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These video tutorials were put together to support the Art + Feminism Meetup, but they are extremely helpful for all new Wikipedia editors. Thanks Art + Feminism Meetup!
 * Beginner Training Video Part 1- Making Simple edits on Wikipedia
 * Beginner Training Video Part 2 - Using your sandbox and adding citations
 * Beginner Training Video Part 3 - Best practices and Wikipedia policies
 * Advanced FAQ: Adding Images to Wikimedia Commons
 * Advanced FAQ: Creating New Pages on Wikipedia
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 * Advanced FAQ: Adding Infoboxes to Wikipedia Articles
 * Advanced FAQ: Advanced FAQ: Adding Images to Wikipedia Articles

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You can add this userbox to your profile to let other Wikipedia editors know that you are a contributor to the Women in Science WikiProject.

To do this, add the following code into your profile: Wikipedia:WikiProject Women scientists/Userbox

Online Research Sources

 * America's News- U.S. newspaper resource.
 * American Men and Women of Science
 * American Physical Society, Profiles of Women in Science
 * Association for Women Geoscientists, Profiles.
 * Association for Women in Mathematics, Profiles of Women in Mathematics
 * Chemical Heritage Foundation, Women in Chemistry
 * Dean, P. Women on the Hill: A History of Women at University of North Carolina online access, 1987.
 * Gale Virtual Reference (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
 * LexisNexis Provides general, regional and international news, biographical information and other topics. (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
 * Marquis Who's Who (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
 * National Science Foundation, Pioneering Women in STEM
 * 34 American Lady Scientists Who Changed the World
 * ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (UNC campus/ONYEN access needed)
 * Proquest Newsstand
 * Other online resources from the Library's E-Research by Discipline page (UNC campus/ONYEN access may be needed for some sites).

Research Sources on hand at Reference Trolly

 * Fins, A. Women in Science; National Textbook Co.: Skokie, IL, 1979.
 * Gornick, V.Women in Science: Then and Now; The Feminist Press: New York, 2009.
 * Holt, N. Rise of the Rocket Girls; Little, Brown and Company: New York, 2016.
 * Ignotofsky, R. Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World; The Speed Press: Berkeley, CA, 2016.
 * Jahren, H. Lab Girl; Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 2016.
 * Morgan, G. Rocket Girl: The Story of Mary Sherman Morgan; Prometheus Books: New York, 2013.
 * Sherr, L. Sally Ride: America's First Women in Space; Simon & Schuster: New York, 2014.
 * Swaby, R. Headstrong, 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World; Broadway Books: New York, 2015.
 * Wayne, T. K. American Women of Science Since 1900, Vols. 1 & 2; ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA, 2011.
 * Weitekamp, M. A. Right Stuff, Wrong Sex; The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD, 2004.
 * Women in STEM Careers; Bilimoria, D. and Lord, Linley, ed. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited: Northampton, MA, 2014.