Research Guides: Gender Studies: Find Books

Finding Books

This page includes a starting list of books to help with your gender studies research. Books are helpful for an in-depth look at your topic or for finding background information.

Find Books: UVU Fulton Library Homepage
Use the search box on the library's homepage to search for more books. The search box defaults to OneSearch. To look for books and ebooks, toggle over to Books. This will limit your search to books and ebooks only. You can also find more books by browsing the Fulton Library's 4th floor in the HM-HX sections for sociology and the BF section for psychology.

Books and Ebooks

Threshold Concepts in Women's and Gender Studies (Print Book) by Christie Launius and Holly Hassel
Publication Date: 2018
This is a textbook designed primarily for introduction to Women's and Gender Studies courses with the intent of providing both skills- and concept-based foundation in the field. The text is driven by a single key question: "What are the ways of thinking, seeing, and knowing that characterize Women's and Gender Studies and are valued by its practitioners?"
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women (Ebook) by Cheris Kramarae and Dale Spender
Publication Date: 2000
In more than 900 signed A-Z entries from US and Europe, Asia, the Americas, Oceania, and the Middle East, the women who pioneered the field from its inception collaborate with the new scholars who are shaping the future of women's studies to create the new standard work for anyone who needs information on women-related subjects.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History (Ebook) by Bonnie G. Smith (Editor)
Publication Date: 2008
With more than 650 biographies of influential women and over 600 topical articles covering topics such as geography and history, culture and society, organizations, movements, and gender studies, Women in World History is the definitive reference work in the field.
Women's Rights in the United States (Print Book) by Tiffany K. Wayne (Editor)
Publication Date: 2015
A comprehensive encyclopedia tracing the history of the women's rights movement in the United States from the American Revolution to the present day.
Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories (Print Book) by Lorraine Code (Editor)
Publication Date: 2000
Provides an accessible, multidisciplinary insight into the complex field of feminist thought. The encyclopedia contains more than 500 authoritative entries commissioned from an international team of contributors and includes clear, concise and provocative explanations of key themes and ideas.
SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies (Print Book) by Abbie Goldberg and Genny Beemyn (Editors)
Publication Date: 2021
This encyclopedia, featuring nearly 300 authoritative essays, takes an interdisciplinary approach to trans studies. Psychology, sociology, history, family studies, K-12 and higher education, law/political science, and medicine are heavily emphasized. Other areas covered include anthropology, economics, literature, popular culture, the media, and sports. Also covers key historical figures, events, and organizations that are relevant to trans studies.
Feminism Is for Everybody (Print Book) by bell hooks
Publication Date: 2014
What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her characteristic clarity and directness, hooks encourages readers to see how feminism can touch and change their lives—to see that feminism is for everybody

Handbooks

Handbooks are collections of scholarly essays on a topic and include extensive bibliographies of additional sources. Handbooks can be especially useful for research, since they help give you a "big picture" look at your topic AND lead you to peer-reviewed articles.

The following are a few examples of handbooks. You can search for more handbooks by simply adding AND handbook after your search terms.

Handbook of Feminist Family Studies (Ebook) by Katherine R. Allen, April L. Few, Sally A. Lloyd, and J. Manuel Casas (Editors)
Publication Date: 2009
Demonstrates how feminist contributions to family science advance our understanding of relationships among individuals, families, and communities. Bringing together some of the most well-respected scholars in the field, the editors showcase feminist family scholarship, creating a scholarly forum for interpretation and dissemination of feminist work.
Handbook of Feminist Research (Print Book) by Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber (Editor)
Publication Date: 2012
Presents both a theoretical and practical approach to conducting social science research on, for, and about women. It develops an understanding of feminist research by introducing a range of feminist epistemologies, methodologies, and emergent methods that have had a significant impact on feminist research practice and women's studies scholarship.
SAGE Handbook of Feminist Theory (Print Book)
Publication Date: 2014
At no point in recorded history has there been an absence of intense, and heated, discussion about the subject of how to conduct relations between women and men. This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to these omnipresent issues and debates, mapping the present and future of thinking about feminist theory. The chapters gathered here present the state of the art in scholarship in the field, covering: epistemology and marginality; literary, visual and cultural representations; sexuality; macro and microeconomics of gender; conflict and peace.

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