GUIDELINES FOR USING THE INDEX

The Index to Women's Education des femmes includes a Subject Index,
an Author Index, and a Title Index.

Subject Index

Citations are listed under each subject heading. Where there is more than one citation under a subject heading, citations are listed in alphabetical order by the author's last name.
Sample Citations from the Subject Index
ART
(1)
Canadian Congress for Learning
Opportunities for Women - British Columbia (2)
E-Side Studios, ill.(3) Visualizing feminism.(4)
[Art](5) ills.(6)
WEDF 6:2 (Spring /printemps88):20-21. (7)

JOB TRAINING (1)
Rankin, Joyce.(2) Where there's a will,
there's not always a way.(4) Fr abs, ill.(6)
WEDF 6:4(Fall /automne88):35-36.(7)
(Commentary).(8)

  1. Subject heading
  2. Author (Reviewers will also be listed in this field, followed by "rev". See below for explanations of review citations.)
  3. Illustrator or translator
  4. Title
  5. Article type; e.g. interview, editorial, book review, letter, artwork, etc.
  6. Article characteristics; e.g. French abstract, illustrations, photos, charts, bibliography, etc.
  7. Location of article. Volume and issue numbers, month or season of issue, year, and page numbers
  8. Series name; e.g. "Commentary", "Resources"

Author Index

Citations are listed under author's, reviewer's, translator's, and illustrator's names. When there is more than one citation under a name, citations are listed alphabetically by title.

Title Index

Citations are listed alphabetically by title. Initial articles are ignored in filing; e.g. "a", "the", "an".

Book Reviews in the Subject Index

Book reviews are listed in the Subject Index under the heading "BOOK REVIEWS" and under other headings, such as "FICTION", "POETRY" and headings for the subject of a non-fiction book.

Sample citation for Book Reviews in the Subject Index
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (1)

Cohen, Marcy, White, Margaret.(2)
Menzies, Heather, rev.(3) Taking control of our future: clerical workers and the new technology.(4) [Book review](5) photo.(6)
WEDF 5:4(Summer / été87):33-34.(7)

  1. Subject heading
  2. Authors of book reviewed
  3. Reviewer
  4. Title of book reviewed
  5. Article type
  6. Article characteristics
  7. Article location
  8. Series name will follow if there is one.

Book Reviews in the Author Index

In the Author Index, book reviews are listed under the reviewer's name (followed by "rev") and under the author of the book reviewed.

Book Reviews in the Title Index

In the Title Index, book reviews are listed under the title of the book reviewed.

Other Reviews in the Subject Index

Reviews of films, videos, art shows, periodicals, etc. are listed in the Subject Index under the heading "REVIEWS" and under other headings, such as "FILMS", "VIDEOS", "ART SHOWS", "PERIODICALS", and headings for the subject of the work reviewed.

Sample citation for Other Reviews in the Subject Index
FILMS
(1)
Sears, Barbara.(2) Carson, Vivian, rev.(3)
Class of promise.(4) [Review] (5) port.(6)
WEDF 4:1(Fall / automne 85):42 (7)

  1. Subject heading
  2. Creator of work being reviewed (in this case, the director). This field is used for film and video reviews only. It will be left blank for reviews of art shows, periodical issues, etc.
  3. Reviewer. Reviewer's name is followed by "rev"
    (for film, video, and periodical reviews only)
  4. Title of work reviewed
  5. Article type
  6. Article characteristics
  7. Article location
  8. Series name will follow if there is one

Other Reviews in the Author Index

In the Author Index, reviews are listed under the reviewer's name (followed by "rev") and, for film and video reviews, under the director's name.

Other Reviews in the Title Index

In the Title Index, reviews are listed under the title of the work being reviewed, unless it is not given in the title, in which case the title of the review is used.

ABBREVIATIONS USED/ABRÉVIATIONS UTILISÉES
bibliography biblio. bibliographie
biographical essay bio. essai biographique
compiler comp. compilation
compilers comps.
crit. critique
discography disc.
editor ed. éditeur
editors eds.
film film
French abstracts Fr. abs.
illustrator, illustration ill. illustratrice, illustration
illustrator, illustrations ills. illustratrices, illustrations
photograph photo. photographie
photographs photos. photographies
portrait port.
reference ref.
réf. référence
references refs.
rés. ang. résumé anglais
reviewer rev.
statistics stats. statistiques
tab. tableau
table tabl.
tables tabls.
trad. traductrice
Women's Education WEDF Women's Education
des femmes des femmes


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