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Wake Forest University
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Phone: 336-758-3758
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Global Feminisms
Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics
Ref HQ1236.5 U6 M3778 2000
This is a resource that outlines women and minorities in prominent positions in various countries. Each country is broken down into sections on minorities and women and then lists the women and/or minorities that hold positions of power primarily in the government.Encyclopedia of Russian Women’s Movements
Ref HQ1665.15 E5
This is an encyclopedia focused on women’s movements in Russia. It is broken down into three sections by date and then within each section, important people, organizations and ideas are listed alphabetically. There are also sections for suggested readings.European Women’s Almanac
Ref HQ1587 S69 1992
This almanac provides snapshots of women’s status and lives in 26 European counties. It is divided by country and each country entry includes basic statistics and description of the country’s status in addition to a map. There is also a reference section for statistics about women’s issues like immigration, health care, child care, etc. There are also tables or graphs accompanying many of these statistics.French Feminist Theory
Ref Z2174 C8 N67 1990International Centers for Research on Women
Ref HQ1180 I58 1993
This is a resource listing of 246 research centers in 72 countries with 76 of these from the United States. It is broken down alphabetically by country with the organizations then listed within each country of origin.Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women’s Issues and Knowledge
Ref HQ1115 R69 2000
This is an encyclopedia of women’s issues internationally. The articles are listed alphabetically and tend to be of good length and full of information. They also include bibliographies of further resources. While I feel sometimes the simple alphabetical listing can be hard if one doesn’t have a narrowed topic, this book also divides the articles into themes and lists them accordingly. An example would be “Ecology and the Environment” or “Households and Families.”Statistical Record of Women Worldwide
Ref HQ1150 S73 1991
This is a listing of statistics on issues related to the lives and status of women worldwide. It is approximately 50% American, 50% international in scope. Since one of the major tools of statistics is for comparative data, statistics are also provided with reference to men, race/ethnicity, age and history as well. The chapters are broken into topics related to women’s lives like income, labor, employment, crime and the legal system, religion, sexuality, etc. The statistics are primarily presented as tables.Women in the Third World: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Issues
Ref HQ1870.9 W6548 1998
Rather then being an encyclopedia that simply lists numerous entries alphabetically, this resource complies well-written and lengthier articles about the issues pertaining to women in third world counties. The book is broken down by topic (i.e. politics, health) and then there are a selection of articles pertaining to these issues. This gives a much deeper understanding of the issues while maybe not touching on definition style entries of every key term as would be found in a more traditional encyclopedia.Women’s Movements of the World: An International Directory and Reference Guide
Ref HQ1883 W63 1988
This is a resource to the organizations and issues concerning women worldwide. The book is laid out as a directory with the countries listed alphabetically. Each section also contains a section that describes the status and role of women in that country to place the organizations and movements contextually. For each organization, the entry includes contact information as well as current activities, ideological orientation and other pertinent information.Databases
Contemporary Women’s Issues
This database covers women’s issues from 1992 to current with the option for the article in full text. It covers a variety of disciplines and pulls from 190 different countries. When you search you can do a basic keyword or author search but can also search by topic (i.e. abortion, welfare, etc) or by geographic region (i.e. Afghanistan). It was really simple to use and offered a proliferation of good articles.Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies contains only citations and abstracts not the full text articles in contemporary social, political and economic issues in Latin America. It does contain the complete text of four newsletters from the Latin America Database (LADB), and Part 1 (Hispanic Nations) of the World Law Index covering the laws, decrees, and regulations of 29 Spanish-speaking nations.LexisNexis Academic
This database provides the full text articles primarily for major newspapers around the world. It is easy to use and provides a lot of article choices. Most of its sources are newspapers not academic journals, however.P.A.I.S./Public Affairs Information Service
This database provides article citations and abstracts (not full text) for articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs.Sociological Abstracts
This database provides citations and abstracts (not full text articles) to articles published in some 2300 journals in sociology, social welfare, and social policy, as well as other related topics in the social and behavioral sciences. It also includes citations to some books and many dissertations
