Free Women Studies Resources

Resources:


• Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites: Women's Studies/Women's Issues Resource Sites is a selective, alphabetical 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.
• CLAGS: The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies: A database of resources for LGTBQ scholars: a calendar of events, calls for papers and submissions, and announcements of fellowship and scholarship opportunities. "CLAGS is committed to fostering and disseminating LGTBQ research and scholarship both in the United States and abroad." Includes an online directory of LGTBQ Studies-a searchable collection of scholars within universities, non-governmental organizations, and other places; their locations; what tracks of study are available nationwide for students and intellectuals wishing to pursue the field of LGTBQ Studies; and more.
• Diotima: Materials for the Study of Women & Gender in the Ancient World: Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses about women and gender in the ancient world. This site includes course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including articles, book reviews, databases, and images. Subject coverage within the gender-defined parameters includes Greek and Latin linguistics and literature, and Greek and Roman history, archaeology, mythology and religion.
• Discovering American Women's History Online: Created by Ken Middleton, librarian at Middle Tennessee State University. "This database provides access to digital collections of primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, artifacts, etc.) that document the history of women in the United States. These diverse collections range from Ancestral Pueblo pottery to interviews with women engineers from the 1970s." [from the description on the home page]
• Jewish Women's Archive: An extensive Web site with access to biographical and archival information, teaching resources, and online tools for and about Jewish women and their history. The Virtual Archive offers information on hundreds of women, women's organizations, and manuscript collections, along with a rich array of primary source material.
• Society of Women Engineers: The web site of the Society whose mission is to encourage women to achieve full potential in careers as engineers and leaders. Includes information about its organization and publications, links to career services, scholarships, conferences, and student services.
• WGSSLinks: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites: The purpose of WGSSLinks is to provide access to a wide range of resources that support Women's Studies. Curated by the Women and Gender Studies Section of The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL).
• Women and Language: A vast collection of links dealing not just with language and linguistics but also with "women and the web," "women and Internet language," computer-mediated communications scholarship, and more.
• WomenConnect: A UK-based organization whose motto is "using and shaping the Internet together," WomenConnect aims to build an electronic network of women's organizations and resource contacts throughout England. The site offers information about relevant events, resources, links, etc.
• Women in Computer Science: Two Studies on the Effects of Stereotypes: An undergraduate honors thesis by Maria Enderton of Macalester College. It deals with issues relating to the systematic under-representation of women in computer science, offering both a review of research and studies designed to further our understanding of the issues. One of the studies collects and analyzes female computer scientists' experiences with and views about the effects of gender stereotypes for women in computer science.
• Women in Cyberspace: This paper by Professor Ellen Moody "look[s] at the general experience of women trying to build lives and identities, and communicate with one another in cyberspace," and considers as well the obstacles to women's using cyberspace effectively and what can be done to make the online experience more appealing and hospitable for women. The paper, which was presented at a conference in 2006, includes extensive documentation.
• Women in Games: The Escapist is devoted to women in games and gaming. Several articles and interviews.)
• Women in Information Technology: "An annotated list of sites about and for women in the fields of library & information science, information technology, and computer science." A combination of blog/news and excellent, annotated links organized in several sections: Readings; Cool Links; Education, Events; In the News; Organizations; Working. An earlier version was called Web-sters' Net-Work. Unfortunately, the site does not seem to have been updated since 2006.
• Women in Podcasting Directory: The website's name says it all. A directory of women who have podcasts. The site also provides the opportunity for women to add their podcasts. If you're not sure what a podcast is, check the Wikipedia definition.
• Women in Podcasting: The List: Amy Gahran has compiled and updated an annotated list of women who host or co-host a podcast. A podcast is online audio content that's delivered via webfeed. She explains all this in more detail on her site [actually, part of her blog]. She also makes an argument for why more women should become involved in podcasting.
• Women in Technology & Culture: Researchers, Designers, and Artists Working in Pervasive Computing-Related Fields: Anne Galloway has compiled this listing, which includes name, institutional affiliation, research interests, country, and a link to each person's web site.
• Women Internet Researchers: Nicola Döring has created this very useful annotated listing of "women who think and write about the Internet and its social implications, mostly from an academic view." The listing includes women from many countries, describes their interests, and provides links to their personal home pages whenever possible.
• Women in the New Economy: Insights and Realities: Results of a survey conducted in 2000 of 265 women working in "new economy" companies. Among the issues covered are the upside and downside of working the in new economy, how women are treated, the effect on women's personal lives, the strategies women use, women's wishes for how their companies operated, the factors that keep women in their companies, and more.)
• Women: Lost in Cyberspace?: Essay by Kenyon College professor Laurie Finke calling attention to the loss of human agency in most accounts of the benefits of information technology and urging more attention both to feminist pedagogy and to information technology's impact on women.)
• Women's Information Technology Transfer (WITT): This site has been established as a portal to link women's organizations and feminist advocates for the Internet in Eastern and Central Europe. It supports Eastern and Central European women in developing the web as an instrument of social activism. The website proclaims WITT's commitment to "bringing women's actions, activities, and struggles into the spotlight" and "promoting the use of free software as a way to highlight women's voices."
• Women's Relationship with the Web: Jennifer Brayton's site includes two bibliographies ["Women and the Internet" and "Gender and Technology"], an essay, book and film reviews, and links.
• Women's Space Work: Yvonne P. Doderer's site, based in Germany, provides annotated links to resources concerning cyberfeminism as theory and activism, political networking, feminist and lesbian activism, art on the net, and much more, including many outside the U.S. Doderer also offers a thoughtful essay entitled "Women's Space Work" that provides a feminist perspective on technological possibilities. The essay is available in both German and English.
• WWWomen: Extensive links to women's resources, including a search engine.