Fontbonne University

Women & Gender Studies

  John Baken is your Subject Librarian. He can be reached at 314-719-8088.

Background Information

Women and Social Movements In the United States: 1600-2000: Contains books, pamphlets and related materials that provide in-depth access to the published histories and records of women's reform organizations in the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Britannica Online Academic Edition: This reference source provides full-text documents, facts & figures, video and images, timelines, world data, world atlas and a gateway to the classics.

CredoReference: This electronic reference source contains over 3,000,000 full-text entries from nearly 500 encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographies, chronologies, speeches and images.

For Articles

Academic Search

• This EBSCO database contains a periodical index providing access to over 12,500 journals (8,500 in full-text).
• Subjects: Numerous areas of academic study including science, ethnic & multicultural studies, mathematics, psychology, religion and women's studies.

Global Issues in Context

• This GALE database contains full-text access to scholarly journal articles, news, and news analysis, video and in-depth topic pages.
• Subjects: Global issues – famine, globalization, world trade, global warming, etc. – in sociology, current events, civics, politics, science, economics, cultural/religious studies, women’s studies, human rights.

Points of View Reference Center

• This EBSCO full-text database provides hundreds of essays, presenting multiple sides of current issues along with thousands of supporting articles.
• Subjects: Topics from Animal Welfare to Women’s Issues and everything in between.

NewsBank

• This database provides the electronic editions of local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers as well as full-text content of key international sources, news magazines, special reports, and world maps. Paid ads are excluded.
• Subjects: Local and regional news, covering companies, politics, sports, industries, cultural activities, and people in the community, as well a variety of viewpoints on local and world issues.

Websites

Archives Library Information Center/Women: In celebration of the contributions of American women The National Archives has provided a listing of historical websites relevant to women in the United States. Biographies, bibliographies, primary source documents and images are among the resources available.

The National Council for Research on Women: The National Council for Research on Women is a network of more than 100 leading U.S. research, advocacy, and policy centers with a growing global reach. The Council harnesses the resources of its network to ensure fully informed debate, policies, and practices to build a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls.

National Women's History Project - Resource Center: The National Women's History Project Resource Center, is designed to provide you with information, resources, and educational materials about multicultural women's history.

Voice of the Shuttle / Gender and Sexuality Studies: A website for humanities research, this site includes links to articles, websites and numerous other resources.

Women's Issues Resource Sites: This is a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program.

Women's Watch: Information and resources on gender equality and the empowerment of women gathered by the United Nations.

Women and Gender Studies: Links provided by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.

Sewall Belmont House and Museum:The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum, on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, celebrates women's progress toward equality—and explores the evolving role of women and their contributions to society—through educational programs, tours, exhibits, research and publications, many accessible virtually.

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