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GSJ: Women and Work

This guide provides a place to start your research on Women and Work. Please see a reference Librarian for further assistance.

Finding Books | Reference Books | Journal Articles and Databases | Internet Resources

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Finding Books: Search CLICnet

Try a Subject search in CLICnet to find books on your topic:

Suggested Subjects:

women employment
women employment asia (or Women employment latin america)
feminist economics
sexual division of labor
women economic conditions

Reference Books

Reference books are a good place to start to find overviews, background information, and specific topics.

General Women's Topics

Women's issues
HQ1115 .W6425 1997 (3 vols.)

Women's rights : a global view
HQ1236 .W6527 2001

Women's studies encyclopedia
HQ1115 .W645 1989 (3 vols.)

International Women

The Penguin Atlas of Women Worldwide
G1046 .E1 S4 2003

Routledge international encyclopedia of women : global women's issues and knowledge
HQ1115 .R69 2000  (4 vols.)

Statistical record of women worldwide
HQ1150 .S73 1995 

Women in the Third World : a reference handbook
HQ1870.9 .K58 1997 

American Women

American women : who they are & how they live
HQ1421 .A486 1997 

Economic Issues

World poverty : a reference handbook
HC59.72.P6 G53 2004   

Reference books are located in the Reference Room at the St. Paul Library. They cannot be checked out. Search CLICnet to find books you can check out.


Journal Articles and Databases

Academic Search Premier
Access scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers, many in full text and images. Coverage: 1975-present for most databases [More info]

CIAO (Columbia International Affairs Online)
Includes full text documents related to theory and research in international affairs from 1991 to the present. [More info]

JSTOR
An archive of scholarly full-text journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
[More info]

Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1600 to 2000
An online archive of primary sources related to women's activism in labor organizations, in the anti-sweatshop movement, and other social movements [More info]


Internet Sources

International Labor Organization
http://www.ilo.org
See: International Labor Standards concerning women workers (article)

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org
See: Women Workers (article)

United Nations
http://www.un.org
See: Directory of UN Resources on Gender and Women’s Issues

Ms. Foundation for Women
http://www.ms.foundation.org
See: Raise the Floor

Women’s Edge Coalition
http://www.womensedge.org
See: Your Guide to Global Issues

NOW: National Organization for Women
http://www.now.org
See: NOW and Economic Equity


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