The Mabee Library Reference Blog

The Mabee Library reference staff will use this blog to inform our patrons about interesting reference resources. Questions and comments from the Washburn University community are welcome. Check back for new posts!

March 31, 2008

Caddy Stacks



The Mabee Library held a successful fundraiser this past weekend. Photos from the event can be seen here.

See the flyer for the event here.

March 5, 2008

Women's History Month




March is Women’s History Month! The library has a number of books that cover women’s history and issues, including:
Reference Books:
The timetables of women's history : a chronology of the most important people and events in women's Greenspan, KarenNew York : Simon & Schuster, c1994
Call Number: HQ1121 .G75 1994
Chronology of women's history / Kirstin Olsen Olsen, KirstinWestport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1994Call Number: HQ1121 .O47 1994
Timelines of American women's history / Sue Heinemann Heinemann, Sue, 1948-New York : Berkley Pub. Group, c1996
Call Number: HQ1410 .H45 1996
Books you can check out:
Feminism and suffrage : the emergence of an independent women's movement in America, 1848-1869 / Ell DuBois, Ellen Carol, 1947-Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1978
Call Number: HQ1423 .D8
Natural allies : women's associations in American history / Anne Firor Scott Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1991
Call Number: HQ1904 .S28 1991
Milestones : the Women's Bureau celebrates 65 years of women's labor history [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Labor, Women's Bureau, [1985?]
Call Number: HD6095 .M52 1985

Resources on the Web:
Women’s History Month:
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/womenshistorymonth/a/whm_history.htm?nl=1

Ten best books about women and art history from about.com:
http://arthistory.about.com/od/womenartists/tp/womenahbooks.htm?nl=1