Women and
Work: a Research Guide
The IRIS catalog is the
gateway to all information resources located in the Rutgers University
Libraries. Use keywords to search
for the appropriate materials. Some
examples:
Working women -- Women and
labor movement -- Women and economic conditions
Searches using Library of
Congress Subject Headings can yield more targeted results. Subject headings can
be further narrowed by adding location
(
* Work and family
* Minority women – employment
* Working class women
* Sex discrimination in employment
* Women employees
* White collar women workers
* Sex role – economic
aspects
* Self-employed women
* Women
executives
To find other Library of
Congress Subject Headings, type in your key words (“women executives”) in the
search box, select “Subject begins with” from the drop-down menu under the
search box. “Women executives” will be the top choice. Also look under the “related headings”
in the list below.
Materials at other Rutgers
Libraries can be retrieved through the Interlibrary Loan system by clicking the
button marked [Deliver/Recall Book].
Materials needed from libraries outside the RUL system can be ordered
through [Interlibrary Loan/EZBorrow].
EZ Borrow is usually your quickest option. Ask a reference librarian or
assistant at a circulation desk if help is needed.
Finding Aids developed for
the Douglass College Shaping a Life course are excellent sources for information
on various topics relating to women and work. Consult them at: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/f_aids/sal/sal.shtml.
Consult the following reference books for basic
information and broad introductions to the topic of women and
work.
Ferber, Marianne A. Women
and work, paid and unpaid : a selected, annotated bibliography.
HD6053.F47 1987
General works. The
family. Labor force participation. Occupational distribution. Earnings and the
female-male pay gap. Discrimination. Unemployment. Women in individual
occupations. Women throughout the world.
Paula Dubeck, Dana Dun,
eds. Workplace/women's place: an
anthology.
HD6053.W678 2002
Readings about
women's preparation for employment, difficulties encountered in the workplace,
and home/life challenges. Explores
the impact of race, ethnicity and class on the work
experience.
Browsing through the following journals might yield
interesting articles on the topic of women and work. Links are provided for
those publications that are available electronically. After clicking on the
link, select the journal title from the alphabetized listing of electronic
journals.
Electronic Resource (available from Rutgers
University Libraries)
Electronic Resource (available from Rutgers
University Libraries)
Academic Search
Premier (Ebsco)
A
multi-discipline, full-text database of 3,200 scholarly publications as
well as abstracts and indexing for over 4,170
scholarly journals with some dating back to 1984. A valuable and large
collection of peer-reviewed full text journals for nearly all academic areas of
study.
Covers most business and management topics with
thousands of scholarly and professional publications, academic journals, and
trade magazines.
This database provides full-text access to global information on women. It includes coverage of journals, newsletters, and research reports from non-profit groups and government and international agencies.
This database indexes journal articles, books, and
other publications, with coverage of topics in sociology and related
disciplines.
There are
also some databases which are only
available from computers in the SMLR Library:
BNA: Human Resource Library
Updated information on workplace policies, laws,
regulations, and cases.
BNA Labor and Employment Law
Library
Includes cases, guidance, and news in all major areas
of the field: fair employment practices, individual employment rights, Americans
with disabilities, wages and hours, etc.
BNA Occupational Safety and Health Reporter
For full news coverage and documentation of federal
and state occupational safety and health programs, standards, legislation,
regulations, enforcement, and court and agency decisions.
AFL-CIO
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/women/
A section on Working Women includes “quick facts,”
topical papers on issues such as equal pay and women in the global economy.
See also “Links of Interest to Working Women” at:
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/jobseconomy/women/links.cfm
http://www.afscme.org/otherlnk/whlinks.htm
Outstanding source of online information on women’s
labor history by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees.
Center for Women's Business Research
http://www.nfwbo.org/
Research and
statistics regarding women business owners and their enterprises
worldwide.
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Research from a public policy organization focusing
on issues important to women and their families: poverty and welfare, employment
and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety and women’s political
and civic involvements.
International Labour
Organization
http://www.ilo.org/dyn/gender/gender.home
The ILO’s Bureau for Gender Equality is a good
starting point for ILO publications and other links relating to women and
work.
MBNet.com:
Minority Business Network
http://www.mbnet.com/
Provides information to support minority and
women-owned businesses.
UN Women Watch
UN Women Watch is a central gateway to information
and resources on the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women
throughout the United Nations system.
Provides a directory of UN publications, relevant websites, news and
highlights of international events and issues relating to working women.
Women Working, 1890-1930
http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/ww/
Digitized historical, manuscript, and image resources
from Harvard's library and museum collections that cover working and home
conditions, costs of living, policies and regulations governing the workplace,
and social and other issues germane to working women of the
period.
Women in the Labor Force: A
Databook
http://www.bls.gov/cps/wlf-databook2005.htm
Thirty-eight statistical tables from the
Compiled by Kristen
Fitzpatrick
August
2005