Subject
Research Guides
History:
Women in European History
This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on women in European history.
Background Information Sources
Available in the library's reference area:
| Encyclopedia of Women & World Religion | REF BL458.E53 1999 |
| Early Modern Europe | REF D228.E187 1999 |
| Oxford History of the Classical World | REF DE59.O94 1986 |
| Countries and their Cultures | REF GN307.C68 2001 |
| Encyclopedia of European Social History (6 volumes) | REF HN373.E63 2001 |
| Women’s Studies Encyclopedia | REF HQ1115.W645 1999 |
| Women’s Roles in Ancient Civilizations | REF HQ1127.W654 1999 |
| A History of their Own: Women in Europe from Prehistory to the Present | REF HQ1587.A53 2000 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and call numbers B, BV (religion; philosophy; witchcraft), H, HD, HQ (women’s studies; social sciences including employment, family, marriage), CT, D (history, individual countries).
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
- Expanded Academic/InfoTrac: Search by subject for academic research articles. Use subject terms such as: witchcraft, reformation, counterreformation, enlightenment, etc.
- LexisNexis: Search newspaper articles for recent research, archaeological discoveries, conferences, etc.
- Encyclopedia Britannica Online or World Book Online: Use to find general history background
Internet Resources
Several internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available from Web Resources page; follow link for History.
- Women and Gender in European History
http://www.cofc.edu/~seay/womenhis.html
webibliography of internet resources on women in European history - WWW Virtual Library Women's History
http://www.iisg.nl/w3vlwomenshistory/
virtual library of links to women’s history internet resources; search by country - Women in the History of Europe
http://www.helsinki.fi/science/xantippa/wee/wee21.html
history of women in Europe presented by professional feminists’ from EU countries - Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
course materials, a bibliography, and numerous web links.