WS 280: Global Women

Directory of Development Organizations list created by an independent non-profit
Consultation, the European Commission and Civil Society (CONECCS) from European Union

UN NGO Database from the United Nations

NGO's Women in Development
list created by Duke University

• Librarian: Jane Nichols
• Office Location: 121 The Valley Library, 4th floor
• Office Hours: by appt
• Chat: vlibjane
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• Name: Prof. Mehra Shirazi
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Academic Search Premier scholarly, magazine and newspaper articles from many academic disciplines

Contemporary Women's Issues scholarly articles from a feminist or a Women's Studies approach

JSTOR use quotes ""women's rights" if you want a phrase; use "women's rights" and afghanistan to search for each concept; limit to articles; includes some historical articles

Project Muse use quotes "african gender institute" if you want a phrase; use "african women" and education to search for each concept; limit to articles

Use the Subject drop down menu for more ideas of databases to use, see the list for Women Studies.

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Lexis Nexis international and national newspapers

NewspaperSource more international and national newspapers

PressDisplay even more international and national newspapers, only last 60 days, best with Internet Explorer

There are a number of ways to get meaningful statistics:

• check in books, journal articles and newspaper articles
• search the Statistical Abstract of the United States
  
• search the web, for example searches like:
  • "bolivian women" statistics
    
  • women bolivia statistics
  can help uncover reports with quantitative data from government agencies, professional associations, etc.
• some historical statistics may be found using the Historical Statistics of the United States, 1610-2000