Wikipedia:WikiProject Women's History/Resources
WikiProject Women's History
Here are links to resources of use to participants in WikiProject Women's History. See the page footer for a host of useful links to policies, guidelines, and tools.
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Women's history[edit]
- Please add useful links to reference materials in our scope here.
Online databases[edit]
The following sources are sufficiently reliable to use as references, and may be of use:
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription, but many libraries, especially in the UK, offer access to library card holders)
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 (Some free content, more by subscription, but some libraries offer access to library card holders)
- Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia (Free content with articles written by scholars in the area)
- Grove Music Online (Access to the complete New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd edition, 2001). Subscription, but many libraries, especially in the UK, offer access to library card holders)
- Worldwide Guide to Women Leaders (Contains many lists of women leaders including many historical women such as leaders of governments, clergy, etc. No biographies, but useful for identifying needed articles on Wikipedia)
For new Wikipedians[edit]
Useful references[edit]
- How to edit a page The very basics.
- Starting an article This page explains how to create an article on Wikipedia and provides a guide for some things you should know when creating an article.
- Be bold If you see something that can be improved, improve it!
- How to use your user space Users pages, user talk pages, sandboxes, and more.
- Advice for the cultural sector Culture-sector professionals are encouraged to contribute to Wikipedia. Since it's not always easy to know how to contribute correctly, this page provides a centralised place to find relevant advice and to seek specific assistance.
- Includes a Glossary of these commonly misunderstood Wikipedia terms: notability, neutrality, featured article
- Avoiding common mistakes Newcomers to Wikipedia may find that it's easy to commit a faux pas. That's OK—everybody does it! Here are a few common ones you might try to avoid.
- Conflict of interest
- No original research Wikipedia does not publish original thought: all material in Wikipedia must be attributable to a reliable, published source. Articles may not contain any new analysis or synthesis of published material that serves to advance a position not clearly advanced by the sources.
- Citing sources How to format citations.
- Categorization Guidance on the proper use of the categorization function in Wikipedia.
- Help:Category For information on the mechanics of the function, category syntax, etc.
- Categorization FAQ Quick answers to common questions.
- Category names Naming of categories.
Tips and tricks[edit]
- Members can add suggestions here.
