Online Reference Tools
Use these reference books to provide an overview of your topic, define terms, and list recommended readings. If connecting from home, make sure your computer is configured for off-campus access.
- Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia
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Online version of encyclopedia with chapters on girlhood and girl culture.
- Gale E-Books (formerly Gale Virtual Reference Library) This link opens in a new window
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Online encyclopedias, dictionaries, and specialized reference sources, primarily in the social sciences and humanities.
- Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
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Springer online handbook with survey chapters on a range of topics, including varieties of gender theory, gender and migration, and more. - Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World
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The Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World looks at women today and delves into contexts of being female in the 21st century. The scope of the Encyclopedia focuses on women's status starting approximately in the year 2000 and going forward. - Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory
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Online guide to modern ideas in the interdisciplinary fields of cultural and critical theory. Includes bibliographies for most entries.
- Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas This link opens in a new window
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Overview articles on American and world popular culture, past and present, are arranged by decade, beginning with 1900, and accompanied by supporting reference articles and media and documents.
- Cultural Encyclopedia of the Body
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Includes entries on individual body parts, and a chronology.
- Black Studies Center This link opens in a new window
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Historical and current material for researching the past, present and future of African-Americans, the wider African Diaspora, and Africa itself. It is comprised of several cross-searchable component databases, including International Index to Black Periodicals, Black Literature Index and Schomburg Studies on the Black Experience (interdisciplinary essays written by leading scholars on the Black Experience). - Latino American Experience This link opens in a new window
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Focuses on the history and culture of Latinos living in the United States. Its content spans from the pre-Columbian indigenous civilizations of the Americas, through the Spanish and Mexican settlement of much of what is now the United States.
- American Indian Experience
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Full-text scholarship and reference content, primary documents, and thousands of images. Contains numerous entries on women, children, families, and social issues.
- World Folklore and Folklife This link opens in a new window
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Thousands of classic folk tales, including the complete Hans Christian Andersen stories, Grimms' fairy tales, and folktales from around the world. Contextual material adds new depth to familiar stories.