Core Lists in Women's Studies

Assoc. of College & Research Libraries/Women's Studies Section

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement

On-line Archival Collection, Special Collections Library, Duke University; subject coverage includes general, medical and reproductive rights, organizations and activism, sexuality and lesbian feminism, women of color, and women's work and roles

Guide to the Ana Castillo Papers

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Department of Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara

Guide to the Yolanda M. Lopez Papers

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Department of Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara

A Guide to Uncovering Women's History in Archival Collections

A guide to WWW pages of archives, libraries and other repositories that have primary source materials by or about women; maintained by the University of Texas, San Antonio Special Collections and Archives Department; geographic index

International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement

Making of America

A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction.

Medieval Feminist Index

Redstockings Women's Liberation Studies Archives For Action Catalog

Pamphlets, broadsides, journals, and audiotapes from and about the freedom organizing of the 1960s...to today

Socioeconomic Role of Nicaraguan Women, 1977-78

Data files of 4,104 interviews of women between the ages of 15 and 45 living in Nicaragua

Sophia Smith Collection

Women's history manuscripts at Smith College

Suffragists Collection

UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley and Selected Sets of Other UC and Stanford Libraries Microform Sets in Women's Studies

Viva - A bibliography of women's history in historical and women's studies journals

Votes for Women

Selections from the National American Women Suffrage Association Collection 1848-1921, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress

By Popular Demand: "Votes For Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920

Pictorial Partner for the text documents in Votes for Women

Sources for Women's Studies in the Methodist Archives

University Library of Manchester

Women's Archives - Special Collections Library, Duke University

Women's Studies

A New York Public Library Humanities and Social Sciences Division research guide

Women's Studies Librarian's Office

Publications, including Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Womken's Studies Resources, and links to other women's studies resources sites.

WSSLINKS: Archival Sites for Women's Studies

An annotated and geographically arranged list of archival sites compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries

Women of Color

Academica: Resources in Chicana and Chicano Resources

Statistical Resources, Chicana feminism, bibliographies and collections

African-American Women

On-line Archival Collections, Special Collections Library, Duke University

Border Crossings

An experiment in hypertextual relationships by Karla Tonella of the University of Iowa that explores the common ground between Cyorgs, Gender, LesBiGay, Dispora, La Frontera, Border Incidents and Other Borders.

Chicana/Latina Studies

Scholarly articles, books, bibliographies and syllabi

Chicana Research Centers and Organizations

Documents From the Women's Liberation Movement: Women of Color

On-line Archival Collections, Special Collections Library, Duke University

Guide to the Ana Castillo Papers

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Department of Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara

Guide to the Yolanda M. Lopez Papers

California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives Department of Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara

Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context

National Black Women's Health Project

National Latina Health Organization

Re/productions

An on-line journal dedicated to disseminating work by scholars, activists, and organizations exploring discourses of reproductive health and rights in South Asia.

Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color

Womanist Theory and Research

A journal of Black feminst writings from across the disciplines. Published by the Womanist Studies Consortium at The University of Georgia.

Women of Color Email Lists

Women of Color Health Data Book

Health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources.

Women of Color Partnership

Dedicated to ensuring the participation of women of color in the pro-choice movement

Women of Color Web

Scholarly writings and resources by and about women of color in the U.S., with an emphasis on feminisms, sexualities and reproductive and health rights. Maintained by the Harvard School of Public Health

WON: Women on the Net

African American feminist information and resources on a range of topical issues

Labor Studies / Women and Work

AFL-CIO Working Woman

The American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations is the voluntary federation of America's unions, representing more than 13 million working women and men nationwide.

American Assocaition of University Women

A national organization that promotes education and equity for all women and girls.

Center For Reproduction Law and Policy

A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting womens equality worldwide by guaranteeing reproductive rights as human rights.

Coalition of Labor Union Women

Addresses the critical needs of millions of unorganized women and to make unions more responsive to the needs of all women, especially the needs of minority women who have traditionally been singled out for particularly blatant oppression

Institute of Women's Policy Research

IWPR focuses on issues of poverty and welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, the economic and social aspects of health care and domestic violence, and women's civic and political participation.

Interantional Center For Research on Women

A nonprofit whose mission is To improve the lives of women in poverty, advance women's equality and human rights, and contribute to the broader economic and social well-being.

Labor Project For Working Families

A non-profit that advocates for family friendly policies in the workplace

National Comittee on Pay Equity

The national coalition of over 80 organizations, including labor unions, womens and civil rights organizations, religious, professional, education and legal associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individual women and men working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to achieve pay equity.

National Partnerships For Women and Families

A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.

National Women's law Center

Protects and advances the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.

United States Department of Labor Women's Bureau

Serves and promotes the interests of working women. The mandate states It shall be the duty of said bureau to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.

E-Journals, Magazines, Newsletters, etc.

Advancing Women in Leadership

E-journals - UCSB subsciptions

E-journals on the Web - not liscenced by UCSB

Feminista: The Online Journal of Feminist Construction

Gender Policy Review

Covers current laws and policies that affect gender power relations, as well as the position of women in their societies and globally

Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review

Intersections: Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context

Manushi: A Journal About Women and Society -India

Moondance: Celebrating Creative Women

n.paradoxa - An art journal

Re/productions

Voices of Women

WIN (Women's International Net)

Women in Computing

Women in Judaism: a Multidisciplinary Journal:

Womanist Theory and Research

Women's E-News - "What news looks like when women matter"; public policy stories that concern women and impact their lives

Government Resources

Trends in Marital Status of US Women at First Birth: 1930-1994

U.N.Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS (RBEC):

Regional Programme in Support of Gender in Development in Central Asia, Caucasus and Turkey

United States. Department of Labor. Women's Bureau

Women's Studies

Searchable Database on Women's Studies Programs

University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign

Women's Studies Programs, Departments and Research Centers

Links to more than 450 women's studies programs, departments, and research centers around the world.

Women's Studies Resources

University of Iowa

Women's Studies Resources

A searcable database for people interested in the women's studies profession and in general women's issues

Global Feminism

Aviva - London

Bat Shalom of the Jersusalem Link - Israel

Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls - A Unicef Innocenti Digest

The Fourth World Conference on Women - Current coverage

Global Fund for Women

Makes grants to seed, support and strengthen women's rights groups around the world

International Women's Democracy Center

Journal of South Asia Women Studies

Manushi: A Journal About Women and Society - India

Sisterhood is Global

Manavi: An Organization for South Asian Women

Mujeres en Red - En Espanol

Russian Feminism Resources

The United Nations Division on the Advancement of Women

Virtual Sisterhood

A global women's electronic support network that promotes the use of electronic communications within the global women's movement

Womankind Worldwide

WomenWatch

United Nations Internet gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women

Women's Human Rights Resources

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Health, Medicine and Science

The ADA Project - Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science

American Cancer Society Breast Cancer Information Center

Bibliography of Gender and Science References

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Projects for Multicultural and Interdisciplinary Study and Education (PROMISE)

Cancer News - Breast Cancer

Global Reproductive Health Forum

Scholarly resources and discuassion forum to encourage the proliferation of critical, democratic discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender; bilingual (English-Spanish); Harvard School of Public Health

The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology

A Bibliographic Guide to the professions and the Disciplines

JAMA Women's Health Information Center

National Black Women's Health Project

National Breast Cancer Coalition

National Latina Health Organization

National Women's Health Information Center

Health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources.

Women & Minorities in Science & Engineering (NSF)

Women of Color Health Data Book

Health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources.

Women of Color Partnership

Dedicated to ensuring the participation of women of color in the pro-choice movement

Lesbian Studies

Border Crossings

An experiment in hypertextual relationships by Karla Tonella of the University of Iowa that explores the common ground between Cyorgs, Gender, LesBiGay, Dispora, La Frontera, Border Incidents and Other Borders.

Gay and Lesbian Politics:

WWW and Internet Resources

Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review

June L. Mazer Lesbian Collection

The Lesbian History Project

Links to lesbian history.

National and International Gay and Lesbian Organizations and Publications

UCSB Information Resources for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Studies

History

4000 Years of Women in Science

American Women's History

Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women & Gender in the Ancient World

Distinguished Women of the Past and Present

Internet Women's History Sourcebook

Gifts of Speech:

Women's Speeches from Around the World

The Medieval Feminist Index: Scholarship on Women, Sexuality, and Gender

Indexes various disciplines and geographic coverage includes Europe, the Middle East and North Africa

National Museum of Women's History

National Women's History Project

Information on organizations, women's history month, links to websites, and ideas to teach, promote and share women's history

Notable Women Ancestors

What did you do in the War Grandma?

Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship

Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930

Women in American History

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Available to UCSB users only (ucsb.edu domain).

Women Nobel Prize Laureates

Nobel Prize Internet Archive

Women Veterans

Arts & Literature

Border Crossings

An experiment in hypertextual relationships by Karla Tonella of the University of Iowa that explores the common ground between Cyorgs, Gender, LesBiGay, Dispora, La Frontera, Border Incidents and Other Borders.

British Women Romantic Poets

Electronic texts by British and Irish Women during the Romantic Period

The Brontë Sisters

A Celebration of Women Writers

Datenbank ARIADNE

Digital Schomburg: African American Women Writers of the 19th Century - Electronic texts

The Emma Goldman Papers

Emory Women Writers Resource Project

Electronic texts written in English from the 17th through 19th century

Feminist Majority Foundation Presenting Feminist Arts, Literature and Entertainment

Feminist Media

Links to Internet resources; hosted by the University of Iowa, Department of Communications Studies.

Gender & Race in Media: Cyberspace

Links to Internet resources; hosted by the University of Iowa, Department of Communications Studies.

gender inn

A searchable database providing access to over 7000 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature.

Gender Issues in Film

A bibliography

Victorian Women Writers Project - Electronic texts

Voices from the Gaps: Women Writers of Color

Biographical, critical and bibliographical information

Sports

Feminist Majority Foundation's Women and Girls in Sports

Gender Equity in Sports

Women in Sports

Women's Sports Page

Women's Groups & Organizations

Action Without Borders

American Association of University Women

Chicana Research Centers and Organizations

The Electra Pages

Feminist Majority Foundation Online

Feminist Activists on the Net

Global Fund for Women

Makes grants to seed, support and strengthen women's rights groups around the world

International Center for Research on Women

International Women's Tribune Center (IWTC)

A major information, education, communication, networking, technical assistance and training resource for women worldwide

National Latina Health Organization

National Organization for Women

National Women's History Project

National Women's Studies Association

Sunshine for Women

Virtual Sisterhood

A global women's electronic support network that promotes the use of electronic communications within the global women's movement

Women in Technology International

Women Leaders Online

Women's Liberation Research Network

Students, teachers, activists, librarians, and archivists who have an interest in some aspect of the U.S. women's liberation movement

Women of Color Partnership

Dedicated to ensuring the participation of women of color in the pro-choice movement

Women's Net

Publishers and Booksellers

CALYX Books

Provides works by women of literary merit, artistic beauty, and feminist integrity. *

Feminist Bookstores Index

Feminist.com Bookstore

Feminist books, videos and CD-ROMS, in association with Amazon.com; an index to feminist bookstores around the world.

Feminist Press

A non-profit literary and educational press out of the City University of New York, publishing fiction, non-fiction, educational resources, and the journal Women's Studies Quarterly.

Firebrand Books

An award-winning (12 Lambda literary Awards, and 4 ALA Gay and Lesbian Book Awards)feminist and lesbian publishing house.

Kelsey St. Press

National Women's History Project Catalog

Books, posters, CD-ROMS, videos and other wonderful resources for all ages and interests

Publishing works by women since 1974 with an emphasis on experimental writing. *

New Moon Publishing

The magazine for girls and their dreams. *

New Victoria Publishers

Publishes lesbian feminist fiction and non-fiction. *

Press Gang Publishers

Features fiction, poetry, and non-fiction by feminist and lesbian writers from diverse class, racial, and cultural backgrounds. *

Publishers on the Internet

Sisterhood Bookstore - Los Angeles

Sisterspirit Bookstore - San Jose

Spinifex Press

This Australian publisher produces innovative and controversial titles with a radical and optimistic feminist perspective. *

Women, Ink.

Books on women and development worldwide; a project of the International Women's Tribune

Women's Bookshelf

* abstracts are taken from the Women's Presses Library Project 1997 Subject Catalog

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