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Women's & Gender Studies Program
Wake Forest University
Tribble Hall, A106A
P.O. Box 7365
Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Phone: 336-758-3758
Fax: 336-758-4143
wgs@wfu.edu

Politics

African American Women in Congress: Forming and Transforming History
Ref E840.6 G55 1997

The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics 2002
Ref HQ1236.5 U6 M3778 2001

The Almanac of Women and Minorities in World Politics
Ref HQ1236.5 U6 M3778 2000

American Women Civil Rights Activists: Biobibliographies of 68 Leaders, 1825-1992
Ref JC599 U5 H273 1993

Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics
Ref HQ1236.5 U6 E53 1999

History of American Women’s Voluntary Organizations, 1810-1960: A Guide to Sources
Ref Z7964 U49 B53 1989

Women of Congress: A Twentieth-Century Odyssey
Ref E747 K37 1996

Women’s Rights on Trial: 101 Historic Trials from Anne Hutchinson to the Virginia Military Institute Cadets
Ref KF220 F76 1997

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.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books
This database includes article citations to legal journals, yearbooks, institutes, bar association organs, law reviews, and government publications originating in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. It includes all areas and topics related to the law including court cases and decisions. It is citation only..

LegalTrac
This database provides full text articles about anything related to the legal system including court case information, articles and reviews from specialty law and bar association journals and information about other legal matters (taxes, regulations, etc.)

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.

LexisNexis Congressional
This database provides full text of federal bills, laws, and regulations as well as information on Congress, voting records, legislative histories from 1789 to the present, and current legislative activities.

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.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Contains abstracts and citations from professional journals, major news magazines and books covering law, politics, political science, and public administration.