Keeley Library Student Pages:
Social Studies -
Women's Studies
For background on the subject, consult general encyclopedias such as Americana, Britannica, Colliers, World Book, etc. Look for articles on "Women's Studies" or "Women's History." To locate materials in the Keeley Library, see the section on Finding Your Way Around the Library.
Internet Resources
Library Catalog
To locate items in the library catalog, search in iBistro. You may want to limit your search to search only the Keeley Library, instead of all of the SAILS libraries. The following subjects are just some suggestions for your search:
- American fiction--Women authors
- American literature--Women authors
- English literature--Women authors
- Feminism--United States--History
- United States--Armed Forces--Women
- Women
- Women authors
- Women--Education
- Women--History
- Women in science
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History
- Women scientists
- Women--Social conditions
- Women social reformers--United States--History
- Women soldiers--United States.
- Women--Suffrage
- Women--Suffrage--Great Britain--History
- Women--Suffrage--United States--History
- Women--United States--History
- Women--United States--Social conditions
- Women's rights
- Women's rights--Great Britain--History
- Women's rights--History
- Women's rights--United States--History--20th century
- Women's studies--United States
- and names of individual women
SAILS Databases
As members of SAILS, Durfee students and teachers can access journal and newspaper articles as well as online reference books, from the library's computers and from home. Simply go to the online catalog page, access the online catalog, and click on .
Selected Reference Books
- A to Z of American Women Writers
- A to Z of Native American Women
- A to Z of Women in Science and Math
- American Women's History : an A to Z of People, Organizations, Issues, and Events
- Asian American Women Writers
- Illustrated History of Women
- Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times : Biographies and Portraits
- Modern American Women Writers
- Notable American Women : the Modern Period
- Women (Social Issues Resources Series)
- Women in North America : Summaries of Biographical Articles in History Journals
- Women Together : a History in Documents of the Women's Movement in the United States
- Women Writers of Children's Literature
- The Women's Chronology : a Year-by-year Record from Prehistory to the Present
- Women's Issues
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