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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):
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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) Staff
ISBN: 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 -
The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World by Joni Seager
ISBN: 0143114514Publication Date: 2008-11-25 -
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 Mungwa
ISBN: 0521879302Publication Date: 2008-11-17 -
Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa by Kathleen E. Sheldon
ISBN: 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 Gaag
ISBN: 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 Ezzat
ISBN: 9780199764464Publication Date: 2013-10-16 -
Local Action - Global Change by Nancy Flowers; Julie A. Mertus
ISBN: 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