Gender & Women's Studies Subject Guide
Books
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Feminism
The following Library of Congress subject headings can be used with the Basic Search in the Library Catalog to locate books; remember to select Subject or Subject Headings:
Women artists (similarly, women accountants, women authors, women teachers, etc.)
Women and literature (similarly, women and religion, etc.)
Women in business (similarly, women in education, women in literature, women in the motion picture industry, etc.)
Sex role (also sex role in advertising, sex role in the work environment, sex role in children, etc.)
Sexism (also sexism in language, sexism in religion, sexism in textbooks, etc.)
Sex differences
Sex discrimination (also sex discrimination against women, sex discrimination in education, etc.)
Women in LCs Terms
Z695.1.W65 D53 1988 (Ref)
Contains more than 3,500 subject headings and cross references for the subject of women used by the Library of Congress in cataloging and classifying materials. The book is arranged alphabetically and by topic areas, and lists Library of Congress call numbers. Using this volume would help determine the best subject terms for a Library Catalog search.
Call numbers for Women's Studies
If you wish to browse the Reference collection or General Stacks for books related to Women's Studies, try these call numbers:
HQ 1101-2030 Women, Feminism
HQ 1075 Sex role
HD 6050-6223 Woman labor
Z 7961-7965 Bibliographies Women
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