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Resources in the Library

Printed Guides to Library holdings

• Murdoch University. Library - User's guide to Murdoch University Library resources for Women's Studies / prepared for the Library by D.E. Stanton. 2nd. rev. ed. Murdoch, W.A : Murdoch University Library, 1988.
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• Stanton, D.E. (Deidre Esta) - Murdoch University Library resources for Women's Studies / by D.E. Stanton for The Irene Greenwood Library Resources Trust. Murdoch University Library, 1986.
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• Stanton, D.E. (Deidre Esta) - Woman: a finding list of selected items held at the Mordoch University Library / comp. by D.E. Stanton. Murdoch University Library, 1975.
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Research Collections in Microform

• Women's Studies Research Collections on Microform in Murdoch University Library - Guide to microform collections relating to women's studies held in Murdoch University Library. Compiled by Pam Mathews, History & Women's Studies Librarian, Murdoch University Library.

Resources in Special Collections

• Special Collections (Murdoch University Library) - Holdings include collections such as the Irene Greenwood Collection and the Pankhurst Collection. There is also a large amount of associated manuscript material including the Irene Greenwood manuscripts, the archived papers of the Women's Electoral Lobby (WA branches) and the Abortion Law Reform Association, the Megan Sassi Collection and the papers of the Public Peace Committee. The ephemera and poster collections also complement these areas.

Ecofeminism

• Ecofeminist Bibliography
• Eve Online : Ecofeminism Visions Emerging - A comprehensive site, including a thorough exploration of issues, ecofeminist writings, annotated bibliography, and more.
• Some Sources in Ecofeminist Theory - Background bibliography and sources with title links to on-line bookseller information in association with Amazon.com Books
• Yahoo - Ecofeminism - Searchable directory of links to resources in ecofeminism.

Feminist Theory

• Feminist Theory Website

Women & Development

• BRIDGE: Briefings on Development & Gender - An information and analysis service with the objective of assisting development professionals and organisations to integrate gender concerns into their work.
• Gender-CG Network - An e-mail network on intrahousehold and gender aspects of food and agricultural research.
• Gender, Science and Technology: International Policy Issues - Information, reports and links to collaborating organisations, maintained by Women in Global Science and Technology.
• GenderStats: A Database of Gender Statistics - Developed by the Gender and Development Group (PREM Gender) and the Development Data Group in the Development Economics Vice-Presidency.
• South Asian Women's Net (SAWNET) Review - Links to sites about women's issues in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Burma, Bangladesh, and Bhutan
• United Nations - Economic and Social Development: Women and Gender - Links to UN programme sites.
• Women, Development and the Environment - SOSIG subject guide, University of Bristol.
• WIDNET : Women in Development Network - Searchable database of information and statistics, arrganged by subject and region.
• Women, Ink: the largest international distributor of books on women and development - Catalogue, news and links to related sites.
• Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century (Beijing +5) - Reviews the actions taken and lessons learned since the Platform for Action was unanimously adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.
• WomenWatch - The UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
• World Bank GenderNet - Provides gender country profiles and statistics.

Women & the Law

• CRLP Worldwide - The Center for Reproductive Law & Policy
• Hastings Women's Law Journal

Women's Health

• Ethics Updates - Literature on Reproductive Technologies - Searchable collection of websites and bibliographies, plus links to discussion groups, edited by Lawrence Hinman, University of San Diego.
• Women With Disabilities - Compiled by the US National Women's Health Information Center.
• Women's Health Sites - Lists annotated links to various comprehensive health sources relevant to women's and gender studies scholars.
• Web Sites for Women's Health - Compiled by Joan Korenman.
• Women's Health - Yahoo

Women's History

• AFSCME LaborLinks - Annotated links to diverse information on the history of women in the labor movement.
• American Women's History: A Research Guide - Site maintained by Ken Middleton of Middle Tennessee State University Library, describing and linking to all general and subject specific information and primary sources in women's history.
• American Women's History: A Research Guide - Primary Sources - Archival collections and primary sources by type.
• Archival Sites for Women's Studies - Compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
• By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 - An illustrated reference aid with 38 pictorial portraits and scenes documenting the fight to gain women the vote. Produced as part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
• Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World - Includes a searchable bibliography, links to art collections, anthology of translations and desired translations of primary sources, and links to many other resources.
• Early Modern Women Database - provides annotated links to high quality academic resources useful for the study of women in early modern Europe and the Americas. Specific focus is on periods between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries
• Emma Goldman Papers - Comprehensive site describing the collected papers of this famous activist, including finding aids to the collection, photographs, selected writings, and bibliographical essays and references.
• Medieval Feminist Index: Scholarship on Women, Sexuality and Gender - Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
• Multimedia Sites in Women's History - Maintained by Ken Middleton at Middle Tennessee State University, lists and annotates internet accessible multimedia sites on primarily American women's history.
• Undergraduate Study in History - Modules - History courseware with online tuturials on a wide range of topics in European History from the History Department at Warwick University. Includes a tutorial entitled Enfranchising Women: The Politics of Women's Suffrage in Europe 1789-1945 and a tutorial on Major Themes in Women's History From the Enlightenment to the Second World War.
• ViVa: A Bibliography of Women's History in Historical and Women's Studies Journals - ViVa is a current bibliography of articles about women's and gender history.
• Votes For Women: Selections From the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 - 165 books, pamphlets, and other artifacts documenting the campaign for Woman Suffrage. Produced as part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
• Women and Gender Studies Web Sites (WSSLINKS) - A comprehensive list of sites compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Women in American History - The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Online have put together this collection of biographical information on women in American history from 1600 to the present.
• Women Writers Project - This Brown University project aims to bring texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and make them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader.
• Women's History Sites (WSSLINKS) - Compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
• The Women's Library (formerly The Fawcett Library) - London Metropolitan University - Documents the changing role of women in society, in the past, now and in the future.
• Women's Studies Online Resources - List of sites relating to women's studies or women's issues maintained by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• Women's Studies Research Collections on Microform in Murdoch University Library - Guide to microform collections relating to women's studies held in Murdoch University Library. Compiled by Pam Mathews, Liaison Librarian, Murdoch University Library.
• WWW Women - History

Women's Rights

• By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920 - An illustrated reference aid with 38 pictorial portraits and scenes documenting the fight to gain women the vote. Produced as part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
• Emma Goldman Papers - Comprehensive site describing the collected papers of this famous activist, including finding aids to the collection, photographs, selected writings, and bibliographical essays and references.
• Feminist Majority Foundation Online
• Motherhood, Social Service and Political Reform: Political Culture and Imagery of American Woman Suffrage - Users can browse the gallery of 50 images or take a more in-depth tour of the woman's suffrage movement.
• Not Part of My Sentence - Violation of the Human Rights of Women in Custody - A comprehensive report.
• Suffragist Oral History Project (UC Berkeley Library) - Interviews with twelve leaders and participants in the woman's suffrage movement.
• UNICEF and Beijing +5 - Reviews the actions taken and lessons learned since the Platform for Action was unanimously adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995.
• Votes For Women: Selections From the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921 - 165 books, pamphlets, and other artifacts documenting the campaign for Woman Suffrage. Produced as part of the Library of Congress' American Memory Collection.
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 - Site developed by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin consisting of editorial projects of primary documents that speak to the history of women in reform movements in the U.S.
• Women Leaders Online - Women Organizing for Change
• Women's History Month - Resource site from Gale Research. Includes biographical information and a timeline to key events in women's history.
• Women's Human Rights - A selection of sites from the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library.
• Women's Human Rights Resources - This extensive list is compiled by lawyers and law librarians, and is meant to assist those interested in the legal aspects of women's human rights.
• WomensNet - Supports women's organizations locally, nationally and worldwide by providing and adapting telecommunications technology to enhance their work.

Women in Science & Technology

• The Ada Project - Tapping Internet Resources for Women in Computer Science
• AWIS - Association for Women in Science
• Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility - Women in Technology
• Gender-Set Discussion List - This list managed by JISCmail is for discussion of research on gender, science, technology and engineering (SET), including but not limited to, research on gender differences in involvement in SET occupations and education, feminist science studies and philosophical critiques of SET.
• Past Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics
• Present Women of Computing
• WITI - Women in Technology International
• Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

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Archives & Libraries

Archives

• American Women's History: A Research Guide - Primary Sources - Archival collections and primary sources by type.
• Archival Sites for Women's Studies - Compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Australian Lesbian and Gay Archives- Living History

Libraries

• Catalogues Worldwide
• Texas Women's University Libraries - Houses a collection of material needed for research on women and women's issues in the United States, with specific emphasis on Texas and the Southwest.
• The Women's Library (formerly The Fawcett Library) - London Metropolitan University - Documents the changing role of women in society, in the past, now and in the future.

Bibliographies & Reference Sources

• H-Women - Bibliographies

Citation Style Guides

• A Brief Citation Guide For Internet Sources in History and the Humanities (Version 2.1) by Melvyn E. Page, 1996
• Guides to Citation Styles
• How to Cite References - Murdoch University Library Publication

Conferences

• Women's Studies Database - Conferences - Links to conferences compiled by the University of Maryland

Gateways to Resources

• BUBL: Women - A searchable collection of links to women's studies resources
• Canadian Women's Studies On-Line
• Femina for Women - Sites for, by and about women. Includes an email link to the Femina Cybrarian who will answer questions and help locate resources. Maintained by US commercial provider Cybergrrl Inc.
• Feminism and Women's Studies - Publishes women's studies and feminist works, particularly focusing on issues of sex, gender, sexual identity and sexuality in cultural practices. Maintained on the English Server in the English Department at Carnegie-Mellon University (USA)
• Gender - Links to information resources on development or the environment. Maintained by Eldis: the Electronic Development and Environment Information System (UK)
• Gender Inn - Women's and Gender Studies Database This searchable bibliographic database contains records describing over 5,000 works on feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature from 1950 to the present.
• Global Sisterhood Network
• H-Women - Part of the H-Net consortium designed to enable scholars to easily communicate current research and teaching interests; to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis; to share information on electronic databases; and to test new ideas and share comments on the literature in their fields.
• National Organization for Women
• South Asian Women's Net (SAWNET) Review - Links to sites about women's issues in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Burma, Bangladesh, and Bhutan
• Women's Studies - SOSIG Subject Guides offer introductory tours of the Internet to people who want to learn how to use the Internet to support work in the social sciences and who want to identify some of the most important Internet sites in their field. Each guide has been written by a SOSIG Section Editor - a university librarian/academic responsible for building and managing part of the SOSIG collection. (University of Bristol)
• Women's Studies Internet Resources - Provides links to discussion lists, electronic journals and services available to women. Maintained by the University of York Library (UK)
• Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites - A directory of sites noted as an especially worthy resource in the Scout Report.
• WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites - Developed and maintained by the Women's Studies Section Collection Development Committee of the Association of College and Research Libraries (USA).
• WWWomen - A very useful site providing free-text searching for women's resources on the internet.
• Yahoo - Women's Studies - Huge US-based searchable directory, including links to popular as well as academic resources.

Discussion Lists

• Discussion Lists - Includes information about what they are and how to subscribe.
• Gender-Related Electronic Forums - An annotated, frequently-updated, award-winning listing of publicly- accessible electronic forums (also known as "e-mail lists") related to women or to gender issues. Compiled by Joan Korenman.
• H-Women - an H-Net discussion group - "...encourages scholarly discussion to communicate current research and teaching interests, to discuss new approaches, methods and tools of analysis, to test new ideas and to share comments on current historiography". H-Women is especially interested in methods of teaching history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings. Membership is free, and messages are archived. There are also links to a range of other relevant resources.
• Women's Studies Email Lists - Compiled by Joan Korenman.

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Electronic Journals

Indexes/lists of journals

• Electronic Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, etc.
• Electronic Journals: Sociology - The Family, Marriage, Woman - Compiled by the Univeristy of York Library

Alphabetic list of selected electronic journals

• Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women's Studies Resources
• Feminist Review
• Feminist Theory
• Gender and History
• RFR/DRF - Resources for Feminist Research/Documentation sur la Recherche Feministe - A bilingual (English/French) Canadian scholarly journal from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. RFR/DRF addresses Canadian and international feminist research issues and debates.
• Women's History Review

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Organizations & Associations

• AWIS - Association for Women in Science
• National Organization of Women (NOW) - This web page offers information on economic equity, electoral politics, global feminism, racial and ethnic diversity, and violence against women. It links to the state organizations and to the NOW Action Center, the University of Maryland's Women's Studies Database and feminist activists resources on the Net.
• National Women's Studies Association
• South Asian Women's Organizations - Compiled by Sawnet (South Asian Women's NETwork)
• Women's Organizations - Canada and elsewhere.

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Women's Studies Programs

• Artemis Guide to Women's Studies in the U.S.
• Women's Studies Programs, Departments & Research Centers - a listing of more than 400 women's studies programs, departments, and research centers around the world.

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You may also wish to look at the Home Page for the School of Media Communication & Culture at Murdoch University - The site includes details of courses offered, staff profiles and staff publications.

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