Women in Science and Medicine

Web Sites | Organizations | Databases & Archives

Web Sites

- 4000 Years of Women in Science
- Biographies of Women Mathematicians
- Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics

- Distinguished Women of Past and Present
- Female Nobel Prize Laureates
- Women in Biology Internet Launch Pages
- Women in Chemistry: Her Lab is Your Life
- Women-Related Web Sites in Science/Technology

 

 

Organizations

- American Chemical Society: Women Chemists Committee
- American Institute of Physics: Women in Physics
- American Physical Society: Committee on Status of Women in Physics
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Association for Women in Mathematics
- Association for Women in Science
- Global Alliance for a Diversified Workforce in Science and Technology
- Institute of Physics: Women in Physics Group

 

 

Databases & Archives

America: History & Life

Provides abstracts of journals, reviews and dissertations on United States and Canadian history from prehistory to the present. Covers 1954-present

ArchivesUSA

Directory of 5,480 repositories and over 154,000 collections of primary source material housed across the United States.

Biography & Genealogy Master Index

A comprehensive index to Who's Who publications, major collective biographies such as American National Biography, and other sources of biographical information such as the New York Times obituaries.

Biography Resource Center

Includes full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals. Allows user to search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.

 

Bryn Mawr College Special Collections

The Library's Special Collections department has significant collections of historical materials and texts, including sources to support women's studies.

 

 

Contemporary Women's Issues

Full text access to information on women in over 150 countries. Journals, newsletters, research reports, and fact sheets from disciplines such as sociology, psychology, health, education, and human rights. Covers 1992 to the present.

Gender Watch

Full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. Includes scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, books, conference proceedings, government and non-governmental organization reports.

 

Historical Abstracts

Abstracts of journal articles, books, book reviews and dissertations that cover world history from 1450 to the present.

New York Times, Historical

Offers full text article images from the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 to three years before the current date.

Periodicals Index Online

Index to the contents of over 4,500 periodicals in the humanities and social sciences, including some published as far back as 1770.

ProQuest Research Library

Provides access to an extensive collection of full-text articles from journals across a wide range of subject areas. Covers 1971-present.

Web of Science

Extensive database of articles in the sciences and social sciences. This multidisciplinary database can be searched by subject, author, and journal title. Articles that cite a known author or work can also be searched. Covers 1955-present.

 

Women's Studies International

Provides citations and abstracts of journal articles, books, book chapters, newspapers, dissertations and bulletins, in core areas of women's studies, including feminism, women of color, science, health and technology. Covers 1972-present