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• Databases & indexes
• Reference
  • Dictionaries and encyclopaedias
  • Biographical works
  • General
  • Quotations
  • Guides
  • Methodology
• Statistics/Treaties
• Web sites

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Databases & indexes

	Academic OneFile Provides indexing/abstracting for over 12,500 journals and reference sources; over 5,000 in full-text and more than 7,300 peer-reviewed. Coverage includes the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects. Includes coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
	Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost) A multidisciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals. This database also offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
	Contemporary Womens Issues Publications from over 200 domestic and international organizations
	PIO: Periodicals Index Online International index to 3,600+ international humanities & social sciences journals.
	Web of Science (Web of Knowledge) Citation databases with over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage for over 120,000 conferences.

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Reference

• Dictionaries and encyclopaedias
• Biographical works
• General
• Quotations
• Guides

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

• Chronology of women worldwide... 1997 - Cen:Ref HQ 1121.CJ326
• A concise glossary of feminist theory 1997 - Cen:Ref HQ 1115.AH712
• The continuum complete international encyclopedia of sexuality 2004 – Cen:Ref HQ 21.IL33
• Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities 2007
• Routledge critical dictionary of feminism and postfeminism 2000 - Cen:Books HQ 1115.RV35
• Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia 1999 - Cen:Ref HQ 1115.WV42

Biographical works

• The Book of New Zealand women 1991 - Cen:Books DU 434.A2 BP97
• Dictionary of women artists 1997 - Cen:Ref N 8354.DJ21
• International Who's who of women - Cen:Ref CT 3202.IL3
• Notable American women: a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century 2004 – Cen:Ref CT 3260.NW492
• Notable American women: the modern period: 1607-1950 1980 - Cen:Ref CT 3260.NW49

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General

• Gender, rights and development: a global sourcebook 2008 – Cen:Books HQ 1240.G9942
• The Penguin atlas of women in the world 2009 - Cen:Atlas G 1046.E1 S4
• Where women stand: an international report on the status of women in 140 countries 1997 - Sto HQ 1154.NC278

Quotations

• Quotable New Zealand women 1994 - Hoc PN 6081.5.Q92
• The quotable woman: the first 5,000 years 2001 – Cen:Ref PN 6081.5.Q96
• Words of women 1993 - Cen:Books PN 6084.W6 LQ21

Guides

• Bloomsbury guide to women's literature 1992 - Cen:Ref PN 471.BM71
• From convent to concert hall: a guide to women composers 2003 – Cen:Books ML 82.FX35

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Methodology

• Feminist research methods: an annotated bibliography 1991 - Sto HQ 1180.ZM6
• Handbook of feminist research: theory and praxis 2007 – Cen:Books HQ 1180.H686
• Just methods: an interdisciplinary feminist reader 2008 – Cen:Books HQ 1180.JY7

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Statistics/Treaties

• Around the clock: findings from the New Zealand time use survey 1998-99 2001 – Cen:Books HN 930.5.Z9 T45
• Rights of women: a guide to the important UN treaties for women's rights 1998 - Cen:Books KM 208.22.RJ786 1998
• Statistics New Zealand: Gender and unpaid work – findings from the Time Use Survey
• The world's women, 2000: trends and statistics 2000 – Cen:Books HQ 1154.WX24
• The world's women, 2005: progress in statistics 2006 – Cen:Ref HQ 1154.WX24

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Web sites

• BUBL – Gender Studies – Directory of Internet resources on the topic of Gender Studies
• Feminist Majority Foundation - Comprehensive list by subject
• Feminist Theory - Created by Professor Kristin Switala of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and hosted by the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture at Virginia Tech University, this site is for students, scholars, and activists
• Gender Ads - A resource for analysing the advertising images that relate to gender
• Global Focus Aotearoa - specialist provider of information and education on global and development issues.
• Ministry of Women's Affairs - NZ Ministry of Women's Affairs site
• Te Puna Web Directory - Women & Women's studies - NZ Directory maintained by the National Library
• University of Otago: Department of Gender Studies
• WHOSIS - World Health Organisation health and health related statistical information site
• Women & Art - Annotated lists about women in visual arts.
• Women's Directory – a listing of women's groups and organisations in New Zealand. Maintained by Ministry of Women's Affairs
• Women's Human Rights Resources
• Women Watch - United Nations - statistical and other information relating to women

Last revised: 13 May, 2010