Women's Studies Resources

This selection of specialized resources in Women's Studies is designed to help you navigate through the wealth of information in Fondren's collections. It is not a comprehensive list. More general resources which also include information on women have not been listed.

Indexes & Databases

online | print & CDROM

In addition to these specialized indexes, you may wish to search the significant indexes for more general subjects (such as history, literature, sociology, etc.). These can be found on our Journal Indexes & Databases page.

Online Indexes

Contemporary Women's Issues (via FirstSearch) | includes Full Text

Provides full text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, along with fact sheets are easily accessed through CWI. Information on women in over 150 countries is compiled in a single collection bringing together such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights.

LexisNexis Academic | includes Full Text | Source List

Includes government and legal information with access to government and political news, legal news, and state and federal statutes and case law. Also includes law reviews, state and country profiles and other news and reference resources.

Nineteenth Century Index - C19 | includes Full Text

C19 Index is the bibliographic spine of 19th century research, providing integrated access to the most important finding aids for books, periodicals, official publications, newspapers and archives. Users of C19 Index can query its 9 collections simultaneously, or can conduct more detailed research using collection specific search screens. The database includes the following indexes: ArchivesUSA, American Periodicals Series [journals on microfilm], House of Commons Parliamentary Papers [fulltext available], Nineteenth Century [books on microfilm], Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue, Palmer's Index to the Times, Periodicals Index Online, Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals. (1800-1899)

Web of Knowledge previously known as Web of Science | includes Full Text

The Web of Science is an integrated database of three citation indexes: Science Citation Index (SCI), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI). SCI and SSCI have searchable author abstracts and each database may be searched by a variety of other accesses including who the author cites. WOS permits searching one or more of the three databases. SCI on WOS coverage is from 1900 to date. SSCI indexes material from 1956 to date. AHCI indexes materials from 1975 to date. Includes ISIHighlyCited: a directory of over 250 eminent researchers in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences and social sciences. (minimum 1975- (see description))

Women's Studies International

Includes over 204,000 records drawn from a variety of essential women's studies databases, including Women Studies Abstracts (1984-), Women's Studies Database, New Books on Women & Feminism, WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint Resources in Women's Studies, Women, Race, & Ethnicity: A Bibliography, The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology: A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines, European Women from the Renaissance to Yesterday: A Bibliography and Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography of Social Science Research. (1972-)

Print & CDROM Indexes

Women Studies Abstracts

Holdings:  1972-

Call Number:  HQ1101 .W64  REFERENCE

(Other available formats:  online access from 1984 on available through Women's Studies International.)

Online Text Collections

African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century

When complete, this archive will contain the full text of the major African-American newspapers published in the United States during the 19th century. Coverage includes: The Colored American (Weekly Advocate), The North Star, The National Era, Provincial Freeman, Frederick Douglass Paper, and The Christian Recorder. (database description)

America's Historical Newspapers

Search or browse early American newspapers including titles from all 50 present states. Includes: Early American Newspapers, Series 1 (1690 - 1876), Early American Newspapers, Series 2 (1758 - 1900), Early American Newspapers, Series 3 (1829 - 1922), Early American Newspapers, Series 4 (1756 - 1922) and Early American Newspapers, Series 5 (1777 - 1922).

Digital Dissertations and Theses from ProQuest/UMI

A comprehensive source for doctoral dissertations from the United States and Canada. Includes citations for dissertations ranging from 1861 to those accepted last semester. A limited number of master's theses is also included. Titles represent authors from North America and Europe, with over a million titles in full text.

Early American Imprints: Series I, Evans (via publisher): 1639-1801 | Early American Imprints: Series I, Evans (via University of Michigan)

Based on the renowned American Bibliography by Charles Evans. The definitive resource for every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable. Upon completion, Evans Digital will consist of more than 36,000 works and 2,400,000 images.

Early American Imprints: Series II, Shaw-Shoemaker: 1801-1819

Covering every aspect of American life during the early decades of the United States, this rich primary source collection provides full-text access to the 36,000 American books, pamphlets and broadsides published in the first nineteen years of the nineteenth century.

Early English Books Online (page images only) | Early English Books (full text searchable)

Early English Books Online (EEBO) contains over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640), Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700), and the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661). The Early English Books Tract Supplements will also be added to EEBO soon. The works in this collection are presented as images, which may be viewed online, or downloaded in PDF format for viewing off-line. To view the images online, you will need the DjVu plugin. Downloaded files are in Adobe Acrobat format.

Gerritsen Collection -- Women's History Online

This collection, when complete in December 2002, will include more that 4,700 books, pamphlets and periodicals reflecting the revolution of a feminist consciousness and the movement for women's rights. Materials will span four centuries (1543-1945) and 15 languages.

Godey's Lady's Book: 1830-1885

Published from 1830-1880 in Philadelphia, Louis Antoine Godey's publication initially included extensive fashion descriptions and plates, biographical sketches and articles about a variety of subjects. Gradually the periodical matured into an important literary magazine and contained works by significant 19th century authors such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edgar Allen Poe, and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950

Release 1 (2001) includes the immediate experiences of 107 women, as revealed in more than 9,000 pages of diaries and letters. When complete, the collection will include more than 150,000 pages of primary materials spanning more than 300 years.

Sabin Americana

"Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere."

Women and social movements in the United States 1600-2000

"This Worldwide Web site is intended to serve as a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history ... The website provides learning modules in the form of mini-monographs, each of which is organized around a specific question about a single social movement. Each module contains fifteen to twenty documents that address the question"--"About" page.

Women Writers Online

A product of the Women Writers Project, this "textbase" includes the several hundred texts from women authors from 1400 through 1850. Introductions to the works, contextual and topical essays also are available.

Microform Sets

All microforms are located in Government Publications, in the basement of the Fondren Library.

American Civil Liberties Union Archives, 1950-1990

Call Number:  JC599 .U5 A45  microfiche

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Printed guide. Online guide at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR562&type=4&id=S3521P1P2

Anna E. Dickinson Papers

Call Number:  JK 1899.D53A3  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author,title, subjects

Guide:  A finding aid, available online from the Library of Congress web site, is also printed out and available with microform guides.

Anna Garlin Spencer Papers, 1851-1913

Call Number:  HQ 1410.S64A2  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author,title,subjects

Guide:  Online guide at http://www.gale.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=000&cf=n&titleCode=SR523&type=4&id=D3568

Archives of the National Council of Women's Papers

Call Number:  HQ1904 .A73  microfiche

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Printed guide

Aristocratic Women

Call Number:  HT 653.G7A75  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide includes introduction and brief biographies as well as reel guides.

Blackwell Family Papers

Call Number:  JK 1891.P36  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide available online at the Library of Congress website, also printed out and filed in Ref-Bk Gov-Micro.

Carrie Chapman Catt Papers

Call Number:  JK 1896.C38 1978  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author,title,subjects

Guide:  A finding aid, available on the Library of Congress web site, is printed out and available with the microforms guides.

Church Missionary Society Archive

Call Number:  BV 2500.C48A3  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title with general reel guide

Guide:  Guides for each section. Online information at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/church_missionary_society_archive_general/editorial%20introduction%20by%20rosemary%20keen.aspx

Sec.1 East Asia, Sec.2 Missions to Women, Sec. 3 Central Records, Sec. IV Africa, Sec. V The Americas, Sec. VI Asia

Colonial Discourses

Call Number:  DA 16.8.C65  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title with general reel guide in contents

Guide:  Series 1,pt.1 only; Online guide at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/colonial_discourses_series_one/index.aspx

Series One: Women, travel, and empire, 1660-1914. Part 1: Early travel accounts by women and women's experiences in India, Africa, Australasia, and Canada. Parts 2 & 3: Women and the Orient. Series Two: Imperial adventurers and explorers. Part 1: Papers of Sir Richard Burton. Series Three: Colonial Fiction, 1650-1914. Part 1: Fiction from India.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers

Call Number:  HQ 1413.S67A2  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  entries for both authors, title, subjects

Guide:  A comprehensive guide includes a reel index; Online information available at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR530&type=4&id=S3165

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Papers

Call Number:  HQ 1413.S67A3  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author, title,subjects

Guide:  A finding aid, available on the Library of Congress web site, is also printed out and shelved with microform guides.

Emily Newell Blair Papers

Call Number:  E 748.B623A25  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author;title,subject; good contents notes

Guide:  A printed guide contains biographical information and "roll [reel] contents" with descriptions of the original materials. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR525&type=4&id=D3501

European Women's Periodicals

Call Number:  HQ 1102.E97  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide includes an overview of the collection and reel contents: titles of journals and dates. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM291&type=4&id=V594

Unit 3: France. Unit 4: Germany

Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1977: papers, 1966-1978

Call Number:  E 185.97.H35A2  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide includes biographical notes & an index to correspondents. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR370&type=4&id=D3628

Gerritsen Collection of Women's History

Call Number:  HQ 1121.G43  microfiche

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Comprehensive 2-volume guide. Online information at http://www.proquest.com/products_umi/descriptions/Gerritsen-Collection-of-Women-100.shtml

Grassroots Women's Organizations. Minnesota…

Call Number:  JK 1911.M6G73 1999  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Printed Guide. Online information at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Aws/minne.asp

Grassroots Women's Organizations: Women's Suffrage in Wisconsin

Call Number:  JK 1911.W6G73 1989  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series entry and author & titles entries for Pt. 2

Guide:  Printed paper guides are available for each part with scope and notes as well as detailed reel listings.

Hannah Johnston Bailey Papers

Call Number:  HQ 1413.B35A2  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author, title subjects

Guide:  Printed guide. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR526&type=4&id=D3566

Herstory (includes supplementary sets)

Call Number:  HQ 1426.H47  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title only

Guide:  Index; Guide. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR527&type=4&id=D3280

History of Women (before 1920)

Call Number:  HQ 1121.H57  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series & individual titles

Guide:  comprehensive guide; Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/BrowseSeriesServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM6&edition=

Home Mission Monthly

Call Number:  BV 2766.P42  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  periodical title entry

Guide:  Indexes are on reels at the beginning of each volume. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR528&type=4&id=D3328

Isabella Beecher Hooker Project

Call Number:  HQ 1413.H65A3  microfiche

Library Catalog Access:  series entry with extensive notes

Guide:  Guide includes chronology, a biographical essay, and an index to the fiche.

Ladies of Llangollen

Call Number:  CT 3320.L33  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Detailed reel guide & notes

Legal Status of Women, 1800-1900

Call Number:  KF 478.L44  microfiche

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide includes author index and fiche listing. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=PSM335&type=4&id=NX71

Margaret Sanger Papers

Call Number:  HQ 764.S3A2  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author, title,subjects

Guide:  The printed guide gives a chronology of her life and the scope and organization of the collection with corresponding reel numbers. Online information at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Aws/MargaretSangerPapers.asp

Mary Church Terrell Papers

Call Number:  E 185.97 .T47A35  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author, title,subjects

Guide:  A guide to the reels is found at the beginning of reel 1.

Medieval and Early Modern Women

Call Number:  HQ 1143.M42  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide includes brief biographies and detailed reel contents.

National American Woman Suffrage Association: records, 1839-1961

Call Number:  JK 1881.N38  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Finding aid available at Library of Congress web site; also printed out and filed with microform guides.

National Citizen and Ballot Box

Call Number:  HQ 1101.N38  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  title with holdings

Guide:  No printed guide

National Woman's Party Papers, 1913- 1974, Pts. 1 & 2

Call Number:  JK 1811.N36  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title with descriptive contents notes

Guide:  Guide covers part 1 (179 reels), gives background material, reel contents, name index; Online information at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Aws/NationalWomansPartyPapers.asp

Publications of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association

Call Number:  JX 1883.O5  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  no series title but two entries for publications

Guide:  Guide not available; Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR534&type=4&id=D3502

Records of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, 1895-1992; part 1

Call Number:  HS 2259.N37R42 1992  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author and title entries

Guide:  Printed guide includes historical background, a scope and content note, detailed reel contents, chronology, and a subject index. Online information and guides at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Aaas/NatlAsnColouredWomen.asp

Records on the Women's Joint Congressional Committee

Call Number:  HQ 1236.5.U6  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Printed guide not available.

Research Collections in Women's Studies

Call Number:  varies  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series search brings up individual titles

Sex & Sexuality, 1640-1940: literary, medical and sociological perspectives

Call Number:  HQ19 .S49  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title with contents notes

Guide:  Guide to part 1; Online information and guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/search/search.aspx?mainsearch=SEX%20&%20SEXUALITY&kw=SEX+%26+SEXUALITY

Part 1: Sources from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London. Part 2: Romantic friendships & lesbian relationships in literature and history.

Sexuality, Sex Education, and Reproductive Rights (Women's Studies Manuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library Radcliffe College. Series 3)

Call Number:  HQ 766.W65  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title only with general contents

Guide:  Guide to part A

Southern Women and Their Families: Series A - H

Call Number:  HQ 1418.S68 (.S682-S685)  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title only

Guide:  Reel & subject indexes for series A-G ( series D has only pts. 2-4; G, pt. 1). Online information at http://www.lexisnexis.com/academic/2upa/Aws/SouthernWomen.asp

Susan B. Anthony Papers, 1864-1934

Call Number:  JK 1899.A6A3  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  author, title,&subject

Guide:  A finding aid available at the Library of Congress web site is also printed out and shelved with other microform guides.

Woman's Suffrage (Women's Studies Manuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library Radcliffe College. Series 1)

Call Number:  JK 1896.W66  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  1 of 3 under series:Women's Studies Manuscript Collection)

Guide:  Series 1 has 5 parts (A-E) with guides for each part.

Women Advising Women, Parts 1-6

Call Number:  PN 5124.W6E27  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series, individual titles & reel guides

Guide:  Notes and reel guides for parts 1-6. Online information and guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/search/search.aspx?mainsearch=WOMEN%20ADVISING%20WOMEN&kw=WOMEN+ADVISING+WOMEN%3a+Advice+Books%2c+Manuals

Women and Victorian Values, 1837-1910

Call Number:  HQ 1593.W558  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide includes index by title & reel guide. Online information and guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/search/search.aspx?mainsearch=women%20and%20victorian&kw=WOMEN+%26+VICTORIAN+VALUES%3a+Advice+Books%2c+Manuals

Women Composers Collection

Call Number:  M2.W66 1998  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title with detailed contents notes

Guide:  The printed guide is composed of a reel listing and an index by composer's name.

Women in National Politics (Women's Studies Munuscript Collections from the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College. Series 2)

Call Number:  HQ 1236.5 U6W65  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  part of larger series, but separate title entry

Guide:  Series 2 has 3 parts with printed guides for each.

Women, Emancipation and Literature: the papers of Harriet Martineau, 1802-1876, from Birmingham University Library

Call Number:  PR4984 .M5 Z94  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  title; no contents notes

Guide:  Guide. Online information and guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/collections_az/Women-EmanL/highlights.aspx

Women's Autobiographies from Cambridge University Library

Call Number:  HQ 1593.A3W65  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  A list of contents is at beginning of each reel and also in the online catalog record. No printed guide. Online guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/search/search.aspx?mainsearch=WOMEN'S%20AUTOBIOGRAPHIES&kw=WOMENS+AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

Women's Language and Experience, 1500-1940

Call Number:  HQ 1593.W58  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  Guide thru pt. 4. Online information and guides at http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/search/search.aspx?mainsearch=WOMEN'S%20LANGUAGE%20AND%20EXPERIENCE&kw=WOMENS+LANGUAGE+%26+EXPERIENCE%3a+Diaries

Women's Movement in Cuba, 1898-1958

Call Number:  HQ 1507.W65  microfilm

Library Catalog Access:  series title

Guide:  The printed guide includes author and subject indexes, detailed reel information. Online information at http://www.galegroup.com/servlet/ItemDetailServlet?region=9&imprint=745&titleCode=SR542&type=4&id=D3248

Reference Works

American Women Fiction Writers, 1900-1960. Harold Bloom. Chelsea House: 1997-1998.

Call Number:  PS374 .W6 A455   REFERENCE

American Women Writers: a critical reference guide from colonial times to the present. 2nd ed. St. James Press: 2000.

Call Number:  PS147 .A4   REFERENCE

Black Women in America: an historical encyclopedia. Darlene Clark Hine. Carlson: 1993.

Call Number:  E185.86 .B542   REFERENCE

International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages

IEMA Online is a supplement to Lexikon des Mittelalters online, providing original articles that cover the time period 300-1500 CE, in Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

Lexikon des Mittelalters online

The standard encyclopaedia for medieval studies. It deals with all branches of Medieval Studies and covers the period from 300 to 1500 AD/CE for the whole of Europe and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Users can perform automatic bibliographic searches in the International Medieval Bibliography Online.

Modern Women Writers. Lillian S. Robinson. Continuum: 1996.

Call Number:   PN471 .M62   REFERENCE

Statistical Handbook on Women in America. 2nd ed. Cynthia M. Taeuber. Oryx: 1996.

Call Number:  HQ1420 .T34   REFERENCE

Timetables of Women's History. Karen Greenspan. Simon & Schuster: 1994.

Call Number:  HQ1121 .G74   REFERENCE

Women in Context: two hundred years of British women autobiographers. Barbara Penny Kanner. G.K. Hall: 1997.

Call Number:  HQ1593 .A3 K36   REFERENCE

Women in World History: a biographical encyclopedia. Anne Commire, Deborah Klezmer. Yorkin Publications: 1999-.

Call Number:  HQ1115 .W6   REFERENCE

Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: an encyclopedia. Katharina M. Wilson, et al. Garland: 1997.

Call Number:  PN471 .W565   REFERENCE

Women's Studies Encyclopedia. Helen Tierney. Greenwood: 1999.

Call Number:  HQ1115 .W645   REFERENCE