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Walter E. Helmke Library IPFW

Research Tools


 

HIST T325 20th Century US Women's History 


To start with...

The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America (Reference HQ1410 .C85 1996)

Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers

Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics (Reference HQ1236.5.U6 E53 1999)

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender History in America, 3v, 2004

Historical Dictionary of Feminism (Reference HQ1115 .B65 2004)

Feminist Companion to Literature in English (Reference PR113 .F45 1990) This volume includes brief biographical sketches of women writers from the middle ages to the present.

Biography

Biography Resource Center

Notable American Women: 1607-1950

Notable American Women: Completing the Twentieth Century

Statistics and Surveys

American Women: Who They Are and How they Live (Reference HQ1421 .A486 1997)

Sourcebook on Violence Against Women (Reference HV6250.4.W65 S68 2001)

Statistical Handbook of Women in America (Reference HQ1420 .T34 1996)


Finding books...

Using IUCAT catalog, you can locate more books in Helmke Library in either print or electronic format. Search by your social movement or event. If the result list is too large, add a keyword such as United States or a key historical figure.

Example:
keywords anywhere: ecofeminism and United States


Finding articles...

Academic Search Premier

  • Millions of articles in more than 8,000 journals, with nearly 4,000 titles available full text
  • Excellent for finding current articles in journals and magazines

America: History and Life

  • Provides citations and abstracts from over 1,800 journals covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present
  • Includes indexing of books, book reviews, and dissertations
  • Covers 1954 to present

MLA International Bibliography

  • Provides citations to research in literature, literary criticism, linguistics, modern languages, drama, folklore, film and video, and other communicative behavior.
  • International coverage of 4,000 journals as well as books, book chapters, proceedings, and dissertations

Women's Studies International

  • Provides the latest scholarship in feminist research
  • Indexes more than 2,000 journals plus books in a wide range of fields
  • Majority of coverage from 1972 to the present

Primary Sources

Contemporaneous Accounts

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (Reference AI3 .R48)

Historical New York Times


Diaries, Letters, Memoirs, Papers

The Columbia Documentary History of American Women since 1941 (Reference HQ1420 .C65 2003)

Gender Issues and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources

North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories

  • colonial times to 1950

North American Women's Letters and Diaries

  • colonial times to 1950

Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000


And Finally, Ask a Librarian

Librarians and skilled information assistants are always available to assist you. Visit the Service Desk to meet an information assistant who will help you get started. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.


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Summer Tritt M.L.S.


Reference & Information Services Librarian; Liaison to History, Political Science; Government Documents Coordinator
Helmke Library, LB 158

Created by: L. Agne
Date created: 2008-08-22

 
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tritts@ipfw.edu


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