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Reference Works are encyclopedias, handbooks, bibliographies, atlases, and other works that are good starting points for learning the main ideas about a topic. They usually are found in non-circulating Reference Collections or are E-books. Here are some for international gender/women's studies topics (links go to their Library Catalog records):
- Encyclopedia of Women in Today's World by Mary Z. (Zeiss) Stange (Editor); Carol K. Oyster (Editor); Jane E. Sloan (Editor)ISBN: 9781412976855Publication Date: 2011-02-23
- Atlas of Gender and Development by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) StaffISBN: 9264075208Publication Date: 2010-04-21
- Progress of the World's Women (UNifem Reports)This report from the United Nations comes out every two years. The site may be moving to http://progress.unwomen.org/
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History by Bonnie G. Smith (Editor)ISBN: 9780195148909Publication Date: 2008-01-23
- Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Carol R. Ember (Editor); Melvin Ember (Editor)ISBN: 030647770XPublication Date: 2003-12-31
- Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women by Cheris Kramarae (Editor); Dale Spender (Editor)ISBN: 0415920884Publication Date: 2000-12-27
- International Encyclopedia of Women's Suffrage by June Hannam (Editor); Katherine Holden (Editor); Mitzi Auchterlonie (Editor)ISBN: 1576070646Publication Date: 2000-12-15
- African Women's Movements by Aili Mari Tripp; Isabel Casimiro; Joy Kwesiga; Alice MungwaISBN: 0521879302Publication Date: 2008-11-17
- Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen E. SheldonISBN: 0810853310Publication Date: 2005-03-16
- Feminist Methodologies for International Relations by Brooke A. Ackerly (Editor); Maria Stern (Editor); Jacqui True (Editor)ISBN: 0521861152Publication Date: 2006-06-29
- The International Migration of Women by Andrew R. Morrison (Editor); Maurice Schiff (Editor); Mirja Sjöblom (Editor)ISBN: 0821372270Publication Date: 2007-12-20
- The No-Nonsense Guide to Women's Rights by Nikki van der GaagISBN: 1904456995Publication Date: 2008-11-01
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women by Natana J. DeLong-Bas (Editor-In-Chief); Hibba Abugideiri; Asma Afsaruddin; John L. Esposito (Contribution by); Heba EzzatISBN: 9780199764464Publication Date: 2013-10-16
- Local Action - Global Change by Nancy Flowers; Julie A. MertusISBN: 1594515158Publication Date: 2008-08-30
- ABC of Women Workers' Rights and Gender Equality by International Labour Office (Contribution by)ISBN: 9221196224Publication Date: 2008-07-30
- Encyclopedia of Russian Women's Movements by Norma Corigliano Noonan (Editor); Carol Nechemias (Editor)ISBN: 0313304386Publication Date: 2001-09-30