Psy 228: Women in America

  January 2004

Library Resources
Internet Resources
Using the Internet for Research
Citing Resources in APA Format


Library Resources

PsycINFO
The primary index (no full text) for psychological topics, produced by the American Psychological Association. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select PsycINFO from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
Proquest Psychology Journals
A source for full-text journal articles from nearly 300 psychology journals. Full page images include tables and graphs. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select ProQuest Psychology Journals from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
PsycARTICLES
Full text articles from APA journals dating back to 1996, covers hundreds of scientific, technical, and medical journals. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select PsycARTICLES from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
ScienceDirect
Provides indexing to its entire library. In addition, there is access to full-text articles in approximately 100 psychology journals from 1999 to the present. To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases and select Science Direct from the list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.
Free registration is required for accessing articles in full-text.
American National Biography
This database offers portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life -- whose lives have shaped the United States. Each entry includes a bibliography.

 

Internet Resources on Women's Studies by Topic

Historical Perspectives
American Women's History: A Research Guide
http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-index.html

Civil War Women
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cwdocs.html

Early Illinois Women
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/IllinoisAlive/ilwomen.cfm

Equity Resource Center
http://www.edc.org/WomensEquity/

The National Women's Hall of Fame
http://www.greatwomen.org/

The National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org/

Susan B. Anthony House (see links)
http://www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/

Upstate New York and the Women's Rights Movement
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/rbk/women/women.htm

U.S. Women's History Links
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/286links.html

Women's Studies:History
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/history.html

Women Suffrage Sources at Duke
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/suffrage.html
 

Meaning of Sex, Gender, & Feminism
Academic Info Women's Studies:An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
http://www.academicinfo.net/women.html#departments

Feminist Studies Collections: Feminist Meta Sites
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/kkerns/wdirect.html

National Organization for Women
http://www.now.org/

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Activism and Activist Resources
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/activist.html

Women's Studies: Feminist Theory
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/wstudies/theory.html
 

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Psychological Theories of Gender Development/Gender Differences

Institute for Research on Women and Gender
http://www.stanford.edu/group/IRWG/mainframe.html

Social Psychology Network - The Psychology of Gender
http://www.socialpsychology.org/social.htm#gender

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Health
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/health.html

Womanist Theory and Research Links
http://www.uga.edu/~womanist/links.html
 

Women of Color
African-American Women- On-line Archival Exhibits at Duke University
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/collections/african-american-women.html

Feminist Studies Collections: Women of Color
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/kkerns/wcolor.html

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Women of Color
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/women-of-color.html

Women of Color Resources
http://www.princeton.edu/~womenstu/womenofcolor.htm

Women on the Net
 http://members.aol.com/aawon1/contents.htm
 

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Women and Education
American Association of University Women
http://www.aauw.org

Equity Resource Center
http://www.edc.org/WomensEquity/

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Education
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/education.html
 

Women in the Media
International Women's Media Foundation
http://www.iwmf.org/
 

Women and Power/Violence
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfopage.html

U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Violence Against Women
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Violence Against Women
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/violence.html
 

Women's Roles
FeMiNa: Family and Motherhood
http://femina.cybergrrl.com/femina/FamilyandMotherhood/

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Women and Sexuality
University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic- Sexualityhttp://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/sexuality.html

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Women's Studies
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/ws.html
 

Women and Work
Feminist Studies Collections: Women & Work
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/kkerns/femwork.html

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Policy
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/policy.html

University of Maryland Women's Studies Database Topic-Sports
http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/sports.html
 

Using the Internet for Research

Citing Information

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Compiled by Donna Goodwyn, December 1998
Last updated 06 January 2004 by Jennifer Paliatka

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