See also the Women's Studies Research Guide.

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Academic Programs

• Artemis Guide to Women's Studies Programs
• Graduate Programs in Women's Studies (Smith College)
• Women's Studies Programs, Departments, & Research Centers (international)

Associations & Government Agencies

• American Association of University Women (promotes education, equity & legal advocacy)
• The Center for the Education of Women
• Center for the Study of Women in Society (University of Oregon)
• Feministas Unidas (coalition of Spanish-speaking feminist scholars)
• General Federation of Women's Clubs (international volunteer service organization)
• League of Women Voters (nonpartisan organization emphasizing education, advocacy)
• League of Women Voters of Cleveland
• National Council of Negro Women, Inc. (community-based services in U.S. & Africa)
• National Council of Women's Organizations (nonpartisan network of 100 advocacy groups)
• National Organization for Women (largest U.S. organization of feminist activists)
• National Women's Studies Association (feminist scholarship & activism)
• 9to5, National Association of Working Women (advocates economic justice)
• US Women Connect (global women's movement)
• Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) (advocates reduced violence & militarism)
• Women's Bureau (U.S. Department of Labor) (agency representing wage-earning women)
• Women's Funding Network (provides philanthropy for new issues)
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• WomenWatch (United Nations gateway to women's issues worldwide)

CSU Women's Studies Department

• Course Reserves
• Department Home Page
• New Acquisitions

Health

• Feminist Women's Health Center
• GINE-web (Spanish resource on women's health)
• Healthy Women (National Women's Health Resource Center)
• International Women's Health Coalition
• National Women's Health Information Center (toll-free call center)
• Women and Depression (NAMI)
• Women and Mental Health (National Institute of Mental Health)

History & Life

• American Women (Library of Congress resources)
• American Women in Uniform (veterans from the American Revolution to present)
• American Women's History: A Research Guide (full text of primary research sources)
• Chicago Women's Liberation Union Herstory Project (1967-1977)
• First Ladies' Gallery (biographies & accomplishments)
• Votes for Women: from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, (1848-1921)
• WWW Virtual Library: Women's History (links to organizations, archives, Internet resources, etc.)
• Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (interpretations of primary documents)
• Women in America: 1820-1842 (text of observations of European travelers)

See also: History Portal: Women's History

Journals

• Magazines and Newsletters on the Web (Women-Focused)
• Women's Studies Journals (full-text)

Law & Legislation

• Laws.com
• National Women's Law Center

Literature, Music, & Arts

• The Bluestocking Archive (text of British Bluestocking Circle)
• British Women Romantic Poets Project (text of 1789-1832 poems)
• A Celebration of Women Writers (biographical & bibliographical information)
• Victorian Women Writers Project (full text)
• Women in Music Internet Project (Kapralova Society)
• Women Writers Online (Brown University, text of early women's writings)
• Women-Related Web Sites in the Arts and Humanities

Philosophy

• Notes on the Women Philosophers of the 17th and 18th Centuries
• Women in Philosophy Gallery (portraits from antiquity to present)

Research Databases

• Core Research Databases:
  • Contemporary Women's Issues - Available but no longer updated after July 1, 2006
  • Gender Studies Database
  • GenderWatch
  • LGBT Life with Full Text
  • Viva Database
  • Women's Studies International
• Additional Databases:
  • Academic Search Complete Video Help
  • Electronic Journal Center: Social Sciences
  • Ethnic NewsWatch
  • Women Writers Online 1400-1850

Theology & Religion

• Women and Religion: Web Resources