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Video Tutorials

These video tutorials were put together to support the Art + Feminism Meetup, but they are extremely helpful for all new Wikipedia editors. Thanks Art + Feminism Meetup!

• Making Simple edits on Wikipedia- Making Simple edits on Wikipedia
• Using your sandbox - Using your sandbox and adding citations
• Best Practices - Best practices and Wikipedia policies

Online Research Sources

• America's News- U.S. newspaper resource.
• American Men and Women of Science
• American Physical Society, Profiles of Women in Science
• Association for Women Geoscientists, Profiles.
• Association for Women in Mathematics, Profiles of Women in Mathematics
• Science History Institute, Women in Chemistry
• Dean, P. Women on the Hill: A History of Women at University of North Carolina online access, 1987.
• Gale Virtual Reference (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
• LexisNexis Provides general, regional and international news, biographical information and other topics. (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
• Marquis Who's Who (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
• National Science Foundation, Pioneering Women in STEM
• 34 American Lady Scientists Who Changed the World
• ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
• Proquest Newsstand
• Other online resources from the Library's E-Research by Discipline page (UNC campus/ONYEN access may be needed for some sites).

Research Sources on hand at Reference Trolly

• Evans, Claire L. Broad Band; Portfoio/ Penguin: New York, 2018
• Fins, A. Women in Science; National Textbook Co.: Skokie, IL, 1979.
• Holt, N. Rise of the Rocket Girls; Little, Brown and Company: New York, 2016.
• Jahren, H. Lab Girl; Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 2016.
• Morgan, G. Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan; Prometheus Books: New York, 2013.
• Swaby, R. Headstrong, 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World; Broadway Books: New York, 2015.
• Wayne, T. K. American Women of Science Since 1900, Vols. 1 & 2; ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA, 2011.
• A collection of biographies of women scientists ~ articles from various publications and websites