Research Guides
Women's Resources on the Web - Women Pioneering the Future
Search Engines for Women's Resources
Women's News
Women's History Resources
Women's Museums
Women's Health
Women at Work : Women in Science & Technology
Selected Women's Resources in the DeVry University South Florida Campus Library
Search Engines for Women's Resources
Librarian's Index to the Internet:
http://lii.org/search?query=women;no_stem=1;searchtype=subject
The Librarians' Index to the Internet provides a well- organized point of access for reliable,
trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources. A section of women's resources is found at this link.
WSSLINKS Google: Selected Women and Gender Resources on the World Wide Web http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/others.htm
This web site is a well-organized collection of pointers to women's studies material on the Internet, compiled by the Women's Studies section of the American Library Association.
Women Reaching Women: The Premier Search Directory for Women Online http://www.wwwomen.com/
Launched in 1996, WWWomen.com provides links to important web sites for and about women. The WWWomen.com web site is one of the most vibrant and dynamic online communities for women. With over 50 different topics, women are able to share their life experiences and feelings to develop a wonderful sense of community and support.
WWW Virtual Library: Women's History http://www.iisg.nl/%7Ewomhist/vivalink.html
The main purposes of this virtual library are:
- to list women's history institutions and
- to locate archival and library collections, and organizations,
- to provide links to Internet resources on women's history.
Also included on this site is a list of women's studies, journals and a comprehensive links to find women's studies Internet resources in general.
Yahoo Directory: Women http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/Women/
Joan Korenman's List of Women's Studies/Women's Issues Sites http://research.umbc.edu/%7Ekorenman/wmst/
Women's News
Bella Online http://www.bellaonline.com
BellaOnline is a web site for and about women. Designed to be informative and entertaining, the site
is organized into 16 Channels: Auto, Beauty, Career, Computers, Education, Entertainment, Family, Food & Wine, Health & Fitness, Home & Garden, Money, News & Politics, Relationships, Society & Culture, Sports, and Travel & Leisure.
IVillage.com: The Women's Network http://www.ivillage.com
This web site is intended for busy women who want to share solutions and advice. Message boards
and chat rooms are featured on the site. Resources on a variety of issues important to women-babies, beauty, diet & fitness, health, home & garden, money, parenting, relationships and work.
MSN Central: Women http://womencentral.msn.com/
Women Central provides a daily e-mail newsletter to online subscribers.
Women's E News: http://www.womensenews.org
Women's Enews is the source for independent journalism covering stories and events that impact
women's lives. The site allows users to subscribe to a free news service and receive daily news stories, or daily news summaries and/or a weekly summary, with links to the full text.
Women's Web Daily http://www.womenswebdaily.com/
A web site that allows members to contribute stories, poetry, letters and articles.
Yahoo News: Women's Issues http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=world&cat=womens_issues
Women's History Resources
About.Com: Women's History http://womenshistory.about.com/
An Internet guide to women's history, with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums.
American Women's History: A Research Guide (Digital Collections of Primary Sources) http://frank.mtsu.edu/%7Ekmiddlet/history/women/wh-digcoll.html
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America http://www.radcliffe.edu/schles/
A new national exhibition, Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business, is described on the
library's web site.
History Channel: http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/womenhist/
National Women's Hall of Fame: http://www.greatwomen.org/
National Women's History Project: http://www.nwhp.org/
New York Times: Women's History http://www.nytimes.com/learning/issues_in_depth/20020301.html
Top Ten Books on American Women's History: http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/states/tp/aatpamhist.htm?PM=ss03_womenshistory
Women in American History: http://www.britannica.com/women/
Women's Museums
Female Nobel Prize Laureates (Nobel Prize Internet Archive) http://www.almaz.com/nobel/women.html
Library of Congress American Memory Archives / Woman's Suffrage http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html
National Women's History Museum (Washington, DC) http://www.nmwh.org
Founded in 1996, the NWH Museum celebrates the rich and diverse history of women's contributions
that have shaped American culture and society.
Women in Science and Engineering Archives (Iowa State University) http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html
The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future (Dallas, TX) http://www.thewomensmuseum.org/
Women's Rights National Historical National Park (Seneca Falls, NY) http://www.nps.gov/wori/
Women of Achievement and Herstory http://www.undelete.org/woa/woa.html
Women's Health
National Women's Health Resource Center http://www.healthywomen.org/
National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.org
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this U.S. federal government
agency has a toll-free number in addition to the web site-1-800-994-WOMAN (9662).
Women at Work: Women In Science & Technology
Association of Women in Science http://www.awis.org/
Catalyst : Leading Info Source for Women in Business http://www.catalystwomen.org/
Society of Women Engineers http://www.swe.org/
Women's Business Center http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
Women-Related Science & Technology Web Sites http://research.umbc.edu/%7Ekorenman/wmst/links_sci.html
Women Working : 2000 and Beyond http://www.womenworking2000.com/
Selected Women's Resources in the DeVry University South Florida Campus Library
A to Z of Women in Science and Math. Facts on File, 1999. (Call Number REF Q 141 .Y675 1999)
Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science. Routledge, 2000. (Call Number REF Q 141 .B5285 2000)
Book of Women's Firsts. Random House, 1992. (Call Number CT 3260 .R428 1992)
Dream Big! A Roadmap for Facing Life's Challenges and Creating the Life You Deserve. Free Press, 2001. (Call Number HQ 1206 .R648 2001)
Feminism: Opposing Viewpoints. Greenhaven Press, 2001. (Call Number HQ 1421 .F46 2001)
A Fine and Long Tradition [Videorecording] 8 min. National Women's History Project, c1996. (Call Number VIDEO HQ 1410 .F55 1996)
Going to the Top: A Road Map for Success from America's Leading Women Executives. Viking, 2000. (Call Number HD 6054.3 .G35 2000)
In the Company of Women: Turning Workplace Conflict into Powerful Alliances. Putnam, 2001. (Call Number HD 6053 .H387 2001)
The Women's Liberation Movement in America. Greenwood Press, 1999. (Call Number HQ 1421 .B47 1999)
Notable Women Scientists. Gale, 1999. (Call Number REF Q 414 .N736 1999)
Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the U.S. Oxford University, 1995. (Call Number REF PS 147 .O94 1995)
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem. Gloria Steinem. Little, Brown, 1991. (Call Number BF 697.5 .S46 S74 1991)
A Woman's Self-Esteem: Stories of Struggle, Stories of Triumph. Jossey-Bass, 1998. (Call Number HQ 1206 .B7 1998)
Womanwords: A Dictionary of Words About Women. Free Press, 1992. (Call Number REF HQ 1115 .M546 1992)
The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America. Viking, 2000. (Call Number HQ 1421 .R68 2000)
