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Feminist Periodicals The Un vers ty of W scons n System Feminist Periodicals A current listing of contents WOMEN'S STUDIES Volume 19, Number 1, Spring 1999 Published by Phyllis Holman Weisbard LIBRARIAN Women's Studies Librarian EMINIST ERIODIC S A CURRENT LISTING OF CONTENTS Volume 19, Number 1 Spring 1999 Periodical literature is the cutting edge of women s scholarship, feminist theory, and much of women s culture. Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents is published by the Office of the University of Wisconsin System Women s Studies Librarian on a quarterly basis with the intent of increasing pUblic awareness of feminist periodicals. It is our hope that Feminist Periodicals will serve several purposes: to keep the reader abreast of current topics in feminist literature; to increase readers familiarity with a wide spectrum of feminist periodicals; and to prOVide the requisite bibliographic information shoUld a reader wish to subscribe to a journal or to obtain a particular article at her library or through interlibrary loan. (Users will need to be aware of the limitations of the new copyright law with regard to photocopying of copyrighted materials.) Table of contents pages from current issues of major feminist journals are reproduced in each issue of Feminist Periodicals, preceded by a comprehensive annotated listing of all journals we have selected. As publication schedules vary enormously, not every periodical will have table of contents pages reproduced In each issue of EE. The annotated listing provides the following information on each journal: 1. Year of first publication. 2. Frequency of publication. 3. U.S. SUbscription price(s). 4. Subscription address. 5. Current editor. 6. Editorial address (if different from subscription address). 7. International Standard Serials Number (ISSN). 8. OCLC, Inc. Control Number. 9. Locations where the journal is held in the UW System. 10. Publications in which the journal is indexed. 11. SUbject focus/statement of purpose of the journal. Piease note that in the actual text, only the numbers 1 to 11 are used to identify the different categories of information. Our goal is to have represented in FP all English-language feminist periodicals with a substantial national or regional readership, with an emphasis on scholarly journals and small press offerings. We do not include publications which, though feminist in philosophy, do not focus solely on women s issues. Nor, with few exceptions, dowe include newsstand magazines. We are also forced to omit periodicals which lack a complete table of contents. We encourage feminist serials to build a full table of contents into their regular format to facilitate the indexing feminist literature sorely needs. Interested readers will find more complete information on feminist periodicals in DWM:A DirectoryofWomen s Media published by the National Council for Research on Women (530 Broadway at Spring Street, New York, NY 10012); and in Women s Periodicals and Newspapers: A Union List of the Holdings of Madison Area Libraries, edited by James P. Danky, compited by Maureen E. Hady, Barry Christopher, and Neill E. Strache (Boston: G.K. Hall, 1982). Suggestions for improvements of Feminist Periodicals are gratefully received. We would parlicularly appreciate assistance from readers in the UW·System with our efforts to keep the holding information complete and up to date. Please let us know about new subscriptions, sUbscriptions we have overlooked, cancellations, or other pertinent information. Feminist Periodicals is also available on microfilm at the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Alternative Cataloging in Publication Data Feminist periodicals: a current listing of contents. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin System Women s Sfudies Librarian quarteriy. Table of contents pages from current it major feminist journals are reproduced... ~ a comprehensive annotated listing of al/ jc Frequenl/y cited as FP. 1. Feminist periodicals··Directories. 2. Feminism.. Bibliography..Periodicals. 3. Feminist periodicals-­ Current awareness services. I. University of. Wisconsin System. Women s Studies Librarian. (courtesy of Sanford Berman) Feminist Periodicals (ISSN 0742·7433) is published quarterly by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, UW· System Women s Studies librarian, 430 Memorial library, 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. Phone (608) 263·5754. Email: [email protected]. Website: hllp://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/ WomensStudies/ Compilers: linda Shull, Ingrid Markhardl. Graphics: Daniel Joe. Publications of the Office olthe UW-System Women s Studies librarian are available free of charge to UWWomen s Studies Offices, UW Campus Women s Centers, and UW libraries. Subscriptions rates: Wisconsin SUbscriptions: $8.25 (indiv. affiliated with the UW System), $15 (organizations affiliated with the UW System), $16 (indiv. or non·profit women s programs), $22.50 (libraries or other organizations). Oul· of'state subscriptions: $30 (indiv. & women s programs), $55 (inst.). This fee covers most publications olthe Office, including Feminist Col/ections, Feminist Periodicals, NewBooks on Women & Feminism. Wisconsin subscriber amounts include state tax (except UW organizations amount). 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