Women's Health Research Guide
- Suggested subjects for finding books, theses and videos in the Library Catalog:
- abortion
- acquaintance rape
- aids (disease) in women
- anorexia nervosa
- birth control
- body image in women
- breast—cancer
- breast feeding
- bulimia
- childbirth
- domestic violence
- eating disorders
- estrogen
- exercise for women
- family violence
- fetal alcohol syndrome
- homeless women
- human reproductive technology
- menopause
- middle aged women—health and hygiene
- osteoporosis
- physical fitness for women
- postpartum depression
- pregnancy
- pregnant women
- prenatal care
- prenatal diagnosis
- rape
- running for women
- safe sex in aids prevention
- self-esteem in women
- sports for women
- teenage pregancy
- women—diseases
- women—health and hygiene
- women--mental health
- women--psychology
- women athletes—health and hygiene
- women’s health services
- Selected recent titles with call numbers for location:
- Abortion in the United States: a Reference Handbook Ref. HQ 767.5 .U5 .M3727 2008
- Babies By Design RB 155 .G74 2007
- Binge Eating Disorder RC 552 .C65 .B53 2008
- Black Women’s Risk for HIV RA 643.84 .G46 2007
- Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Obesity in Youth RJ 506 .E18 .B635 2009
- Breast Cancer Update RC 280 .B8 .S4974 2008
- Destinies of the Disadvantaged: Politics of Teenage childbearing HQ 759.4 .F865 2007
- Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence Ref. HV 6626 .E534 2007
- Everything Conceivable: How Assisted Reproduction is Changing…RG 133.5 .M86 2007
- Girls on the Stand: How Courts Fail Pregnant Minors KF 9315 .S57 2007
- Going Hungry: Writers on Desire, Self-denial, and Overcoming Anorexia Current Interest RC 552 .A5 .G65 2008
- Jiggle: (Re)shaping Women Current Interest TT 677 .B87 2007
- Mosby’s Guide To Women’s Health RA 778 .O94 2007
- Our Bodies Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth RG 525 .O97 2008
- Psychology of Women HQ 1206 .P747 2008
- Rape HV 6558 .B68 2007
- Sexual Health Ref. HQ 21 .S47364 2007
- Warrier Girls GV 709 .S64 2008
- Abstract/Indexing databases for finding articles from the Library’s Web Page:
- Academic Search Complete,
- CINAHL,
- Health Reference Center Academic,
- PsycINFO,
- Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection,
- Medline,
- ScienceDirect,
- Social Sciences Abstracts,
- SocIndex,
- WilsonOmniFile
- Current journals and magazines, most available online in full-text databases:
- American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ScienceDirect),
- Child Care, Health & Development (Academic Search Complete),
- Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health (ScienceDirect),
- Journal of Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology (ScienceDirect),
- Parenting, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Women’s Health Issues (ScienceDirect),
- Women’s Health Journal (Health Reference Center Academic)
- Selected WWW Internet links:
- www.4woman.gov National Women’s Health Information Center
- www.plannedparenthood.org/health Planned Parenthood Health Information
- www.breastcancer.org nonprofit organization for breast cancer education
- www.womenheart.org National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
- www.siecus.org Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.
Prepared by Ellen Paterson/Health Bibliographer
Updated: 6/25/2001, 10/9/2004, 7/20/2009