Advancing Women: http://www.advancingwomen.com/
Offers news and career strategies for women, including
Advancing Women in Leadership,a journal for women researchers and educators.
Also has a special Latina section with articles in English and Spanish.
Women's Work: http://www.wwork.com/
This site is for
career women and female entrepreneurs; it features business resources (from
sources such as the Small Business Administration) and online chats. Also
includes The Bookworm, which highlights books of interest to working women (for
work or pleasure) to order from Amazon.com
Women Working, 2000 and Beyond: http://www.womenworking2000.com/
This site supports the PBS TV special, Women Working, 2000 and Beyond, offers
information about the broadcast, about women's networking groups (organizations
and associations), and recommendations for books on advancement, leadership,
balance and more.
U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau: http://www.dol.gov/wb/
The Women's Bureau researches and
analyzes information about women and work, and proposes policies to benefit
working women. An excellent source for statistics on women's occupations and
wages.
Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science & Engineering: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/mentor/
This volume was produced as part of a project approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council,
whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering,
and the Institute of Medicine. It is a result of work done by the Committee on Science, Engineering,
and Public Policy (COSEPUP) as augmented, which has authorized its release to the public.
This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by COSEPUP and
the Report Review Committee.
Advancing Women in Business: The Catalyst Guide to
Best Practices from the Corporate Leaders Catalyst (1998) 650.1 A
Maximize the full competitive advantage of your female employees.
Published by Jossey-Bass, this Catalyst book offers information and insight you
won't find anywhere else.
Business Etiquette in Brief
The competitive edge for today’s professional: making a positive and
powerful first impression, professional image tips for men and women, business
greetings and introductions, the art of business conversation, telephone
etiquette and more.
Cracking the Glass Ceiling: Strategies for Success,
2000 edition Catalyst (1999)
Up-to-date real-world cases detail how major corporations remove barriers
inhibiting the advancement of women to senior leadership, offering models for
emulation. Includes a comprehensive annotated bibliography.
Creating Women's Networks: A How-To Guide for Women
and Companies Catalyst 658.409 C912
A practical guide to starting and
sustaining women's workplace networks based on Catalyst's work with over 110
women's groups during the last ten years. Includes practical examples and advice
from successful women's networks.
Dive Right in -- The Sharks Won't Bite: The
Entrepreneurial Woman's Guide to Success (1997)
In this valuable, street-smart guide, Jane Wesman, publishing veteran and
entrepreneur, offers a blueprint for turning your ideas and aspirations into
powerful, profitable business success. Every woman who wants to make it on her
own will find the practical tools needed to turn the dream of entrepreneurial
achievement into everyday reality.
The Eleven Commandments of Wildly Successful Women (1996)
A creative new book shows women how to
deal with various career obstacles and achieve their goals, with more than one
hundred true stories of women who have attained great success despite
downsizing, glass ceilings, and family demands.
Enterprise One to One: Tools for Competing in the
Interactive Age (1999)
The authors of The One
to One Future show any company how to implement their celebrated marketing
approach--selling more products by targeting fewer customers individually--in order
to increase productivity and competitiveness.
The Female Advantage, Women's Ways of Leadership (1995)
Profiles four Female Leaders/Executives and documents the
style differences between them and the standard male style. Introduces the
concept of The Web of Inclusion--the title of her next book. Both required
reading for any woman who wants to get ahead but rejects the notion of joining
the "Good Old Boys' Club".
Hardball for Women (1993)
Strategies for playing the game of business and winning. The corporate
woman still has a long way to go before the business playing field is fair to
both sexes. Rather than advising women to act more like men in order to get
ahead, this fascinating book helps them understand men's rules and use them to
meet their own goals. This guide to professional success for women explains how
to be assertive, how to use verbal and non-verbal cues, how to engage in smart
self-promotion, and other tips on getting ahead.
How to Succeed in Business Without a P&*%$: Secrets
and Strategies for the Working Woman (1997)
Karen Salmansohn's humorous advice to women struggling for success in business
is now available in trade paper. She recommends that women learn how to balance
their inherently female qualities with what are perceived as traditional male
advantages. Salmansohn claims that taking the best of both will give women the
edge necessary to compete with men in the workplace.
Living in Excellence: Achieving the Success You Thought You’d Never Find 155.9042
W752 Audiocassettes
Are you stuck in a personal
and professional rut? Plagued with a nagging feeling that your life isn’t
headed in the right direction? These audiocassettes provide practical
approaches to finding excellence in your personal and professional life.
Membership in the Club: The Coming of Age of Executive Women (1993)
Mentoring: A Guide to Corporate Programs and
Practices Catalyst (1993) 658.409 M549
Profiling the most comprehensive
and innovative corporate mentoring programs, this report illustrates how to identify
and advance high-potential women, recruit and train new employees, and avoid
common pitfalls. Based on in-depth interviews with executives and human
resources professionals, the guide offers expert advice to policymakers,
business leaders, and women. 1993; 63 pages; Pub Code R27. $60 Catalyst
On The Line: Women's Career Advancement Catalyst
(1992)
Catalyst focuses on perhaps the most formidable barrier preventing women
from reaching senior levels in corporations: women's lack of line experience. Researchers
conducted interviews with human resources managers in a variety of industries
to investigate why women tend to cluster in staff, rather than line, positions.
The report outlines barriers women face and recommends strategies for
overcoming them, including examples of America's newest and most creative
policies for helping women advance.
Powerful Communication Skills for Women 650.014 K29 Audiocassettes
This audiocassette program provides tools to
build your self-esteem and deal more confidently with problems. Learn how to
communicate in difficult situations. Learn how to communicate with power!
The Promotable Woman 658.409082 C312
The skills and information needed to be successful while avoiding the common
detours that waste precious time are provided in this book. Basic management principles are combined
with the latest research to help solve the unique problems women face in the
business environment.
Seven Secrets of Successful Women (1997)
Over a four-year period, the authors
profiled hundreds of professional women, both household names and others less
well known but no less successful, to discover the key ingredients of their
rise to the top. In this eye-opening book, the Brookses spell out the skills
these women share - and provide specific action steps any woman can take to
apply them to her own life and career.
Talking from 9 to 5 : Women and Men in the
Workplace: Language, Sex, and Power -- Deborah Tannen (1995) 650.014 T166 (videorecording)
Explains how conversation
rituals between men and women differ and how such unconscious barriers result
in unnoticed and unappreciated efforts, and offers guidelines to establishing
more rewarding professional relationships.
Web of Inclusion: A New Architecture for Building
Great Organizations (1995)
Journalist Helgesen
uses the metaphor of a spider's interweavings to symbolize what should be the
new corporate structure. The web becomes not so much a sign of the information
superhighway as it does an icon of a seamless, nonhierarchical, communications-oriented
organization. This fluidity, she contends, is best equipped to handle the
millennium's top five issues: diversity, marketing, employee empowerment,
training, and strategic alliances. Her proof is offered in rather lengthy
studies of five companies each of which excels in handling one of the five
challenges.
Women in Corporate
Leadership: Progress and Prospects, Catalyst (1996)
This acclaimed survey of top women managers offers
testimony from the women who've made it, as well as the views of Fortune 1000
CEOs. The pioneers—often the first or only women at their level—offer insight,
hindsight, and advice on their routes to success.
Women Breaking Through: Overcoming the Final 10
obstacles at Work (1997)
For any woman who has ever felt her career stalled just because she was born
female, this is a must-read. You will learn new strategies for overcoming the
remaining obstacles to fair treatment and equal opportunity at work and come
away with a new plan to move her career forward. The information and strategies
are based on a landmark survey of over 300 women on the leading edge of change
in the workplace.
Women of Color in Corporate Management: Dynamics of
Career Advancement Catalyst (1998) 658.4095 W872B
Learn what African-American, Asian-American, and Latina women
perceive as barriers to advancement in corporate America. Read Catalyst's
recommendations on what companies can do to retain and advance this important
segment of their talent pool.
Women of Color in Corporate Management: Opportunities and Barriers
Catalyst (1999) 658.4095 W872C
This much anticipated study of the impact of racial or ethnic
status on opportunities and barriers for women of color in corporate management
is the culmination of a major three-year project.
Women of Color in Corporate Management: A
Statistical Picture Catalyst (1997) 658.4095 W872A
A combination of census data and
previously unpublished information from Catalyst's Women in Corporate
Leadership study presents a demographic overview of women managers of color.
Women Scientists in Industry: A Winning Formula for
Companies Catalyst 331.48 W872
A pilot study identifying factors in the
corporate culture that contribute to or impede the career advancement of women
scientists.
Working Woman’s Communications Survival Guide 658.45082 S619
This books talks about how to present your
ideas with impact, clarity and power and get the recognition you deserve.
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in
Conversation -- Deborah Tannen (1991) 302 T166
Acclaimed sociolinguist Deborah
Tannen uses telling examples ranging from real life to literary realism, as she
stunningly demonstrates how--even in the closest relationships--women and men
live in "different worlds."
Advancing Women: http://www.advancingwomen.com/
Offers news and career strategies for women, including
Advancing Women in Leadership,a journal for women researchers and educators.
Also has a special Latina section with articles in English and Spanish.
ALA Resources for Parents and Kids : http://www.ala.org/parents
Among other great resources, includes The Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and
Kids, which provides parents with definitions of common Internet terms, safety tips, and guidelines for selecting quality sites. Also includes Great Sites!, an annotated directory of more than 700 links that everyone in the family can enjoy, selected by librarians from the Children & and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association, and Teen Hoopla, an Internet Guide for teens from the Young Adult Library Services Association.
American Geriatrics Society: http://www.americangeriatrics.org
The AGS Foundation for Health in Aging's Web site provides
news releases on issues such as the Clinton Administration's proposed long-term
care initiative and Congress approved Health Professions Bill; and an article
on clinical practice guidelines on pain management (in PDF). At the Patient Education Forum,
you will find questions and answer pages on a growing list of topics such as
Alzheimer's disease; safe driving for seniors; urinary incontinence; falls and
balance problems; and end of life care. Also includes an annotated list of
links as well as a bibliography on related sources.
CareGuide: http://www.careguide.com/Careguide/index.jsp
CareGuide.com - Elder care, nursing homes, assisted
living, and retirement communities by state. Listed by city under each state.
Entry details range from just name, address, phone number, and map to Web pages
with full information, including costs and services offered.
Families and Work
Institute: http://www.familiesandwork.org/
FWI's mission is to identify and address
the issues of creating stronger families, more supportive communities, and more
effective workplaces. The Web site includes press releases, interactive forums,
and information about the Institute's research projects and publications.
The Institute for Women's Policy: www.iwpr.org
National Partnership for Women and Families: http://www.nationalpartnership.org/
This organization focuses on issues of
work and family as well as health care. Visitors can download publications,
join the organization, read press releases, and sign up to receive
organizational press releases by e-mail.
Provider Site: http://www.extendedcare.com
The core of this site is its facilities database, providing in formation on over 40,000 providers of
acute rehabilitation, retirement communities, assisted living, hospice, nursing
homes, long-term nursing care, pediatric, psychiatric, and home health and
equipment agencies in more that 8,5000 cities.
Woment, Enterprise & Society http://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/wes/
From the Harvard Business School. This site contains a
survey of the Baker Manuscript Collections for the role of women in business
from 1700-1920. Contains collection descriptions and some digitized material.
Browse material organized into four categories: Women at Work, Women in
Business, Women as Professionals, and Women’s Personal Lives. Also contains a
list of related web sites and a bibliography of resources arranged by subject
(General, Agriculture, Clothing Manufacture, Entrepreneurs, Mills &
Factories, Office Work, Domestic Word & Cottage Industries, Shipping &
Whaling, Guides to Archival Resources). An informative resource that
illustrates women’s contribution to business growth and success did not begin
in the 1970’s.
Women Working, 2000 and Beyond: http://www.womenworking2000.com/
This site supports the PBS TV special, Women Working, 2000 and Beyond, offers
information about the broadcast, about women's networking groups (organizations
and associations), and recommendations for books on advancement, leadership,
balance and more.
Working Moms' Internet Refuge: http://www.moms-refuge.com/
This fun, upbeat site covers topics ranging from stress management to
investment advice to quick recipes for busy parents. Women who telecommute
should look at the career section to read Telecommuting News.
Working Mother: http://www.workingmother.com/
The Baby Boomer's Guide to Caring for Aging Parents, (1997)
Addresses the many problems involved in caring for elderly parents, including: emotional,
financial and legal issues, in addition to chronic medical conditions such as
Alzheimer’s.
Balancing Career & Family: Overcoming the Superwoman Syndrome 650.1 T459
Realistic strategies for the woman who wants a career, a
family and a life.
Balancing Career, Family Top Concern In Survey Of Women Scientists C&EN: July 27, 1998
Caring for Your Parents in Their Senior Years : A Guide for Grown-Up Children, (1998)
With sections on
housing and personal care, legal and financial planning, and grief and
bereavement, this comprehensive guide teaches you how to handle aging in a
healthy and caring fashion.
Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging
Parents : How to Help, How to Survive, (1997)
We are becoming a nation of caregivers, half of whom are
over age 65; three-quarters are women. Berman's book is an invaluable safety
net for adult children who care for aging parents. She uses personal
experience, case histories, and interviews with geriatric professionals to
blaze a trail for those who are "childing" (not really
"parenting") mom or dad. The book provides the confidence and
practical tools needed to balance the needs of the parent and the caregiver.
Child Care in Corporate America: Model Programs
Catalyst (1993) 362.712 C536
A detailed analysis of
corporate-sponsored child care, issues pertaining to quality, plus a discussion
with experts and six model programs. Shows how companies with child care
initiatives achieve decreased absenteeism, lower stress levels, and increased
productivity, recruitment, and retention.
The Complete Eldercare Planner : Where to Start, Questions to Ask, and How to Find Help, (1997) With a clarity and authority that comes from years of consulting experience, Loverde shares techniques and step-by-step tactics for all aspects of eldercare, from how to first broach the topic with an elder that he or she needs care and finding the best insurance coverage to emergency preparedness and managing the process of dying.
The Complete Guide to Eldercare, (1998)
Coping With Your Difficult Older Parent : A Guide
for Stressed-Out Children (1999)
For the first time, here's a common-sense guide from
professionals, with more than two decades in the field, on how to smooth
communications with a challenging parent. Filled with practical tips for
handling contentious behaviors and sample dialogues for some of the most
troubling situations, this book addresses many hard issues, including: How to
tell your parent he or she cannot live with you. How to avoid the cycle of
nagging and recriminations. How to prevent your parent's negativity from
overwhelming you. How to deal with an impaired parent who refuses to stop
driving. How to assess the risk factors in deciding whether a parent is still
able to live alone.
Flexible Work Arrangements II: Succeeding with
Part-Time Options Catalyst (1993)
Presents findings from the first longitudinal study of flexible work
arrangements and their effect on employees' career growth. Includes strategies
for success and the benefits of flexible arrangements to employers and
employees
Girls Only (1997)
In a humorous, observant study of her own life and those of her mother and younger sister, a journalist with The
New York Times shares a feminine, multigenerational perspective on men and marriage, children, sex, careers, aging, and other aspects of their relationship.
Going Part-Time: The Insider's Guide for
Professional Women Who Want a Career & a Life (1997)
Drawing on their own experience and on
interviews with dozens of women who have discovered a way to balance a
prosperous career with a satisfying personal life, Cindy Tolliver and Nancy
Chambers offer you step-by-step guidance and the information you need to join
the part-time revolution.
How to Care for Your Parents : A Practical Guide to
Eldercare (1997)
A time-saving guide to help families successfully map and
navigate the unfamiliar terrain of eldercare, this unique handbook provides simple
decisions-making tools so grown children can help their parents take charge of
their long-term health, welfare, and housing needs.
A New Approach to Flexibility: Managing the
Work/Time Equation (1997)
A two-year, in-depth assessment of flexible work arrangements at two companies
and two professional firms offers practical strategies and solutions that work
in today's 24-hour business world.
Talk with Them Before it’s Too Late, (1999)
Protect you parents
and their financial health. Susan Richards, a Certified Financial Planner,
doesn’t want anyone to go through what she did when her father was
suddenly incapacitated by a stroke.
Stressing that adult children should talk with aging relatives while they are healthy
and vital, Richards helps families make good decisions and appropriate legal and financial plans for
their relatives, whether they have financial resources or not.
Two Careers, One Marriage: Making It Work in the
Workplace Catalyst (1998)
Based on the responses of nearly 1,000 dual-career earners, this study
reveals the salient features of dual-career marriages and alerts employers to
the issues that mean the most to these couples, who are clearly an extremely
valuable and very large segment of the workforce.
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in
Conversation Deborah Tannen (1991) 302 T166
Acclaimed sociolinguist Deborah
Tannen uses telling examples ranging from real life to literary realism, as she
stunningly demonstrates how--even in the closest relationships--women and men
live in "different worlds."
Association for Women in Science: http://www.awis.org/
Dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for
women in science, technology, engineering, and math.
U.S. Department of
Labor, Women's Bureau: http://www.dol.gov/wb/
The Women's Bureau researches and
analyzes information about women and work, and proposes policies to benefit
working women. An excellent source for statistics on women's occupations and
wages.
"Balancing Career, Family Top Concern In Survey Of Women Scientists" C&EN: July 27, 1998.
"Challenges Await Women Chemists In The New Millennium" C&EN: Sept. 21, 1998.
A web of hidden processes leads to nontrivial barriers to workplace success.
Gender Differences in Science Careers: The Project Access Study, (1995)
"Gender Equity in Science: Still an Elusive Goal" Issues in Science & Technology, 12, No. 2 (1995-96): 53- 58.
"Lives And Times Of Women Scientists" C&EN: May 6, 1996
In the decades following World War II, women scientists lost ground in almost every
professional aspect of science "Women Scientists in America: Before
Affirmative Action, 1940-1972,".
"More Ideas For Women Chemists" C&EN: Nov. 9, 1998
Readers submit their action plans for helping women overcome barriers to success in the workplace.
"Reflections Of Women In Science" C&EN: April 6, 1998
Conference at New York Academy of Sciences highlights 25
years of progress for women scientists and engineers.
"Running in Place" The Sciences, 38, No. 1 (1998): 18-23
Science and the Construction of Women, (1997)
Maynard writes about the relationship between women and
science. She has gathered not only facts and figures to back up her
interpretation, but also what is happening qualitatively in women’s lives that
shapes participation in science.
Who Succeeds in Science? The Gender Dimension, (1995)
Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women (1999)
A scholarly and convincing explanation of women's slow progress in the
professions. Whether in business, law, medicine, or academia, women are not
advancing at the same rate as men. They're not paid as well, they occupy less-powerful
positions, and they are not as respected. In this copiously researched book,
Valian (Psychology and Linguistics/Hunter Coll.) attempts to explain why. She
argues that we all have unarticulated, often subconscious ideas about gender
that affect both our behavior and, perhaps even more importantly, our
evaluations of one another. For instance, we think men are logical, women are
social; men are competent, women are flaky. As a result, men are consistently
overrated and women underrated by coworkers, bosses--and themselves.
Women Breaking Through: Overcoming the Final 10 obstacles at Work (1997)
For any woman who has ever felt her career stalled just because she was born
female, this is a must-read. You will learn new strategies for overcoming the
remaining obstacles to fair treatment and equal opportunity at work and come
away with a new plan to move her career forward. The information and strategies
are based on a landmark survey of over 300 women on the leading edge of change
in the workplace.
"Women Chemists: Concerned Over Rights." C&EN: Oct. 26, 1970
This is one of the earliest article about women's issues
that was referenced by the Women Chemists Committee of the American Chemical
Society. The issues which were discussed were, "As professional chemists,
women fight lower salaries, lack of job opportunities, and fewer
advancements." Similar to what women are coping with now.
Women Scientists in Industry: A Winning Formula for
Companies Catalyst 331.48 W872
A pilot study identifying factors in the
corporate culture that contribute to or impede the career advancement of women
scientists.
Webonomics: Nine Essential Principles for Growing Your Business on the World Wide Web (1998)
http://www.digitaldarwinism.com/book.html
Explains in nine essential principles how to market a
business on the Internet, providing insights and practical information while
profiling the habits of Web users.
Working Moms' Internet Refuge http://www.moms-refuge.com/
This fun, upbeat site covers topics ranging from stress management to investment advice to quick recipes for busy parents.
Women who telecommute should look at the career section to read Telecommuting News.
Being OK Just Isn’t Enough 158.2 H478
Summary: This book discovers the shocking simplicity of how to get along with anyone... a critical boss, a
sarcastic co-worker, an indecisive supervisor, an unappreciative mate, a
teenager with an attitude...
How to De-Junk Your Life 158.1 D993
Summary: The book presents keys to taking control, getting organized and
getting it all done.
Increase Your Web Traffic in a Weekend, by William R. Stanek (2000)
Using the tasks explored in this book, readers will be able to attract a following to their Web
site; gain an audience for their ideas; and promote their Web site to the
world. The CD-ROM contains author's samples, page templates, and other examples that will help the reader
implement all of the book's tasks in a simple weekend.
A New Attitude 155.9042 T459
Achieving personal and professional success by keeping a positive mental outlook.
Success Redefined: Notes to a Working Woman (1997)
What if success means getting paid for
doing what you like, being able to work in a t-shirt and jeans, getting the
spring bulbs planted in time, and enjoying all seven days of the week? In
Success Redefined, Lori Giovannoni says when you redefine success on your own
terms, you expand your choices in life
You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in
Conversation Deborah Tannen (1991) 302 T166
Acclaimed sociolinguist Deborah
Tannen uses telling examples ranging from real life to literary realism, as she
stunningly demonstrates how--even in the closest relationships--women and men
live in "different worlds."
Your Perfect Right (1995)
A guide to assertive living.