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Encyclopedia of human relationships
Harry T. Reis, Susan Sprecher, [editors].
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, c2009.
3 volumes
Call no.
Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference HM1106 .E53 2009 Lib Use Only
Subject
Interpersonal relations — Encyclopedias.
Social interaction — Encyclopedias.
The New York Public Library’s excellent online exhibit on the year of gay liberation opens with an inviting digital poster with all the names of the gay liberation groups represented in the exhibit. Visitors can click anywhere on the poster to enter the exhibit. Take a look at the “Introduction” to learn about the history of gay liberation groups. About half a dozen or so of the groups are featured on the left side of the page, and the visitor can click on each one to read the story of their involvement in the gay liberation movement. Visitors who will be in New York City July through November can catch the “Traveling Panel Exhibition” at various libraries throughout the city, however, those visitors who won’t be anywhere near the Big Apple during those months, can “Download a PDF of the Panel Exhibition”. Finally, visitors should definitely not miss out on the link to the “LGBT Resources at the NYPL”, located in the lower left hand corner of the page. There are collections devoted to LGBT health, seniors, history and teens, as well as a list of other digital collections that are available.
As this website declares, “The Sewall-Belmont House and Museum celebrates women’s progress toward equality and their continuing contributions to our society.” Located on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., it holds the National Woman’s Party (NWP) historic collection of “records and artifacts that document the mass political movement for women’s full citizenship in the 20th century, both in the United States and throughout the world.” The physical and digital collection of the NWP consists of suffrage banners, the Suffragist magazine, political cartoons, and historic objects of women important to the suffrage movement, such as the chair of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the desk used by Alice Paul to write the Equal Rights Amendment. Visitors interested in browsing the collection can click on the “Browse Collection” tab at the top of the page to start browsing. The four time periods, “Suffrage”, “Equal Rights”, “International”, and “Contemporary”, are available to browse, and there is an interesting feature that allows the visitor to learn more about the period, before choosing one, by rolling their mouse over the title of a period. After visitors have chosen the period, the media type and media subtype can be chosen–everything from “Artifacts” “to “Sculptures” to “Records”.
A fraternity for women, Pi Beta Phi, built a settlement school in Tennessee to honor the 50th anniversary of the fraternity. This website has digital collections of letters, diaries, and scrapbooks related to the founding of the school, as well as historical photos of the surrounding community and an interactive gallery of artwork that resides at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the institution that the settlement school has become. Near the top of the page is a link to a “Timeline” that puts the fraternity’s founding and the opening of the school in the context of major world events. Visitors can start there to read a brief synopsis of each event on the timeline. To get look into what the school was like from a teacher’s’ perspectives, visitors should check out the beautifully digitized scrapbooks they made by clicking on the “Scrapbooks” link near the top of the page. Visitors should not miss the 360-degree image gallery to see every angle of some beautiful artworks that include a turned ash bowl and a raku vase. Click on “View Interactive Image” to start the art object turning, and then to slow it down or stop it or reverse direction, just drag the hand cursor onto the object. A zoom feature can also be accessed with the “+” or “-” at the bottom of the viewer.
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The Library has recently acquired the long awaited Encyclopedia of gender and society, (Sage 2009) edited by Jodi O’Brien. This well constructed two volume encyclopedia provides both framing essays on major topics, such as “Economy: history of women’s participation” and more specific entries, on a wide array of social topics, such a “Cheerleading”. It is recommended to gender studies scholars as well as others seeking to apply the dimension of gender to their research. The entries are cross-referenced and elaborated with important “further reading” lists.
Encyclopedia of gender and society
edited by Jodi O’Brien.
Los Angeles : SAGE, c2009.
2 v. (xxxii, 976 p.) : ill. ; 29 cm.
Call no.
Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference HQ1115 .E54 2009 Lib Use Only
Note
“A Sage reference publication.”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Women — Encyclopedias.
Men — Encyclopedias.
Social history — 1970- — Encyclopedias.
