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Women's Studies 331
Seminar: Tanzania
Prof. Marla Jaksch
Spring 2008
Reference
 CountryWatch: Tanzania
Regularly updated reports on countries of the world.
BBC Country Profile: Tanzania
Tanzania (bibliography)
Location: Ref DT438 .D27 1996
Tanzania: Selected Internet Sites
Part of the Library of Congress' Portals to the World
World Bank: Tanzania
Atlas of African Affairs
Location: Ref G2445 .G7 1994
Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Location: Ref HQ1787 .S44 2005
Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Global Women's Issues and Knowledge - 4 vols.
Location: Ref HQ1115 .R69 2000
* see entry: Women's Studies: Sub-Saharan Africa, vol.4, p2117-2120.
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Articles
Core Resources:
Women's Studies International
Coverage: 1972-present.
Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies and the latest scholarship in feminist research.
Gender Watch
Coverage: 1974-present.
A full text database comprised of periodicals that focus on women and women's issues, including academic and scholarly journals, regional publications, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, booklets and reports.
Contemporary Women's Issues
Coverage: 1992-present.
Global information on women from journals, newsletters and reports from government, international and non-profit agencies.
Additional Resources:
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Internet Sites
Africa Action
A U.S.-based organization that works for political, economic and social justice in Africa.
Africa South of the Sahara: Selected Internet Sources
Lists of organizations and internet resources compiled by Stanford University librarians.
African Centre for Gender & Development
A division of the UN Economic Commission for Africa.
African Gender Institute
An African resource dedicated to strengthening and advancing the work of intellectuals, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners committed to the attainment of gender equity. Located on the campus of the University of Cape Town.
AllAfrica.com
A news service that aggregates, produces and distributes news from across Africa.
FEMNET: The African Women's Development and Communication Network
Aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African NGOs focusing on women's development, equality and other human rights.
Tanzania Gender Networking Programme - TGNP
A non-governmental organization (NGO) that seeks to promote gender equality and social equity through the empowerment of women and other marginalized sectors of the community.
Tanzania Media Women's Association - TAMWA
A non-governmental organization (NGO) that defends and advocates for women and children's rights through their media advocacy efforts.
Association of Women's Rights in Development
An international membership organization connecting, informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.
Center for Women's Global Leadership
Develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
Feminist Majority Foundation
Dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence, the FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically.
Global Fund for WomenThe Global Fund makes grants to seed, support, and strengthen women's rights groups based outside the United States working to address human rights issues.
Provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
UNIFEM: United Nations Development Fund for Women
"The women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that promote women's human rights, political participation and economic security." An international network of women's human rights organizations.
WomenWatch
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Citing Sources
Web Site Credits
Images or pictures used on a public web site must be a) obtained legally and b) cited in full. For copyrighted works permission must be obtained from the copyright holder before posting on a public web site.
As a general rule these elements should be included in an image citation:
- artist's name - if known
- title of image - if known (if not use a description)
- institution where held - if known
- title of article or book - if applicable
- author of article or book - if applicable
- title and date of journal - if applicable
- database name -if applicable
- date of access - if online
- date of publication - if originally from print material
- URL - if applicable
Image from Flickr (creative commons licensed)
"Hamilton College Chapel & Statue". 20 Feb. 2008. http://www.flickr.com/photos/17856896@N00/102745574/
Image from a digital collection "Official program. Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913". Print. 1913. American Memory. Library of Congress. 20 Feb. 2008. <http://memory.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html>.
Personal photograph
"Alexander Hamilton" [statue] Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Personal photograph by author. 20 Feb. 2008.
Photograph without restrictions
For an image without copyright restrictions provide a courtesy credit.
Photograph courtesy of Hamilton College.
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including MLA.
Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
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Get Help
For assistance with this course, contact:
Lynn Mayo
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4746
lmayo@hamilton.edu
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(Reviewed: February 26, 2008)
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