Girl to Woman

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Selected Reference Materials

INDEXES TO AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

Adamson, L.G. (1998). Notable women in world history: A guide to recommended biographies and autobiographies. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Reference 920.72 A221n

Chicorel, M. (Ed.). (1974). Chicorel index to biographies. New York, Chicorel Library Pub. Corp.
Reference 016.92 C533i v.1-2

Davis, G., and Joyce, B.A. (1989). Personal writings by women to 1900 : A bibliography of American and British writers. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
Reference 016.82 D261p

Kanner, B. (1987). Women in English social history, 1800-1914 : a guide to research. New York: Garland.
Reference 016.3054 K16w v.3

Lillard, R.G. (1956). American life in autobiography. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Reference 016.92 L729a

Matthews, W. (1955). British autobiographies: An annotated bibliography of British autobiographies published or written before 1951. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Reference 016.92 M442b

Miller-Lachmann, L. (1995). Global voices, global visions: A core collection of multicultural books. New Providence, NJ: R.R. Bowker.
Reference 016.306 M648g

BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE SOURCES

Adams, J.R. (1995). Notable Latin American women: Twenty-nine leaders, rebels, poets, battlers, and spies, 1500-1900. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co.
Reference 920.72098 A214n

Felder, D.G. (1996). The 100 most influential women of all time: A ranking past and present. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group.
Reference 920.72 F312o

Garraty, J.A., and Carnes, M.C. (Eds). (1999). American national biography. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reference 920.073 A512n v.1-24

Hardy, G.J. (1993). American women civil rights activists: Biobibliographies of 68 leaders, 1825-1992. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
Reference 920.72 H269a

Hine, D.C. (Ed.). (1993). Black women in America: An historical encyclopedia. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson Pub.
Reference 920.72 H662b v.1-2

Hyman, P.E., and Moore, D.D. (Eds.). (1998). Jewish women in America: An historical encyclopedia. New York: Routledge.
Reference 920.72 H996j v.1-2

Jackson, K.T. (Ed). (1998-). The Scribner encyclopedia of American lives. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Reference 920.073 S434e v.1-7

Litoff, J.B., and McDonnell, J. (Eds.). (1994). European immigrant women in the United States: A biographical dictionary. New York: Garland.
Reference 920.72 L781e

Magill, F.M. (Ed.). (1995). Great lives from history. American women series. Pasadena, CA : Salem Press.
Reference 920.72 M194g v.1-5

Matthew, H.C.G., and Harrison, B. (Eds). (2004). Oxford dictionary of national biography: From the earliest times to the year 2000. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
Reference 920.042 O98d v.1-60

Mendez Mendez, S., Cueto, G.A., and Rodriguez Deynes, N. (2003). Notable Caribbeans and Caribbean Americans: A biographical dictionary. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Reference 920.0729 M538n

Parry, M. (Ed.). (1996). Larousse dictionary of women. New York: Larousse.
Reference 920.72 L332d

Salem, D.C. (Ed.). (1993). African American women: A biographical dictionary. New York: Garland.
Reference 920.72 A258a

Smith, J.C. (1992). Notable Black American women. Detroit: Gale.
Reference 920.72 N899b

Telgen, D., and Kamp, J. (1993). Notable Hispanic American women. Detroit: Gale.
Reference 920.72 T271n

Zia, H., and Gall, S.B. (Eds.). (1995). Notable Asian Americans. New York: Gale.
Reference 920.073 N899a

Selected Websites

Notable Women (Librarians Index to the Internet)
http://lii.org/pub/topic/notablewomen

Women's Resources (Digital Librarian)
http://www.digital-librarian.com/women.html

WSSLINKS: Women and Gender Studies Web Sites
http://libr.org/wss/WSSLinks/index.html

Finding Books

FINDING AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OWNED BY TREXLER LIBRARY

Search the Trexler Library Catalog for books owned locally.

GETTING THERE:
Use the shortcut search box on the Library Homepage or Library Homepage -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) -- Trexler Library Catalog

For tips on searching the catalog, use the Help link above the search boxes.

FINDING AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OWNED BY OTHER LIBRARIES

WorldCat. To find books held by other libraries, search WorldCat, a database of over 60 million library records from around the country and world. Use the ILL button to request a book from another library. (ILL can take 10-14 days.)

GETTING THERE:
Library Homepage -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) -- Other Library Catalogs -- WorldCat

LVAIC. You can borrow books directly from LVAIC (Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges) Libraries.

GETTING THERE:
Library Homepage -- Books, Videos, Music, ... (in Find box) -- Regional Libraries -- LVAIC Libraries

For more information on Interlibrary Loan options, see http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/more/ill/index.html or ask for help.

GETTING THERE:
Library Homepage -- ILL (in the Services & Forms box)

Citing Your Sources

For information on citation styles, consult the following resources.

Writer's Handbook (University of Wisconsin--Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Documentation.html

Trexler Library handouts on APA, MLA, and Chicago styles:
http://www.muhlenberg.edu/library/reshelp/citations.html
GETTING THERE: Library Homepage -- Citation Guides (in the Research Help box).