Suggested Search Terms/Keywords
Try using some of the terms below either alone or in combination to help find relevant books and articles.
- Bisexual
- Gay and Lesbian Studies
- Gay Liberation Movement
- Gay
- Gay Rights
- Gender Identity
- GLBT
- Heteronormative
- Homophobia
- Homosexuality
- Intersexed
- Lesbian
- Lesbianism
- LGBT
- Queer
- Sex Discrimination
- Transgender
- Two Spirit
Core LGBT Databases
Use these indexes to find articles and information from peer-reviewed journals, popular magazines, news sites, and more!
- Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window"Gender Studies Database covers the full spectrum of gender-engaged scholarship inside and outside academia. It offers over a million records from scholarly and popular publications, including journals, books, conference papers and theses. Subjects include gender inequality, masculinity, post-feminism and gender identity." More than 500 journals & magazines are covered - see the list!
- LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window"Formerly known as LGBT Life with Full Text, LGBTQ+ Source is the definitive database for LGBT studies. It provides scholarly and popular LGBT publications in full text, plus historically important primary sources, including books, magazines and newspapers. It also includes a specialized LGBT thesaurus containing thousands of terms." Includes more than 600 journals, magazines, newspapers, & books.
- LGBT Thought and Culture This link opens in a new windowThis invaluable database is "...an online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community with content including selections from The National Archives in Kew, materials collected by activist and publisher Tracy Baim from the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, the Magnus Hirschfeld and Harry Benjamin collections from the Kinsey Institute, periodicals such as En la Vida and BLACKlines, select rare works from notable LGBT publishers including Alyson Books and Cleis Press, as well as mainstream trade and university publishers."
- Alt-Press Watch This link opens in a new windowWhile not focused solely on LGBTQ+ content, this database is an excellent choice for accessing "... full-text newspapers and magazines from alternative, independent presses, providing an unmatched, multidisciplinary resource for researchers seeking an alternative to mainstream media perspectives." More than 200 publications are included!
Other Databases
- ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - EBSCOhost Access This link opens in a new windowThis database provides access to information from U.S. Education Resources Information Center (ERIC).
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowContent in JSTOR spans many disciplines, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
- PsycInfo This link opens in a new windowThis resources provides indexing and full-text access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines.
- Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new windowProviding full-text access to literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.