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Key class numbers and search terms
Key references, recent academic publications and newly available
Periodicals
Press cuttings and ephemera
Zines and artist books
Electronic resources
Archives (personal and organisations' papers and oral histories)
Museum (objects, banners, textiles)
Identifying images
UK Web Archive
Further information
The Women's Library, founded in 1926 as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service, exists to document and explore women's lives in Britain in the past, now and in the future. Printed material, ephemera, archives, oral histories and museum objects together form The Women's Library collections. The collections include a wide range of resources for the study of violence against women, particularly in the domestic sphere. In addition to contemporary books, pamphlets and periodicals on domestic violence the collections also contains related material on homelessness, marriage, family breakdown and sexual abuse. The Library holds women's accounts of domestic abuse as well as information on organisations, campaigns and groups seeking to raise awareness and address the issues of violence in the home and support victims of abuse.
Key class numbers and search terms
The printed collections of The Women's Library are arranged in the Dewey Decimal Classification and listed on London Metropolitan University's online catalogue, available in the Reading Room and via the website Key class numbers and search terms for domestic violence include:
See also Sources on sociology and social research
Key references, latest academic works and acquisitions
The Library holds the following guides and bibliographies, which are useful for identifying further information and material on the subject:
Parker, Teresa et al. UK gold book : a guide to domestic abuse and refuge services 2009-10. Bristol : Women's Aid Federation of England, 2009. Reading room oversize 362.829280941 UKG
Smith, Lorna J.F. Domestic violence: an overview of the literature.London: H.M.S.O, c1989. Reading Room 362.82920941
Wilson, Carolyn F. Violence against women: an annotated bibliography. Boston, Mass.: GK Hall, 1981. Reading Room 016.36288
The Women's Library's most recently published and newly available acquisitions
Periodicals
The Library holds a wide range of periodicals on women, including academic titles, popular magazines and campaigning newsletters. Some relevant periodical titles on domestic violence are Rights of women bulletin, Violence against women: an international interdisciplinary journal and Women at work: preventing gun violence. Further periodical titles on the subject can be identified through the online catalogue.
For further guidance on identifying periodicals click here.
Press cuttings and ephemera
The presscuttings collections cover the whole of the 20th century and are particularly valuable for identifying contemporary comment where retrospective online newspaper coverage is unavailable. The Library holds microfilmed cuttings, up to 1979, on domestic violence on reel 20.
The Library's ephemera collection contains information relating to women's organisations, including leaflets, flyers, minutes of meetings, agendas and all kinds of campaign literature. It includes ephemera on campaigning and support organisations such as Women Against Violence Against Women, Southall Black Sisters, Rape Crisis centres and the National Women's Aid Federation.
Zines and artist books
The Library's collections currently include more than 350 zines and 27 artist books some of which explore domestic violence
Electronic resources
Electronic resources (online journals and databases) are currently only available to London Metropolitan University staff and students, and can be accessed via the online catalogue with their institutional identification and password. London Metropolitan Academic Liaison Librarians have provided a list of relevant e-resources.
Archives (personal and organisations' papers and oral histories)
A brief guide to the archives is available on The Women's Library's website. Further details of archives available for research can be found on archives and museum catalogue or in the hand lists in the Reading Room on the shelves adjacent to the Information Desk. The following archives contain material relevant to domestic violence:
5CAP/D/02/4 Records for the Campaign Against Pornography includes press cuttings on domestic violence (1994)
5HWA Records of Hackney Women's Aid (1974-c. 2000)
5OPF National Council of One Parent Families (1917-2002)
5WMA Records of the Women's Media Action Group (1977-1990)
7NLA Papers of Nina Last (c.1895-2009)
Museum (objects, banners, textiles)
This includes badges, postcards, photographs, posters, textiles, some ceramics and other objects. Further details of museum objects available for research can be found in the archive and museum catalogue or in the hard copy catalogues available in the Reading Room on the shelves adjacent to the Information Desk. Museum objects on this topic can be located in the catalogue using terms such as violence, rape, refuge and Women's Aid
Identifying images
Images can be found throughout The Women's Library's collections. Many digital images are available on Flickr, Vads, the archives catalogue (click on the number in the left hand side) and Mary Evans Picture Library. Use Mary Evans Picture Library's fast service for a non-watermarked high resolution images suitable for publication. If you require an image which has not been digitised you are welcome to use our reprographic service. Normal copyright conditions will apply.
UK Web Archive
Women's Issues is maintained by the British Library in collaboration with the Women's Library, London Metropolitan University. The collection was established in 2005 and has regularly collected web sites since then. It includes sites of women's organisations and campaigns, research reports, government publications and statistics pertaining to women, personal sites of women, such as blogs, and women focused e-zines. Specifically relevant to Domestic Violence are sites such as: Child and Woman Abuse Studies Unit, Womankind and Women's Aid
Further information
The staff of The Women's Library can help you find material relating to your subject area; please don't hesitate to ask. You can contact the Information Desk staff prior to your visit on email twlinfodesk@londonmet.ac.uk, by telephone 020 7320 3515 or in person at the Information Desk when in the Reading Room.
Image references: Lesson, Hugh. Capt. Leeson's case : being an account of his tryal for committing a rape upon the body of Mrs. May....London : J. Roberts, 1715. Vault CB pamphlet 345.02532 LEE. [E.T.] ; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. The child's guardian. vol.IX,no.10, 1895. [London] : [National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children], 1895. Vault OS pamphlet 362.760941 NAT
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