Guides: Women's Studies: Getting to Know Women's Studies

About GSFS Reference Sources

These online collections will give you access, in all subject areas, to general and specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, companions and atlases, in addition to other reference works.

Online Reference Collections

Oxford Reference
Contains many specialized encyclopedia, dictionnaires and handbooks.
Gale Ebooks
Contains many specialized encyclopedia, dictionnaires and handbooks.
Blackwell Reference Online (Wiley Online Library)
Contains many specialized encyclopedia, dictionnaires and handbooks.

Selected Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society, 2009
Covers the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies. Offers a cross-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world.
The Oxford encyclopedia of women in world history
Over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies.
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
Comprehensive guide to women activists from every part of the world, illuminating the broad range of women's struggles to reform society from the 18th century to the present.

Selected Handbooks and Companions

A Companion to Gender Studies
Presents a unified and comprehensive vision of its field, and its new directions. It demonstrates in action the rich interplay between gender and other markers of social position and (dis)privilege, such as race, class, ethnicity, and nationality.

Selection of Biography Resources

Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women
Clear and concise biographies, on figures such as Marie Curie, Yingchao Deng, Diana, Princess of Wales, Nell Gwyn, Pope Joan, Sappho, Mary Shelley, and Mai Zetterling.
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
The first comprehensive guide to women activists from every part of the world, illuminating the broad range of women's struggles to reform society from the 18th century to the present.
The Palgrave Macmillan dictionary of women’s biography

Who's who of Canadian women by Toronto : Trans-Canada Press, ©1983-
Call Number: HQ1123 W48 - Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Notable American Women, 1607-1950 by Edward T. James (Editor); Janet W. James (Editor); Paul Boyer (Editor)
Call Number: CT3260 N57 - Humanities and Social Sciences Library
ISBN: 9780674627345
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The international who's who of women by London : Europa Publications Ltd.
Call Number: CT3235 I58 - Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Women's Studies Encyclopedia by Helen Tierney (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313296208
Tierney's highly acclaimed Women's Studies Encyclopedia has become the standard in the field, but research on women has proceeded rapidly since its publication. Feminist thought has grown and branched out, and women's conditions have changed markedly in some areas. This revised and expanded edition will meet the continuing need for a multidisciplinary reference tool on all facets of the female condition. With close to 400 contributors, it expands coverage of such areas as violence against women, women in public life, and women in specific countries and regions. Many of the articles are new or completely rewritten, while others have been updated or expanded. The encyclopedia contains information about women from all fields and disciplines of study, written in non-specialist language accessible to all readers. It will continue to be a useful resource for students and scholars doing research outside their fields, and the interested layperson.

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