Skip navigation

 

Research Guides : Gender Studies

Suggested Search Terms / Call Numbers Range

Gender Studies -- Search Also Under:
Women’s Studies, Gay, Lesbian, GLBT

LC Call Number: HM, HQ
Dewey Call Number: 305

Reference

A Dictionary of Sociology (FS Only)
The dictionary includes international coverage of terms, methods, and concepts; related terms from psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science; and material on topics such as cultural studies and identity, mass media, and the Internet, nationalism and McDonaldization.
[ Available in Oxford Reference Online Premium ]

Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America / Marc Stein (FS Only)
[ Available in Gale Virtual Reference Library ]

Lesbian histories and cultures: an encyclopedia / Bonnie Zimmerman (FS Only)
[ Available in netLibrary ]

Who's who in gay and lesbian history : from antiquity to World War II / edited by Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: REF HQ75.7 .W488 2002 ]

Completely queer : the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia / Steve Hogan and Lee Hudson
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: R 305.90664 H678c 1998 ]

Statistics

Attitudes About Homosexuality and Gay Marriage
Polling data compiled by the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research from the 1970s to 2004 about the acceptance of homosexuality and gay marriage in the United States. (A PDF document.)

LexisNexis Statistical (FS Only)
Statistics produced by the: U.S. government, major international intergovernmental organizations, professional and trade organizations, commercial publishers, independent research organizations, state government agencies, universities.
* Search Tables Base Edition - Find answers by searching a collection growing by 30,000 statistical tables annually.
* List of Links - Jump to other Web sites with useful information about statistics.

Books

The Grimké sisters from South Carolina : pioneers for women's rights and abolition / Gerda Lerner
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: E449 .G865 L47 2004 ]

Unwelcome and unlawful : sexual harassment in the American workplace / Raymond F. Gregory
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: KF3467 .G74 2004 ]

Gay and lesbian rights in the United States : a documentary history / edited by Walter L. Williams and Yolanda Retter
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: HQ76.8 .U5 G37 2003 ]

Queer man on campus : a history of non-heterosexual college men, 1945-2000 / Patrick Dilley
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: HQ76.2 .U5 D55 2002 ]

Out in theory : the emergence of lesbian and gay anthropology / edited by Ellen Lewin and William L. Leap
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: HQ75.5 .O936 2002 ]

Impossible dance : club culture and queer world-making / Fiona Buckland
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: HQ76.3 .U5 B83 2002 ]

The greatest taboo : homosexuality in Black communities / edited by Delroy Constanine-Simms
[ Location: Fairmont / Call Number: HQ76.3 .U5 G74 2001 ]

Articles -- Databases (FS Access Only)

(Listed by database from which they may be accessed. Click here to go to the list of databases. )

Gerritsen Women's History Collection (FS Only)
The Gerritsen Collection of Women's History, 1543-1945, is possibly the greatest single source for the study of international women's history and the feminist movement.

Gender Watch (FS Only)
GenderWatch is a full text database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas.

JSTOR (FS Only)
JSTOR is a full text scholarly journal archive that covers all subject areas, including gender studies. (See Browse/ Feminist & Women’s Studies and Sociology)

Project MUSE (FS Only)
Project MUSE offers nearly 250 quality full-text journal titles covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and others.

Web Sites

American Civil Liberties Union: Lesbian & Gay Rights
The Lesbian & Gay Rights Project fights discrimination against LGBT people and families. We work to move public opinion through the courts and legislatures, in educational outreach, and by creating tools for people to advocate for change.
[ http://www.aclu.org/LesbianGayRights/LesbianGayRightsMain.cfm ]

Human Rights Campaign
As America's largest gay and lesbian organization, the Human Rights Campaign provides a national voice on gay and lesbian issues. The Human Rights Campaign effectively lobbies Congress; mobilizes grassroots action in diverse communities; invests strategically to elect a fair-minded Congress; and increases public understanding through innovative education and communication strategies.
[ http://www.hrc.org/ ]

Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
At the City University of New York, this research center is "dedicated to the study of historical, cultural, and political issues of vital concern to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities."
[ http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/ ]

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
This organization "is dedicated to promoting and ensuring fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation."
[ http://www.glaad.org/ ]

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Internet Resources (MeL)
The Library of Michigan provides links to GLBT resources including organizations and services for youth and families.

Queer Resources Directory
[ http://www.qrd.org/qrd/ ]

Last Modified: 7/15/2005