Encyclopedias and Reference

Gender Studies

• Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
  Covers the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary gender studies. Offers a cross-national/cross-cultural perspective that provides comparative analyses of the life experiences of men and women around the world.
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Gender in Media Gale
  Examines the role of the media in enabling, facilitating, or challenging the social construction of gender in our society. (2012)
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America Gale
  Survey of more than 400 years of lesbian and gay history and culture in the United States. (2004)
  
  
• Gender and Women's Leadership Gale
  Provides an authoritative reference resource on leadership issues specific to women and gender. (2010)
  
  
• International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Gale
  Includes articles specific to countries and to religious traditions, examining the history of family life within these cultures and discussing how families have been affected by political and social change.
  
  
• Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History Oxford
  With over 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies
  
  
• Prostitution and Sex Work Gale
  Provides an overview of prostitution and sex work in the United States, from the Colonial era to today, examining the issue as it affects men, women, and transgender individuals of all races and classes. (2011)
  
  
• Shapers of the Great Debate on Women's Rights: A Biographical Dictionary Gale
  Explores the three waves of feminism through the lives of the women who made history in bringing women's issues to the forefront of American society. (2008)
  
  
• Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia Gale
  Covers women of historical interest worldwide, from around 3100 BCE to the modern age, from every walk of life-artists, pirates, scientists, athletes, philanthropists, adventurers, politicians, pacifists, saints, and courtesans, even those famous for just being famous. (2002)
  
  

Research Articles

• Research Databases for Sociology and Anthropology
  
  
  

Related Resources

• American Men and Women of Science Gale
  Current biography; Scientists, engineers and inventors; Science and technology; Biography and genealogy (2008)
  
  
• American Women of Science since 1900 Gale
  (2011)
  
  
• Countries, Cultures, & Diversity
  Encyclopedias and reference on topics with related issues
  
  
• Gale Virtual Reference Library Gale
  All Gale Encyclopedia and Reference resources in one search.
  
  
• Goddesses in World Culture
  From classical Greek heroines to female archetypes in today's video games, from Native American divinities to Asian goddesses immortalized through landscape references, goddesses and their stories inform our history and fill our folklore.
  
  
• Opposing Viewpoints
  
  
  
• Oxford Reference Online
  Search specialized dictionaries, reference books, and several encyclopedias covering everything from language and history to business, science, and medicine. (Updated regularly)
  
  
• Social and Cultural History: Letters & Diaries Online Alexander Street
  Full text collection of the following: * North American Women's Letters and Diaries * British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries * Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories * The American Civil War: Letters and Diaries * Black Thought and Culture