Basic Resources

PILOT
North Hall Library's Online Catalog
NetLibrary
eBooks
Databases
North Hall Library's collection of online databases
Journals List
All the journal titles at North Hall Library
Interlibrary Loan
For access to materials not owned by North Hall Library
Citation Style Guides
How to cite in APA, MLA, and Chicago/Turabian, plus citation managers Noodle Tools and RefWorks
WebFeat
Search lots of different databases at once. A good way to find out which database(s) contain(s) the most information on your topic.

Reference Resources

Biography Research Guide (Women)
Some general women's biography sources from the Library's Biography Research Guide.
Biography Resource Center
Biographical information about notable people
The Craft of Research
Book Stacks
Q180.55.M4 B66 2003
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
Book Stacks
PN471 .W455 2004
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender
Reference Stacks
HQ1115 .E52 2001
Literature Resource Center
A complete literature reference database for information on literary figures from all time periods writing in such genres as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, journalism, and more.
The Oxford Guide to Library Research
Book Stacks
Z710 .M23 2005
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women
Reference Stacks
HQ1115 .R69 2000
Women's Studies Encyclopedia
Reference Stacks
HQ1115 .W645 1999

Looking for Articles?

Academic OneFile
General database covering a wide variety of subjects
Academic Search Complete
General database covering a wide variety of subjects
JSTOR
Full text digital archive featuring many important Humanities journals
Project Muse
Up-to-date full text of a number of important Humanities journals

Welcome!

Welcome to the Women's Studies Research Guide!

Here you can find resources to help you learn about women's history, think about gender, write a research paper, and navigate around the library.

Have questions? Just ask one of your friendly reference librarians!

Phone: (570) 662-4671

Email: libref@mansfield.edu

AIM: NorthHallLibrary

FAQ: http://lib.mansfield.edu/howdoi.cfm

MU Women's Studies web page: http://mansfield.edu/womens-studies/

Internet Resources

American Women's History: A Research Guide
Provides citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources.
Early Modern Women Database
Provides links to Web resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. It focuses on the period from ca. 1500 to ca. 1800 and includes links to Web sites about the Medieval period and 19th Century as well.
Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer Culture
A free online encyclopedia devoted to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (glbtq) education and culture.
Feminist.com
A comprehensive site with news, articles, speeches, classifieds, and numerous additional resources.
The National Organization for Women
NOW is the largest, most comprehensive feminist advocacy group in the United States.
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies
From the University of California at Santa Barbara, a broad-based site with links to resources in Women's Studies & Feminist Theory; Gay, Lesbian and Queer Studies; Men's Movements; and Cybergender and Techgender.
WESSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Websites
From the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a list of sites by topic. Comprehensive, well-organized, and well-maintained.
Women's Studies in Digital Archives
The purpose of Women’s Studies in Digital Archives is to provide access to primary source materials for women's studies within digital archives. Although not comprehensive, it is a starting point for discovering some of the wonderful resources for women's studies that have only recently become widely available with the practice of digitizing select primary source materials from special collections.
Women's Studies Online Resources
This site by Joan Korenman at the University of Maryland-Baltimore is valuable for its careful organization and selection, and regular updating.

Google Scholar

Did you know that when you're on campus Google Scholar will tell you whether Mansfield has access to an article you've found? Try it! And don't forget about the Advanced Scholar Search!