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For background information and definitions refer to the following library reference works and online reference collections:
Black Women in America, Oxford University Press, 2005.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.48 B561B [3 vols]
Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia, Indiana University Press, 1994.
Main Level, Reference: R 920.7208996 B561B [2 vols]
Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion, ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 200.82 B441E
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression, Macmillan Reference USA, 2004.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.916 En19E [2 vols]
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender, Academic Press, 2001.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.403 En19E [2 vols]
Encyclopedia of Women in the American West [SAGE eReference], SAGE Publications, 2003.
This encyclopedia contributes to the growing body of literature documenting the diverse lives of women in the West and the nation. Some of the topics explored include the clubwomen's movement, politics, prostitution, women homesteaders, suffrage, mining, agriculture, rodeo women, literary women, conservation, emigrant experiences, as well as bios of key figures from the mid-1800s to the present.
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The Encyclopedia of Women's History in America, Facts on File, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.40973 C897E
Brings together information about the organizations, books & newspapers, speeches, documents, demonstrations and conventions, legislative actions, task forces and committees, and the legal rulings rendered.
The Fifties in America, Salem Press, 2005.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.9203 F466F [3 vols]
Browse index in last volume.
Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America [Gale Virtual Reference Library], Gale, 2000.
Also available 1st ed. 1995, Main Level, Reference: R 305.800973 G131G [2 vols]
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Women’s Issues Worldwide: North America and the Caribbean, Greenwood Press, 2003.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.4203 G856G v.5
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge, Routledge, 2000.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.403 R765R [4 vols]
The Sixties in America, Salem Press, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.9203 Si97S [3 vols]
Browse index in last volume.
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture [Gale Virtual Reference Library], St. James Press, 2000.
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 973.9 Sa22S [5 vols]
Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, and Freedom in a New World, ABC-CLIO, 2004.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.40973 M455W
Women During the Civil War: An Encyclopedia, Routledge, 2004.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.7082 H232W |
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Women's Studies Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press, 1989-1991.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.403 W842W [3 vols]
The ABC-CLIO Companion to Women's Progress in America, ABC-CLIO, 1994.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.40973 F929A
“Records the public milestones of women’s history, emphasizing those people who either self-consciously championed women’s rights or pioneered the way for others.”
American Decades, Thomson Gale, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.9 Am35A [10 vols]
Covers events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to US history during the 20th century. Each volume covers one decade.
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American Eras: Early American Civilizations and Exploration to 1600, Thomson Gale, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.8 Am35A [10 vols]
Covers events, publications, lifestyles, and individuals important to US history from early 1600s through the development of the industrialized US in 1899. Includes essays, chronologies, statistics, images for each major US era.
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The Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture, Greenwood Publishing, 2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 306.40973 G856G [4 vols]
Browse index in last volume.
Handbook of American Women's History, Garland Publishing, 1990.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.40973 H191H
Alphabetically arranged definitions for core concepts, events, organizations, and historical figures in the field.
The Oxford Companion to United States History [Oxford Reference Online], Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
Over 1,400 entries on America's political, diplomatic, and military history; social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts and religion with cross-references and bibliographies.
The Reader’s Companion to American History, Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.03 R227R
Provides articles on political, economic, social and cultural history, with cross-references and bibliographies. Articles are of three types: brief entries on significant topics and events, biographical entries, and essays on major issues and developments.
Reader’s Companion to U.S. Women’s History [CREDO Reference], Houghton Mifflin, 1998.
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 305.40973 R227R
Covers five centuries of U. S. women's issues and concerns.
Women's Firsts, Gale Research, c1997.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.409 W842W |
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African American National Biography [Oxford African American Studies Center], Oxford, 2006.
Included are slaves and abolitionists, writers, politicians, and business people, musicians and dancers, artists and athletes, victims of injustice and the lawyers, journalists, and civil rights leaders who gave them a voice.
American History to 1865-Biographical Sites [University of Washington Library]
Links to special collections from John Adams to George Washington.
American National Biography, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 920.073 Am35A [24 vols]
Portraits of more than 17,400 men and women whose lives have shaped the nation.
Biography Resource Center + The Complete Marquis Who's Who [Thomson/Gale] 
Biography Resource Center includes biographies from Gale reference books and full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Search for people by name or personal facts [birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender] or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search. With the Complete Marquis Who's Who(R), find quick reference information on an additional 900,000 people.
Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia, Yorkin Publications, 1999-.
Main Level, Reference: R 920.7203 W842W [17 vols]
Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Belknap, 1971.
Main Level, Reference: R 920.720973 N843N [3 vols. + 1980 supplement]
Biographical sketches of American women who lived between 1607 and 1950. The 1980 supplement covers an additional group born between 1857 and 1943 and who died between 1951 and 1975.
A bibliography is a published list of books and articles on a subject, often in book format. Many of the following include annotations or short descriptions of the books & articles.
Notable Women in American History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies, Greenwood Press, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.92072 Ad19N2
Notable Women in World History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies, Greenwood Press, 1998.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.92072 Ad19N
Through A Woman's I: An Annotated Bibliography of American Women's Autobiographical Writings, 1946-1976, Scarecrow Press, 1983.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.92072 Ad24T
The Women's Movement: Reference and Resources, Prentice Hall International, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.30542 R952W
The Women's Movement in the Seventies: An International English-Language Bibliography, Scarecrow Press, 1977.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.30141 K891W2
The Women's Rights Movement in the United States, 1848-1970; A Bibliography and Sourcebook, Scarecrow Press, 1972.
Main Level, Reference: R 016.30141 K891W
A chronology is a record or list of events in the order of their occurrence.
The American Years: A Chronology of United States History, Scribner, 1999.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.0202 G914A
Year by year look at what US government was doing on the national, state, and local levels and the major events in business and industry, as well as the arts, sciences, education, religion and literature.
One Hundred Years Toward Suffrage: An Overview [
E. Susan Barber,
NAWSA, American Memory Project, Library of Congress]
Includes events from 1776-1923.
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The Timetables of American History, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.0202 T482T
Presents major events in American history in the context of major events happening elsewhere in the world – in the categories of History & Politics, The Arts, Science & Technology, and Miscellaneous. Includes an extensive index. |
Timetables of Women’s History: A Chronology of the Most Important People and Events in Women's History, Simon & Schuster, 1994.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.409 G853T
U.S. Suffragist Movement Timeline, 1792-Present [ACWL, University of Rochester]
The Women's Chronology: A Year-by-Year Record from Prehistory to the Present, H. Holt, 1994.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.409 T677W
Almanacs of American Life, Facts on File, Inc., 1995-2002.
Main Level, Reference: R 973 Al62A [5 vols]
Volumes titled Colonial America to 1763,
Revolutionary America, 1763 to 1800,
Victorian America, 1876 to 1913,
Modern America, 1914 to 1945, and
Browse index in back of each volume.
American FactFinder [U.S. Census Bureau]
This is the portal to the major products of the Census Bureau, including the decennial census, the American Community Survey, the economic census, annual population estimates, and annual economic surveys.
Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990, Greenwood Press, 1993.
Main Level, Reference: R 317.3 H629H
Contains statistics on general population1790-1990, agriculture 1850-1990, and manufacturing 1850-1989.
Historical Census Data Browser [University of Virginia Library]
Using data from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), this site allows users to browse selected census data from 1790 to 1970 by state and county. Data from the early years (1790 to 1830) focuses solely on population characteristics, while data after those years include selected economic, manufacturing, and agricultural information.
Historical Statistics of Black America, Gale Research, c1995.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.0496073 H629H [2 vols]
Agriculture to labor & employment covered in vol. 1 and Media to vital statistics in vol. 2.
Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 [pdf format], Bicentennial Edition, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, 1975.
Also available Main Level, Reference: R 317.3 Un3H [2 vols]
Good introductions and tables that gather together a wide variety of historical statistics.
Social Change in America: The Historical Handbook 2006, Bernan Press, 2006.
Main Level, Reference: R 317.3 So13S
List of Figures and Tables in front, subject index in back.
Statistical Abstract Historical Statistics 1900-2001
Includes tables for educational attainment; employment; live births, deaths, infant deaths, and maternal deaths; births to teenagers and to unmarried women; etc.
Statistical Abstract of the United States [U.S. Census Bureau]
Provides an “authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.” This site highlights the current edition but also includes links to earlier editions, which start in 1878. The site also provides links to state abstracts.
Also available Main Level Reference: R 317.3 Un3 1997-2006
Also available Main Level Ready Reference: RR 317.3 Un3 2007
The World's Women, 1970-1990: Trends and Statistics, United Nations, 1991.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.4 W893W
The World's Women, 1995: Trends and Statistics, United Nations, 1995.
Main Level, Reference: R 305.4 W893W 1995
Contains statistics on population, households and families, population growth, distribution and environment , health, education and training, work, power and influence.
Humanities: Documenting Sources [Research and Documentation Online], Bedford/St. Martins, 2003.
Writing Center, Presbyterian College
Citation styles, writing guides, and scheduling an appointment with a tutor.
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ThomCat
Use the online catalog to locate books in Thomason Library. You can search by author, title, word, or subject.
- Search for a person, as AUTHOR or SUBJECT, with last name, first name:
- SUBJECT searching requires use of Library of Congress subject headings. The terms below are examples of subject headings related to women's history:
- Materials relevant to the study of women's history may also be found by specifying the era or dates, geographic area, or the material type in which you are interested:
Subject searching is an effective and precise method of searching the catalog, however, KEYWORD searching has benefits, also.
- If you are unsure of the exact title or the correct subject heading to use, try a KEYWORD search using two or three of the most significant words from the title or subject you are trying to find. Place phrases in "quotation marks."
- Connect words with AND, OR, NOT to focus your search.
- Try truncation at the end of a word stem to retrieve singular, plural, and other variations of the word. Use an asterisk (*) to truncate from 1 to 5 characters. Use a double asterisk (**) to include word endings with an unlimited number of characters.
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· Use AND between words to narrow your search:
Stanton AND suffrage
· Use OR between words to expand your search and
group words with parentheses:
(gender OR sex) AND media
· Add * to the root of a word to truncate or expand
a term:
vote* = vote, votes, voting, voter
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WorldCat [FirstSearch, OCLC]
A catalog of books and materials at libraries worldwide. Try searching here to find ALL books available on a topic. Materials available at Thomason Library are highlighted and others can be borrowed through ILL or searched in PASCALCAT.
Interlibrary Loan - ILL is available to PC students, faculty and staff in order to share resources between libraries. Check link for instructions.
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The following journal databases (indexes) are available to PC students, faculty, and staff from on- and off-campus locations. Search using terms dealing with your topic.
Academic Search Premier [EBSCOhost] 
Approximately 550 of the more than 8000 periodicals indexed are history-related journals and magazines, with full-text articles for many of them.
Contemporary Women's Issues [FirstSearch, OCLC]
A database of full text contributions on a broad range of women's issues extracted from over 1500 sources world wide, including more than 100 periodicals from 1992-present.
History Resource Center: US [Thomson Gale]
Events, issues and current information in U.S. history from journal articles, reference, and primary source materials
JSTOR A searchablearchive of full-text journals covering all disciplines while providing more full-text access in the library's electronic databases. This archive covers the full run of journals from the first issue of volume one; however, the most current three to five year issues of the journals are not available as specified by the publishers in their agreements with JSTOR.
Project MUSE Basic Undergraduate Collection Current and recent volumes of over 100 core journals in the humanities and social sciences
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature Library use only
Main Level, Reference: IND 050 R22 [39 vols]
Print index of popular magazine issued between 1900-1980.
 America’s Historical Newspapers, 1690-1876 [NewsBank Archive of Americana]
A searchable database with issues from over 700 historical American newspapers from 23 states and the District of Columbia focusing largely on the 18th and early 19th centuries. Select specific titles or search publications by state.
The Atlanta Constitution Archive [ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
Full-text & full-image articles from 1868-1929.
The New York Times Archive [ProQuest Historical Newspapers]
Full-text & full-image of NYT articles with coverage from 1851 up to three years ago.
The Nineteenth Century in Print: Periodicals [Library of Congress]
Twenty-three popular periodicals digitized by Cornell University Library and the Library of Congress, including literary and political magazines, as well as Scientific American, Manufacturer and Builder, and Garden and Forest: A Journal of Horticulture, Landscape Art, and Forestry. The longest run is for The North American Review, 1815-1900.
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Women and Gender Studies Journals
An A-Z list of all journals available at Thomason Library in this area.
Click on links below to view individual journals available:
Feminist Studies
View online availability, 1972-current issue
Journal of Women's History
View online availability, 1992-current issue
Life
View online, print, and microfilm availability
Library has 1936-1949 on microfilm [Copy Center] and 1950-1972 in print [Lower Level, Periodicals]
CEASED publication with April 20, 2007 issue.
Look
View microfilm availability
Library has 1937-1971 on microfilm.
Media Report to Women
View print availability
Lower Level, Periodical Collection: current issue plus previous 5 years
Ms Magazine
View print availability, current issue plus previous 5 years
Lower Level, Periodical Collection
Women’s Studies
View online availability, 1972-previous year
Women's Studies Center
View online availability, 2002-2003
Women's Studies in Communication
View online and print availability, 1996-current issue
Women's studies quarterly
View print availability, 2000-current issue
Lower Level, Periodical Collection
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Using Primary Sources on the Web [Reference & User Services Association, American Library Association, History Section]
Primary Source Sites [University of Washington]
Colonial
Revolution and Early Republic
Antebellum America
Civil War
American Decades Primary Sources, Thomson Gale, 2004.
Main Level, Reference: R 973.9 Am35A suppl. [10 vols]
A companion to the American Decades series providing insight into the seminal issues, themes, movements and events from each decade of the 20th century through oral histories, songs, speeches, letters, photographs, advertisements, cartoons, and newspaper articles compiled in a print volume for each decade.
The Avalon Project [Yale Law School]
Full text documents relating to history, law and government organized by time period. The emphasis is on American and European history. An internal search engine simplifies access.
The Making of America [Cornell Univ. Library]
A collection of primary source material from the 19th century.
Documenting the American South [University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill]
Digitized primary materials that offer Southern perspectives on American history and culture. Projects include slave narratives, first-person narratives, Southern literature, Confederate imprints, materials related to the church in the black community, and North Caroliniana.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History [Gilder Lehrman Institute]
The Institute website serves as a portal for American history on the Web; offers high-quality educational material for teachers, students, historians, and the public. Search "suffrage and women" in the collections for information on primary sources.
American Women’s History: A Research Guide [Ken Middleton, Middle Tennessee State Univ.]
Provides "citations to print and Internet reference sources, as well as to selected large primary source collections. The guide also provides information about the tools researchers can use to find additional books, articles, dissertations, and primary sources." Browse by topic or state. See also Primary Sources-Digital Collections on Suffrage at this site.
Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home [National Nineteenth Amendment Society]
An online museum for "a key coordinator of the woman suffrage movement and founder of the League of Women Voters." See also links.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project [Rutgers University]
A project devoted to locating and publishing the papers of these two nineteenth-century American reformers.
The National Archives - Women [Archives Library Information Center, National Archives and Records Administration]
In celebration of the contributions of American women ALIC has provided a listing of historical websites relevant to women in the United States.
National Women’s History Project - Links by Category
Recognizing the achievements of women in all facets of life – science, community, government, literature, art, sports, and medicine, the goal of the NWHP is to make history accurate by continuing to recognize and celebrate women’s authentic contributions through its current and future projects.
Suffrage History [Anthony Center for Women's Leadership, Rochester University]
See National Resources and bibliography about the suffrage movement prepared by
Mary M. Huth, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Rochester Libraries.
The Struggle for Western Women's Suffrage [Women of the West Museum]
Votes for Women-Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection 1848-1921 [American Memory Project, Library of Congress]
Selections from the collection consisting of 167 books, pamphlets and other artifacts documenting the suffrage campaign. Browse subjects or search by word.
Votes for Women-Suffrage Pictures 1850-1920 [American Memory Project, Library of Congress]
Browse the name and subject index or search by keyword.
Ad*Access Project [Duke University]
Ad*Access is a pilot project to make a selection of historical advertisements available for study and research. The project draws on part of a large collection of magazine and newspaper ads within the Duke Library's J. Walter Thompson Company Archives. The project includes over 7,000 ads, mainly from U.S. publications dating between 1911 and 1955 in five categories: Beauty and Hygiene, Transportation, Radio, Television, and World War II. Each category attracts a lot of research interest, and most of them also reflect major developments in American society, culture, business, and technology.
$ AdFlip
View selected ads from 1940s-90s by decade in middle of main page. You must join and pay to search and view complete collection of ads. Members can view archives of Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, McCalls.
Internet Archive - Classic TV Commercials Part 1 (1948)
Search Prelinger Archives for "television commercials" at top of page.
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Register for free account allowing searching the archives at bottom of main page. Collections include television programs, television commercials, radio programs, and more. Museum mission is to collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content as well as educate, inform, and entertain through our archives, public programs, screenings, exhibits, publications and online access to our resources. Includes free access to “The Encyclopedia of Television” first ed., 1997.
$ Original Life Magazines.com
This group sells issues of Life from 1936-2000. Some have old mailing labels attached. The table of contents of issues can be browsed, however there is no full-text available. Covers ARE available for free as at site below.
Life Magazine Covers
Search the past 70 years of LIFE covers by date or subject.
Norman Rockwell Magazine Covers -
Complete List 1913- 1923 and
1924-1939
Scroll down by year and click on cover title then scroll down for info on cover and image.
RetroJunk Commercials
Choose an Era - 1970s, 80s, 90s
TIME Magazine Archives
Search articles or covers from 1923-present or browse Collections – i.e. Women’s Rights, Love and Sex.
Women Working, 1800 – 1930 [Harvard University Library]
Focuses on women's role in the United States economy and provides access to digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources selected from the Harvard University Library and museum collections.
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