Women's Studies 

Recommended

Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes

• Alternative Press Index -  
• Black Thought and Culture -  
• GenderWatch -  
• Search 360 -  
• Women's Studies International -  
• Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 -  

Bibliographies

• History of American Women's Voluntary Organizations, 1810-1960: A Guide to Sources (Reference HQ1904 .B53 1989) -  
• United States Government Documents on Women, 1800-1990: A Comprehensive bibliography (Reference HQ1410.U49 H85 1993) -  
• Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 -  

Biographies

• North American Women's Letters and Diaries -  
• Oxford African American Studies Center -  
• Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period -  
• Women Building Chicago, 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary (Reference HQ1439.C47 W66 2001) -  

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of Russian Women's Movements (Reference HQ1665.15 .E5 2001) -  
• Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures (Reference HQ16 .E53 2004) -  
• Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender (Reference HQ1115 .E52 2001) -  
• Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics (Reference HQ1236.5.U6 E53 1999) -  
• Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia (Reference HQ75.5 .L4395 2000) -  
• Oxford African American Studies Center -  

Handbooks

• Women and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook (Reference HQ1236.5.U6 B8785 2004) -  
• Women in American Society -  

Primary Sources

• Black Thought and Culture -  
• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries -  
• Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources -  
• Historic Speeches and Rhetoric for Gay and Lesbian Rights, 1892-2000 (Reference HQ75.16.U6 S53 2004) -  
• Latino Literature -  
• North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories -  
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries -  
• Oxford African American Studies Center -  
• Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period -  
• Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 -  
• Women's Studies International -  
• Wright American Fiction 1851-1875 -  

Useful

Abstracts, Databases, & Indexes

• Academic Search Premier -  
• America: History and Life -  
• American Periodical Series Online, 1740-1900 -  
• EBSCOhost Databases -  
• Google Books -  
• Google Scholar -  
• INSPIRE Indiana Virtual Library -  
• North American Women's Drama -  
• Web of Science -  

Biographies

• Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 -  

Directories

• Associations Unlimited -  
• Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Psychology (Ready Reference BF30 .C25, [shelf 18]) -  

Encyclopedias

• Credo Reference -  
• Encyclopedia of American Social Movements (Reference HN57 .E594 2004) -  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library -  
• International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family -  
• Oxford Reference Online Premium -  

Facts & Statistics

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) -  
• Working Americans 1880-1999 (Reference HD8066 .D47 2000) -  

Helmke Library Guides

• Creating Effective Library Assignments -  
• FIND IT Tutorial -  
• Finding Articles Tutorial -  
• Helmke Library Tour -  
• Information Literacy Tool Kits -  
• Library of Congress Classification -  

Internet Search Engines

• Google -  

Library Catalogs

• IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog) -  
• IUCAT Library Help Topics -  
• IUCAT Library Locations -  
• IUCAT Request Delivery Fact Sheet -  
• IUCAT Shelving Locations -  
• Searching IUCAT Tutorial -  
• WorldCat -  

Primary Sources

• American Periodical Series Online, 1740-1900 -  
• eHRAF Archaeology -  
• eHRAF World Cultures -  
• Eighteenth Century Collections Online -  
• Family in Society -  
• Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources -  
• National Archives Archival Database (AAD) -  
• North American Women's Drama -  
• Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 -  

Quotations

• Oxford Dictionary of Quotations -  

Style, Publishing, & Writing Guides

• APA Style.org: Electronic References -  
• APA-Style Helper: Software for New Writers in the Behavioral Sciences -  
• ASA Style Guide (Service Desk HM586 .A54 2007, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Chicago Manual of Style (Service Desk Z253 .U69 2003, [shelf 1A]) -  
• Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing (Service Desk Z286 .E43 C65 2003, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Sourcebook for Educators, Students, and Librarians (Ready Reference Z692.C65 E44 2004, [shelf 18]) -  
• Form & Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses (Service Desk LB2369 .C3 2008, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty (Ready Reference LB2369 .M377, [shelf 18]) -  
• Guide to Writing Sociology Papers (Ready Reference HM585 .G78, [shelf 18]) -  
• Handbook of NonSexist Writing (Reference PN218 .M5 1988) -  
• IPFW Editorial Style Guide -  
• Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Service Desk LB2369 .T8 2007, [shelf 1a]) -  
• Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Service Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010) -  
• Sociology Student Writer's Manual (Ready Reference HM73 .S638 2006, [shelf 18]) -