Finding Books

Reserve Books

Subject Headings

Reference Sources

Finding Articles

Career Related Links

Web Resources

Associations

Evaluating Sources

Citing Sources

Additional Help

Searching the Library Catalog for Books & Other Materials

To locate books and other materials in CCSF Libraries, select the Library Catalog from the Library's Homepage. You will notice many ways to search, such as Title, Author, Subject, Subject Keyword, etc.

Examples of Subject searches include: Abortion; Aged women; Child rearing; Feminism; Housewives; Lesbianism; Marriage; Motherhood; Parenting; Pay equity; Prostitution; Rape; Sexism; Women’s Studies

Specific subject headings by name, description, geographical area, or genre:

Birth Control Comfort women – Asia Discrimination in employment Domestic violence English literature – Women authors Feminist theory Footbinding – China Flynn, Elizabeth Gurley Gender identity Hispanic American women – Biography Huerta, Dolores International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union -- History Jewish women Jones, Mother Kitchens – Social aspects

Lange, Dorothea Perkins, Frances Sex crimes Sex role Sexual harassment Slavery – China Suffragists – United States Teenage girls—United States Triangle Shirtwaist Company – Fire, 1911 Women and literature Women artists Women – Employment – United States Women – Psychology Women in politics – Latin America Women’s rights Working mothers

Autobiographies, diaries, letters, and memoirs of notable women:

Addams, Jane Angelou, Maya Beauvoir, Simone de Davis, Angela Dog, Mary Crow Gilman, Charlotte Perkins Hooks, Bell

Kingston, Maxine Hong Moody, Anne Santiago, Esmeralda Truth, Sojourner Walker, Rebecca Wong, Jade Snow

Reserve Materials

Reserve Materials include books, sample tests, class notes, and other items that instructors put at the library for class use. The check out time is shorter than regular circulating books.

To search for a book on reserve in the Library Catalog, select either Reserves by Course or Reserves by Instructor.

When you have located the materials, write down the Call Number and Title and present this to a staff person at the Circulation Desk.

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Browsing the Library Collection

Materials in the Library are shelved by call number according to the Library of Congress classification system. Books are arranged on the shelves by subject.

Relevant areas in the collection to find materials on Women's Studies include:

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Using Key Reference Sources

Reference books provide background information and overviews on a given topic. Some relevant reference books in Women's Studies include:

Bailey, Martha J.  American Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary.  
     Santa Barbara, CA: ABC- CLIO, 1994.  Q141.B25 1994 

Bernikow, Louise.  The American Women's Almanac: An Inspiring and Irreverent Women's 
     History.   New York: Berkley, 1997.  HQ1410.B47 1997 

Biggs, Mary.  Women’s Words: The Columbia Book of Quotations by Women.  New York: 
     Columbia, 1996.  PN6084.W6 B47 1996

Brakeman, Lynne, ed.  Chronology of Women Worldwide: People, Places & Events that Shaped 
     Women's History.  Detroit: Gale, 1997.  HQ1121.C617 1997 

Chang, Kang-I Sun, eds.  Women Writers of Traditional China: An Anthology of Poetry and 
     Criticism.  Stanford: Stanford U, 1999.  PL2278.W65 1999 

Christensen, Karen, eds.  International Encyclopedia of Women and Sports.  3v.  New York: 
     Macmillan, 2001.  GV709.I58 2000 

Clinton, Catherine.  The Columbia Guide to American Women in the Nineteenth Century. New 
     York: Columbia, 2000.  HQ1418.C58 2000 

Coppens, Linda Miles.  What American Women Did, 1789-1920 : A Year-By-Year Reference. 
     Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2001.  HQ1154.C665 2001 

Cox, Elizabeth.  Women in Modern American Politics: A Bibliography, 1900-1995.  
     Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly, 1997.  HQ1236.5.U5 C69 1997 

Cullen-DuPont, Kathryn.  Encyclopedia of Women's History in America.  New York: Facts On 
     File, 2000.  HQ1410.C85 2000 

Farris, Phoebe, ed.  Women Artists of Color: A Bio-critical Sourcebook to 20th century Artists in 
     the Americas.  Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1999.  N8354.W656 1999 

Fast, Timothy. The Women's Atlas of the United States.  New York, NY: Facts on File, 1995.  
     G1201.E1 G5 1995

Hardy, Gayle J.  American Women Civil Rights Activists: Biobibliographies of 68 Leaders, 
     1825-1992.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1993.  JC599.U5 H273 1993 

Hardy, Lyda Mary.  Women in U.S. History: A Resource Guide. Englewood, CO: Libraries 
     Unlimited, 2000.  HQ1410.H372 2000 

Harris, Sharon.  American Women Prose Writers, 1870-1920.  Detroit: Gale, 2000.  PS21 .D5
     v.221 

Harvey, Sheridan, ed.  American Women: a Library of Congress Guide for the Study of 
     Women's History and Culture in the United States.  Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 
     2001.  HQ1410.A44 2001 

Hauser, Barbara R. and Julie A. Tigges, eds.  Women's Legal Guide. Golden, CO: Fulcrum, 
     1996.  KF478.W674 1996 

Henderson, Helene, ed.  Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Sourcebook. Detroit: 
      Omnigraphics, 2000.  HV6626.2.D66 2000

Hine, Darlene Clark, ed.  Facts on File Encyclopedia of Black Women in America.  New York: 
     Facts on File, 1997.  E185.96.F2 1997 v.1

Howard, Angela M., and Frances M. Kavenik, eds.  Handbook of American Women's History. 
    Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000.  HQ1410 .H36 2000 

Hudock, Amy E., and Katharine Rodier.  American Women Prose Writers: 1820-1870. Detroit: 
     Gale, 2001. PS21 .D5 v.239 2001

Kinnear, Karen L.  Women in the Third World: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: 
     ABC-CLIO, 1997.  HQ1870.9 .K58 1997 

Kramarae, Cheris, and Dale Spender, eds.  Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: 
     Global Women's Issues and Knowledge. 4v.  New York: Routledge, 2000.  HQ1115 .R69 
     2000 v.1

Kreisel, Martha.  American Women Photographers: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography.   
     Westport, CN: Greenwood, 1999.  TR39.K74 1999

Lawler, Jennifer.  Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages.   Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 
     2001. HQ1143 .L38 2001 

Mankiller, Wilma Pearl, eds.  The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History. Boston: 
     Houghton, 1998.  HQ1410 .R43 1998 

Martin, Mart. The Almanac of Women and Minorities in American Politics. Boulder, CO: 
     Westview, 1999.  HQ1236.5.U6 M3778 1999 

McFadden, Margaret, ed.  Women's Issues.  Pasadena, CA: Salem, 1997.  HQ1115.W6425 1997 
     v.1

McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch.  Nobel Prize Women in Science: Their Lives, Struggles, and 
     Momentous Discoveries.  Washington, DC: Joseph, 1998.  Q141.M358 1998

Mulford, Carla, ed.  American Women Prose Writers to 1820.  Detroit: Gale, 1999.  PS21.D5 
     v.200 

Robinson, Lillian S., ed.  Modern Women Writers.  4v.  New York: Continuum, 1996.  PN471
      .M62 1996 v.1

Paul, Elizabeth L., ed.  Taking Sides.  Clasing Views on Controversial Issues in Sex and Gender.  
     2 ed.  Guilford, CN: McGraw, 2002.  H61.T3579 2002

Scultz, Jeffrey, ed.  Encyclopedia of Women in American Politics.  Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1999.     
     HQ1236.5.U6 E53 1999 

Shelton, Pamela.  Contemporary Women Poets.  Detroit: St. James, 1998. PS151 .C67 1997

Sherrow, Victoria.  Encyclopedia of Women and Sports. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1996.  
      GV709.S44 1996

Slatkin, Wendy.  Women Artists in History: From Antiquity to the Present. Upper Saddle River, 
     NJ: Prentice, 2001.  N43 .S57 2001 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  Trends in the Well-being of America's 
     Children and Youth.  Washington, DC: The Office, 1999.  HQ792.U5 T73 1999

Warren, Wini.  Black women Scientists in the United States.  Bloomington:  Indiana, 1999.  
     Q141.W367 1999

Weatherford, Doris.  Milestones: A Chronology of American Women's History. New York: 
     Facts on File, 1997.  HQ1410.W434 1997 

Weatherford, Doris.  Women's Almanac.  Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 2000.  HQ1101.W7562 2000

Wilson, Katharine M. Paul Schluter, and June Schluter, eds.  Women Writers of Great Britain 
     and Europe: An Encyclopedia.  New York: Garland, 1997.  PN471.W565 1997 

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Circulating Materials

Begun, Abbey M.  Women’s Changing Role.  Detroit:  Gale, 2000.  H61.I64x W65 2000

Crow, Barbara, ed.  Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader.  New York: New York U, 2000.  
     HQ1426.R325 2000 

Lim, Shirley, and Maria Herrera-Sobek, eds.  Power, Race, and Gender in Academe: Strangers in 
     the Tower?  New York: Modern, 2000.  LC3727.P69 2000

Northrup, Christiane.  Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom : Creating Physical and Emotional 
     Health and Healing.   New York: Bantam, 1998.  RG121.N59 1998 JOHN ADAMS

Offen, Karen M.  European Feminisms, 1700-1950: A Political History. Stanford: Stanford U, 
     2000.  HQ1586.O33 2000 

Prose, Francine.  The Lives of the Muses: Nine Women & the Artists They Inspired.  New York: 
     Harper, 2002.  NX160.P675 2002

Ramusack, Barbara N.  Women in Asia:  Restoring Women to History.  Bloomington, IN: 
     Indiana, 1999.  HQ1726.R36 1999

Rowbotham, Sheila.  A Century of Women: The History of Women in Britain and the United 
     States.  London: Viking, 1997.  HQ1593.R68 1997 

Evaluating Sources

Evaluating Webpages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask
A UC Berkeley - Teaching Library Internet Workshops

Critically Analyzing Information Sources
Developed by Olin-Kroch-Uris Libraries at Cornell University.

Evaluating and Citing Source
A quick and easy check list to use when determining the quality of web documents. Prepared by Librarians at CCSF.

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Need More Assistance?

For additional help you may contact the Reference Desk by phone at (415) 452-5543 or stop by the East and West reference desks at the Rosenberg Library.

eRef
Electronic Reference Service to CCSF students, faculty, staff and registered community users. Use this service when you are NOT in a CCSF library.

Library and Web Research Workshops
Fifty minute workshops are given throughout the semester on effective methods in searching for books, articles and information on the Internet.

Send comments or suggestions to:

Suzanne Lo
Subject Selector
(415) 452-5546
slo@ccsf.edu

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