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The following list of items is a partial compilation of resources currently available in the WISE Institute Library located in 319 Boucke Building.

These resources are available for anyone who wishes to use them. Items may be checked out for two weeks at a time.

Contact us or stop by 319 Boucke Building to browse our library or check out an item.

Book Categories (partial listing):



Video and CD Categories: Although not listed below, we have many talks, seminars, workshops, and presentations on women in the STEM fields available to be checked out or to be viewed in our conference room.

Book Categories

  • Cartoons/Jokes
    • Whatever Happened to “Eureka”? – Cartoons on Science – Downes, Nick
    • The Cartoon Guide to Physics – Gonick, Larry & Art Huffman
    • The Cartoon Guide to Statistics – Gonick, Larry & Woollcott Smith
    • Einstein for Beginners – Schwartz, Joseph & Michael McGuinness
    • Politically Correct Bedtime Stories – Garner, James Finn

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  • Biographies and Journals of Women
    • Hypatia’s Heritage – Alic, Margaret
    • Women in Science – Gornick, Vivian
    • A Feeling for the Organism – Keller, Evelyn Fox
    • Women Who Could… and Did – Kitaj, Karma
    • A Matter of choices – Ajzenberg-Selove, Fay
    • Mothers of Invention – Vare, Ethlie & Greg Ptacek
    • Reconstructing Babylon – Hynes, Patricia
    • She’s and Engineer? – Ng, Yvonne & Jennifer Rexford
    • Creative Couples in the Sciences – Pycior, Helena
    • The Door in the Dream – Wasserman, Elga
    • Nobel Prize Women in Science – McGrayne, Sharon
    • Mothers and Daughters of Invention – Stanley, Autumn
    • Women of Science – Kass-Simon, G.
    • Journeys of Women in Science and Engineering – Ambrose, Susan
    • Webster’s Dictionary of American Women
    • We Are a Strong, Articulate Voice – Sonenklar, Carol

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  • Gender
    • Myths of Gender – Fausto-Sterling, Anne
    • Women, Work, & School – Wolfe, Leslie
    • Competition – Miner, Valerie & Helen Longino
    • A World Without Women – Noble, David
    • It’s the Right Time – National Speaking of Women’s Health Foundation
    • In A Different Voice – Gilligan, Carol
    • The Job/Family Challenge – Bravo, Ellen
    • Revolving Doors – Jacobs, Jerry
    • Pythagoras’ Trousers – Wertheim, Margaret
    • Failing at Fairness – Sadker, Myra & David
    • SchoolGirls – Orenstein, Peggy
    • The Difference – Mann, Judy
    • Reviving Ophelia – Pipher, Mary
    • Smart Girls Gifted Women - Kerr, Barbara

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  • Gender Equality in STEM
    • Balancing the Equation – Thom, Mary
    • Beyond Bias and Barriers - National Academy of Sciences/Engineering, Institute of Medicine
    • Beyond Description of the Problems – National Institute for Science Education
    • Land of Plenty – Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development
    • Science Policies in the European Union – European Commission
    • Thoughts and Deeds – Kreinberg, Nancy & Ellen Wahl
    • Reflections on Gender and Science – Keller, Evelyn Fox
    • Women and the University Curriculum – Kearney, Mary-Louise & Anne Holden Ronning
    • Women’s Science – Eisenhart, Margaret & Elizabeth Finkel
    • Feminism Confronts Technology – Wajcman, Judy
    • Machina Ex Dea – Rothschild, Joan
    • “Doing It the Hard Way” – Hacker, Sally
    • Counting Girls Out – Walkerdine, Valerie
    • Women in Science and Engineering – Selby, Cecily
    • Perspectives on Gender and Science – Harding, Jan
    • A Question of Identity – Benjamin, Marina
    • Women Scientists in America – Rossiter, Margaret
    • Women in Engineering – McIlwee, Judith & J. Gregg Robinson
    • Missing Links – International Development Research Centre
    • To Recruit and Advance – National Research Council
    • Re-Engineering – Rosser, Sue
    • Who Succeeds in Science? – Sonnert, Gerhard
    • Women, Science, and Society – Rosser, Sue
    • Unlocking the Clubhouse – Margolis, Jane & Allan Fisher
    • The Equity Equation – Davis, Cinda-Sue
    • Female-Friendly Science – Rosser, Sue
    • Small Groups for Students in Engineering – Reklaitis, Janine

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  • Journals and Magazines
    • Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering
    • Association for Women in Science
    • American Association of University Women OUTLOOK

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  • Mentoring
    • Becoming Leaders – Williams, F. Mary & Carolyn Emerson
    • Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend – National Academy of Sciences/Engineering, Institute of Medicine
    • All Sickness is Home Sickness – Connelly, Dianne
    • A Hand Up – AWIS
    • Mentoring Means Future Scientists - AWIS

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  • Teaching
    • Teaching Science and Health from a Feminist Perspective – Rosser, Sue
    • Faculty Collaboration – Enhancing the Quality of Scholarship and Teaching – Austin, Ann & Roger Baldwin
    • They’re Not Dumb, They’re Different – Stalking the Second Tier – Tobias, Sheila
    • Teaching the Majority – Breaking the Gender Barrier in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering – Rosser, Sue

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