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Finding Books Reference books are good for getting background information on topics and for finding bibliographies -- lists of relevant books and articles. Looking through reference books may help you define your topic more clearly and help you focus in on what interests you about your topic the most.
LITERATURE AND FILM REFERENCE BOOKS
Gay & Lesbian Literature REF PN 56.H57.G36 1994
The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature REF PN 471.B57 1992
Women Filmmakers & Their Films REF PN 1998.2.W66 1998
Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English REF PR 111.C353 1999
Modern American Woman Writers REF PS 151.M54 1991
GENDER STUDIES REFERENCE BOOKS
The following are just a few of the reference titles available. Browse the call number range REF HQ 9-REF HQ 2000 for additional ones.
The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader REF HQ 76.25.L48 1993
Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies REF HQ 75.15.R42 1999
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender REF HQ 1115.E43 2001
Handbook of the Psychology of Women and Gender REF HQ 1206.H2385 2001
The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality REF HQ 21.I68 1997
Encyclopedia of Marriage and the Family REF HQ 9.E52 2003
Encyclopedia of Sex REF HQ 9.E54 2000
Women's Issues REF HQ 1115.W6425 1997
History of Women in the United States (20 volumes) REF HQ 1410.H57 1992
Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues REF HQ 1870.9.W6548 1998
Search for books in I-Share, the library's catalog.
When you request an item from another library, use the 14 digit barcode number
on your college ID.
Start your search by doing a keyword or subject search for your topic.
Some relevant subject headings are:
Searching for Articles in Indexes and Databases
Search in these databases for articles on your topic:
MLA
Bibliography for research in literature
JSTOR for scholarly articles across a range of disciplines
Project Muse for scholarly articles across a range of disciplines
Contemporary Women's Issues global information on sociology, psychology,
health, education and human rights. Contact Reference Desk at x5074 for
password.
America: History & Life for scholarly articles
Sociological Abstracts for scholarly articles across a range of disciplines
Academic Search Premier for good general research
If the citation to an article does not include a link to the article's full text, click on the "Find It--Check Lake Forest College" link to see what access we have to the article.
For additional databases and articles, go to the Library's list of Databases.
For passwords, call the reference desk at x5074.
Relevant Library Journals
See a list of relevant journals by looking at our
journal categories. Choose Arts and Humanities as a category and Human Rights, Women's Studies & Child Welfare
as a subcategory. Relevant Web Sites
Voices of the Shuttle This is without a doubt the best web page devoted to
gender and sexuality studies available. It is scholarly, frequently updated, and well-documented.
American
Studies Web the largest bibliography of web-based resources in the
field of American Studies
American Women from the Library of Congress
American Women's History: A Research Guide
Amnesty International USA--Women's Human Rights
Center for Reproductive Rights
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA)
CIA: The World Factbook
Equality Now
Gender Action's "mission is to promote women's rights and gender equality and ensure women and men equally participate in and benefit from Financial Institution (FI) investments in developing countries."
Human Rights Watch--Women's Rights Division
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
International Lesbian and Gay Association
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Other Women's Voices Translations of women's writings before 1700
Sixties Project Although much of this site is dedicated to scholarly research and primary source material on the Vietnam War, there is a great deal of information on the women's liberation movement here.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) focuses on four areas: (1) reducing feminized poverty, (2) ending violence against women, (3) reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls, and (4) achievinggender equality in democratic governance.
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Statistics Division
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 a good source for primary documents.
Women's Collections in Illinois special collections including ones on women missionaries, nurses, Anais Nin's papers, and Jane Addams.
Women's Studies Database link to site's Reading Room
Women's Studies Librarian useful links by subject
WomenWatch: Information and Resources on Gender Equality and Empowerment is a project of the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE).
The World Bank: Gender and Development
World Health Organization (WHO)