Web Sites
Feminist Theory Web Site http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/
“The Feminist Theory Website provides research materials and information for students, activists, and scholars interested in women's conditions and struggles around the world.”
GenderStats http://devdata.worldbank.org/genderstats/home.asp
“GenderStats is an electronic database of gender statistics and indicators designed with user-friendly, menu-driven features. It offers statistical and other data in modules on several subjects.” Developed by the World Bank, “GenderStats is updated continuously as new information becomes available. The database is work in progress and its coverage has been expanded to include themes that range from health and education to political participation and poverty.”
In the First Person http://www.inthefirstperson.com
This website is provided free by Alexander Street Press. Updated regularly, In the First Person “…provides in-depth indexing of more than 2,500 collections of oral history in English from around the world. With future releases, the index will broaden to identify other first-person content, including letters, diaries, memoirs, and autobiographies, and other personal narratives.” Use in conjunction with Oral History Online http://www.alexanderstreet6.com/orhi/ , the landmark index to English language oral histories from Alexander Street Press.
Philosophy Research Base http://www.erraticimpact.com/
Includes feminism, ecofeminism, queer theory, and more.
Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/
“For more than 70 years, the Population Reference Bureau has been informing people about the population dimensions of important social, economic, and political issues. Our mission is to be the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.”
QueerTheory http://www.queertheory.com
“Queer Theory.com provides you with the best online resources integrated with the best visual and textual resources in Queer Culture, Queer Theory, Queer Studies, Gender Studies, and related fields.”
Sex Offenders Registered in Hamilton County: Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office (Ohio) http://www.hcso.org/publicservices/sexoffenders/offender.asp
“The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office makes every effort to update sex offender information on a daily basis. However, offenders may have moved and failed to notify the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department as required by law. Due to the fact that this information is continually changing, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office makes no expressed or implied guarantee concerning the accuracy of this information. Changes may be made at any time and without notice. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office assumes no liability for damages, directly or indirectly, as a result of errors, omissions or possible discrepancies.
Anyone who uses information contained in this database to commit a criminal act against another person is subject to criminal prosecution.”
Women and Gender Studies in Latin America http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/women/
This site is part of “The Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) …affiliated with the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin.”
Women in the Middle East http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/women.html
Produced by Columbia University, this site is part of the WWW Virtual Library, Middle East section.
Use the sites listed below to find additional women’s studies resources on the web.
Selected Women and Gender Resources on the World Wide Web http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/WomensStudies/others.htm
This site offers an extensive listing of sites and links on many topics relating to women’s studies.
Women’s Studies Database, University of Maryland-College Park Listing of Other Web Sites http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/OtherWebSites/
This is an extensive listing of links to women’s sites on the web. Use in conjunction with the University of Maryland’s Women’s Studies Database http://www.mith2.umd.edu/WomensStudies/index html
Women’s Studies/Women’s Issues Resource Sites http://research.umbc.edu/%7Ekorenman/wmst/links.html
“Women's Studies / Women's Issues Resource Sites is a selective, annotated, highly acclaimed listing of web sites containing resources and information about women's studies / women's issues, with an emphasis on sites of particular use to an academic women's studies program.” Produced by Joan Korenman at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.
WWW Virtual Library Women’s History http://www.iisg.nl/%7Ewomhist/vivalink.html
Geographically arranged, “The main purposes of this virtual library are to list women’s history institutions and organizations, locate archival and library collections, and provide links to Internet resources on women’s history. In addition, also included are a list of women’s studies journals and a few comprehensive link collections useful as a starting point for searching the internet for women’s studies in general.”
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