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Underrepresented or Missing from Wikipedia

Addressing the Gender Gap
This page has a list of women included in biographical literature that do not yet have Wikipedia pages, or whose Wikipedia pages are not complete. Fogler has many of these items, so this could be a good place to start! Make sure you use multiple sources, and avoid plagiarism.
Black Women's History
A list of women missing from the representation of black history on Wikipedia.
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science
A list of women who are included in the two volume set "The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science". The links in red indicate that they don't yet have Wikipedia pages! If you decide to use one of these entries to start, make sure that you use multiple sources and avoid plagiarizing!
Missing Encyclopedic Articles on Wikipedia
This Wikiproject is a broad list of all the different topics that have missing or incomplete pages from Wikipedia. It includes everything from people within the LGBTQ community to Indigenous women.
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
This list of missing and incomplete pages was compiled by the black culture history division of the New York Public Library for a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon held last year during Black History Month. Keep working on what they started!
Women Scientists on Wikipedia
The Wikiproject is an effort to draw attention to how underrepresented women in science are on Wikipedia. Peruse the list of women who are either missing from Wikipedia, or who have an article that doesn't represent their lives or their work fully and accurately.
WikiTalk Page for LGBTQ Studies
This page contains links to articles that have been identified as missing for both LGBTQ topics and LGBTQ people, as well as a more thorough discussion of why it is important to champion the LGBTQ community on Wikipedia.

Citing Your Sources

Online and Print Citation Guides
Make sure you cite your sources! These guides includes APA, MLA, Chicago, American Anthropological Association Style Guide, and the
American Journal of Physical Anthropology Style Guide, among others.

Search the catalog

URSUS: Library Catalog

URSUS is the University of Maine System library catalog, that also includes holdings from the Bangor Public Library, Maine State Library, Maine State Archives, and Maine State Law & Legislative Reference Library

Find Articles

America: History and Life
Index to articles, dissertations, and books on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from 1450 to the present. Works on U.S. and Canadian history are covered in America: History and Life.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch includes content from journals, magazines, and newspapers from ethnic and minority presses. Ethnicities include: African American/Caribbean/African; Arab/Middle Eastern; Asian/Pacific Islander; European/Eastern European; Hispanic; Jewish; Native People
LGBTQ+ Source
The LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender] Life with Full Text database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 400 magazines, journals, books, and news sources, and also provides coverage for gray literature such as case studies and important speeches.
Women's Studies International
Index to the interdisciplinary field of women's studies, this database covers material in the fields of arts and humanities, business, economics, education, history, international relations, political science, public policy, and sociology.