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Directories & Virtual Libraries
Electronic Journals
Journal Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts (Multi-Subject)
Online Text and Document Collections
Academic Institutions
Organizations
Other Web Sites

Directories & Virtual Libraries

Femina
         http://femina.cybergrrl.com
Large directory of sites produced by and for women. Includes popular, professional, and academic resources on business, computers, health, entertainment, and other topics.

Information Resources on Women's Studies
         http://www.library.ucsb.edu/subj/women.html#feminist

Selected Women and Gender Resources on the World Wide Web
         http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/others.htm#clusters
Gateway to academic resources on Women's Studies, maintained at the University of Wisconsin.

Women's Studies Database
         http://www.inform.umd.edu/WomensStudies
A comprehensive site maintained at the University of Maryland, College Park. Extensive collection of links.

Women's Studies (R)E-sources on the Web
         http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/women/cyber.html
Duke University-maintained links to print-based and online materials.

Electronic Journals

American Politics Quarterly
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=101608

Callaloo
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=101029

Emily Dickinson Journal
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=101056

Gender & Society
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=103730

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=102471

Reviews in American History
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=101059

SEL: Studies in English Literature
         http://www-us.ebsco.com/online/direct.asp?JournalID=102656

Journal Databases, Indexes, and Abstracts (Multi-Subject)

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe
Find articles from newspapers around the world and legal information for your term papers.
[Available on campus and through proxy server]

Project Muse
Research different subjects in over 100 online journals.
[Available on campus only.]

PsychINFO
         http://webspirs.silverplatter.com:8000/cuny?
PsycINFO(R) contains citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines, such as medicine, psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology, linguistics, anthropology, business, and law. Journal coverage, spanning 1887-present, includes international material selected from more than 1,300 periodicals written in over 25 languages. Current chapter and book coverage includes worldwide English-language material published from 1987-present. Over 55,000 references are added annually through monthly updates.

netLibrary
         http://www.netlibrary.com/
An electronic library containing hundereds of public domain (out of copyright) books.
[Available on and off campus.]

Online Text and Document Collections

African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
         http://digital.nypl.org/schomburg/writers_aa19/toc.html
Public access to the full text of 52 published works; created by The Schomberg Center, New York Public Library.

Gifts of Speech
         http://gos.sbc.edu
Full text access to speeches given by "influential contemporary women," including Nobel Prize acceptance speeches; maintained by Sweet BriarCollege.

Women's Studies: Digital Libraries
         http://www.academicinfo.net/womenlibrary.html
Guide to digital resources in women's studies.

Academic Institutions

Women's Studies Programs, Departments, and Research Centers
         http://research.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/programs.html
Worldwide in scope, but lists only those organizations with Web sites. Links to other academic directory sources.

UIUC/NWSA Searchable Database on Women's Studies Programs
         http://www.library.uiuc.edu/wst/search3.htm
Jointly maintained by the Women's Studies/WID Library of the University of Illinois at Urban/Champaign and the National Women's Studies Association.

Organizations

American Association of University Women
         http://www.aauw.org/home.html

National Center on Women and Aging
         http://www.heller.brandeis.edu/national/ind.html

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

National Womens Studies Association
         http://www.nwsa.org

Other Web Sites

Feminist.com
         http://www.feminist.com/home.htm
Contemporary American feminist issues and activist resources; sponsored by women-led businesses and organizations.

Vandergift's Feminist Websites
         http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/femsites.html
The sites provided here are very useful to those who are interested in knowing more about feminists, feminism, women's studies and women's issues.

Vandergrift's Special Interest Page
         http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/kayhp2.html
The author of this page teaches at Rutgers University. Though her research focuses on feminist issues in childrens and young adult literature, other issues are also covered.


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