This research guide has been developed by your instructor and librarian to help you complete your bonus research Web Quest Assignment.

• Women you may want to research
• Web Quest assignment guidelines
• Finding Websites
• Evaluating primary sources on the web
• Periodical databases
• Books in the Library catalog and SDSU catalog

   

Reference Sources

Almanac of Famous People - A Comprehensive Reference Guide to More than 25,000 Famous and Infamous Newsmakers from Biblical Times to the Present

• Reference source is a bibliography of articles or other reference sources
• Volume 3 contains chronological, geographic and occupation indexes
  useful for selecting a person
• Ref CT 214 G74 1987 volumes 1 to 5

Great Lives from History - American Series

• Gives 5 to 6 page article on individual
• Each article contains ‘Early Life’, ‘Life’s Work’, ‘Summary’ and ‘Bibliography’ on the person   Bibliography is very useful in finding books and essays
• Ref CT 3202 C66 1989

The Continuum Dictionary of Women’s Biography

• Gives brief articles
• Some articles have abbreviated bibliographies
• "Subject Index by Categories" in the back of the book is useful for selecting a person
• Ref CT 3260 N57 volumes 1 to 3

Notable American Women 1607 to 1950

• Give 1 to 2 page article on individuals
• Each article has a bibliography to other sources
• ‘Classified List of Selected Biographies’ in the back of the book
• Ref E 185.86 B542 volumes 1 & 2

Black Women in America - A Historical Encyclopedia

• All articles give a picture of the individual
• All articles have useful bibliography
• Black Women in the United States: A Chronology’ (p.1309)
• ‘Classified List of Biographical Entries’ (p.1353) in the back of volume 2 is useful for selecting a person
• Index to both volumes also in the back of volume 2 (p.1381)
• Appendix A: Women’s History
• Potpourri on pages 35 - 38 is useful for selecting a person
• Ref HQ 1410 H36 1999

Handbook of American Women’s History

• Give brief articles on topics as well as on individuals
• Each article has very useful bibliography
• Index in the back of the book; Bold type indicates name of article.
• Light type indicates name of topic within the article.