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Gender studies

      Titles Descriptions
  1. Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
  2. Engendering Development through Attention to Gender
  3. Feminist Theory Website
  4. French Feminist Theory
  5. Gender and Education
  6. Gender Inn: Women's and Gender Studies Database
  7. Gender Related Electronic Forums
  8. Glasgow Women's Library
  9. Global Trade Expansion and Liberalisation: Gender Issues and Impacts
  10. Intersections
  11. Knitting Circle Index of Topics
  12. Stonewall Guides to Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations
  13. Theory, Gender and Identity
  14. Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
  15. Women in Judaism
  16. Women's Biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
  17. Women's Studies / Women's Issues
  18. WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
  19. Y? The National Forum on People's Differences

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Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Resources include teaching materials such as papers and study guides covering topics like women's spirituality, ancient social life, ancient and modern attitudes, gender and sexuality, and the status of women in ancient societies. Also features anthology essays, visual images, and material on biblical studies.
     Author: Scaife, Ross
     Subjects: gender studies, women in history
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: images, index
Engendering Development through Attention to Gender
World Bank report addressing issues relating to gender and development. Covers social norms, laws, economic institutions and growth, and policy making, with a view to promoting gender equality. Report is presented as a PDF file.
     Author: World Bank
     Subjects: economic development, gender studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: document
Feminist Theory Website
Collection of information intended to encourage research into feminist theory, international dialogue and the generation of new ideas about feminist theory and women's movements. Provides bibliographies of material within various fields of feminism including Anarcha Feminism, Essentialism, Lesbian Studies, Political Theory and Socialist Feminism, along with details of publications addressing different national and ethnic feminisms. Also features biographical information on individual feminists, arranged alphabetically by surname. Information is available in English, French and Spanish.
     Author: Switala, Kristin
     Subjects: feminism, gender studies, women's issues
     DeweyClass: 305.42
     Resource type: bibliography index
French Feminist Theory
Collection of resources focusing upon French feminism, with sections on individual writers. Includes interviews, bibliographies, biographical details, and journal articles.
     Author: University of Iowa
     Subjects: feminism, gender studies, women writers
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: articles, bibliography, biography
Gender and Education
A journal that aids the distribution and exchange of feminist research and ideas in the multi-disciplinary, international area of education. Includes articles dealing with the experiences of boys and men as well as girls and women. Submission and ordering information as well as contents pages are provided.
     Author: Carfax
     Subjects: gender studies, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: journal
Gender Inn: Women's and Gender Studies Database
Gender Inn is a database of over 5000 records about feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies from 1950 to the present. Search results are returned in German and English.
     Author: University of Cologne English Department
     Subjects: gender studies, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: bibliography
Gender Related Electronic Forums
An annotated collection of over 200 women's issues and gender studies email lists. As well as academic subjects topics include religion and spirituality lists, health lists, motherhood lists, and womens studies lists.
     Author: Korenman, Joan
     Subjects: gender studies, pregnancy, women's issues, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: mailinglist index
Glasgow Women's Library
The Glasgow Women's Library aims to provide an information resource relevant to all areas of women’s lives, history, culture and achievements. Details are available on the various collections held, the range of projects co-ordinated by Library staff (including literacy and numeracy initiatives), as well as upcoming events.
     Author: Glasgow Women's Library
     Subjects: feminism, gender studies, special libraries, women in history, women writers, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: documents, images, news
Global Trade Expansion and Liberalisation: Gender Issues and Impacts
Report of a study assessing the state of knowledge about gender inequality and trade, informing the development of policy in this area, and identifying areas for future policy relevant research. Reviews existing research on gender and trade, and provides case studies for Ghana, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Jamaica. PDF.
     Author: Sussex University Institute of Development Studies
     Subjects: bangladesh, gender studies, ghana, international trade, jamaica, pakistan, sri lanka, uganda
     DeweyClass: 382
     Resource type: article
Intersections
Refereed journal for historical and cultural gender studies in Asia. Offers articles such as Crossing Gender Boundaries in China: Nushu Narratives, and Ethnography and Video: Researching Women in China's Floating Population.
     Author: Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia
     Subjects: asian studies, gender studies, population studies
     DeweyClass: 305.8
     Resource type: journal
Knitting Circle Index of Topics
Extensive index of topics and academic Internet resources seen from the perspective of lesbians and gay men. Includes summaries of governments reports, legal issues, statistics, and details of personal lives of historical figures that have been omitted, hidden, or underplayed in orthodox histories.
     Author: South Bank University Lesbian and Gay Staff Association
     Subjects: gender studies
     DeweyClass: 306
     Resource type: documents, index
Stonewall Guides to Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations
To help understand the relevant laws, Stonewall has produced two guides to assist employers and employees.
     Author: Stonewall
     Subjects: gender studies, sexual orientation
     DeweyClass: 306.76
     Resource type: guide
Theory, Gender and Identity
Materials about the mass media and its relationship to people's identities, lives, gender and behaviour. Includes sections on role models, queer theory, Michel Foucault and Judith Butler.
     Author: Gauntlett, David
     Subjects: gender studies, media studies
     DeweyClass: 302.23
     Resource type: documents
Voice of the Shuttle: Web Page for Humanities Research
A large index to Internet resources, divided into headings, such as literature, culture, gender issues, minorities and religious studies, as well as more common humanities subjects.
     Author: Liu, Alan
     Subjects: cultural studies, english literature - general, epidemiology, gender studies, humanities links, minorities, religious education
     DeweyClass: 001.3
     Resource type: index, journal
Women in Judaism
Multi-disciplinary online journal for scholarly debate on gender related issues in Judaism. Aims to promote the reconceptualisation of the study of Judaism by acknowledging and incorporating the roles played by women, and by encouraging the development of alternative research paradigms. It is particularly intended to promote critical analysis of gender inequalities within Jewish religion, culture and society, both ancient and modern.
     Author: Eylon, Dina Ripsman & Kriger, Diane
     Subjects: gender studies, jewish history, judaism
     DeweyClass: 305.4924
     Resource type: journal
Women's Biographies: Distinguished Women of Past and Present
Compilation of biographical and reference data pertaining to eminent women of cultural and historical significance, past and present. Sources can be searched by subject or by name. Additional information comprises a bibliography and other relevant Internet material.
     Author: Bois, Danuta
     Subjects: gender studies, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: biography index
Women's Studies / Women's Issues
Alphabetical list of over 100 selected women's and gender related sites of all types.
     Author: University of Maryland
     Subjects: gender studies, women's issues, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: index
WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
The purpose of WSSLinks is to provide access to a wide range of resources in support of Women's Studies. It is organised into sections including art and film, culture and literature, education, history, lesbian sites, music, philosophy, politics, science and technology.
     Author: Association of College and Research Libraries
     Subjects: gender studies, women in history, women in science, women's studies
     DeweyClass: 305.4
     Resource type: index
Y? The National Forum on People's Differences
A moderated and edited mailing list where it is possible to ask people from other ethnic or cultural backgrounds questions on sensitive topics. Topics include those related to differences in age, class, disability, gender, geography, occupation, race and ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation. US based.
     Author: Milano, Phillip J.
     Subjects: cultural studies, gender studies
     DeweyClass: 303.4
     Resource type: forum