Key Databases
These databases are your first best picks for LGBTQ2+ topics.
**It's important to remember that words and terms change frequently over time and as ideas progress - try several searches, using all the synonyms you can think of. Using current language will retrieve current information while historical terminology will find older information. For example, searches with the words homosexual, gay and queer will each give different results.
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LGBTQ+ SourceLesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender contains full text for significant LGBT journals magazines and regional newspapers and books.
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Gender Studies DatabaseCombined Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases to provide comprehensive coverage of sexual diversity issues.
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Alternative Press Index & ArchiveA bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals.
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Dissertations & Theses GlobalOffers full-text dissertations in the humanities, social sciences, technology and more.
Additional Resources
Articles covering LGBTQ2+ and queer topics cross disciplinary boundaries, and they can be found in nearly all subject areas. The databases below are top picks because of their content, but take a moment to consider whether your research topic fits with another subject area such as literature, health/nursing, psychology, etc.
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SocINDEX with Full TextSocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing sociology sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study.
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JSTOR Collection
Digital library of academic journals, ebooks and primary sources. Includes content across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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America: History & Life with Full TextArticles focused on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Defining Gender (1450-1910)This collection of original source material from British and European archives will enrich the teaching and research experience of those studying history, literature, sociology, education and cultural studies from a gendered perspective.
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Top Publications
Need Assistance?
For LGBTQ2+ topics, your best bet is to consult the Librarian assigned to your subject area or discipline, as this is likely to be the perspective that you will work from. You can find a full listing HERE
Article Searching Tips
Finding too much?
- Use AND between ideas to search for BOTH terms
- Put “Quotation Marks Around Your Search" to search for exact phrases
Finding too little?
- Use OR between your ideas to search for EITHER term
- Put * after the root of a word to look for multiple endings