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Resources for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Studies

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Library Collections and Services

Alternative Press Collection: Large collection of non-mainstream newspapers, journals, magazines, pamphlets, and other materials, including a significant number of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer liberation publications from the 1960s to the present.

Foster Gunnison Papers: Contain letters, manuscripts, photographs and printed materials which document the homophile and gay liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s.

Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan Service
  Available only to members of the UConn community.

Campus Resources

Rainbow Center, Serving the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, and Allied community

The Human Rights Institute
Sociology Department
Women's Center
Women's Studies Program

Citizen's Guide on the Freedom of Information Act

Selected Reference Materials

Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia [Ref HQ75 .H63 1998]

Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook [Ref PS374.H63 C66 1993]

Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook [Ref PS153.L46 C65 1993]

Encyclopedia of Homosexuality [Ref HQ76.25 .E53 1990]

Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures

     Vol 1: Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia [Ref HQ75.5 .L4395 2000]

     Vol. 2: Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia [Ref HQ75.13 .G37 2000]

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America, 2004, [Online]

The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present [Ref PN56.H57 G365 2002]

Homosexuality: Opposing Viewpoints [HQ76.3.U5 H675 1999]

Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia [Greater Hartford & Torrington HQ9. H846 1994]

Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook [PQ7081.3 .F62 1994]

The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV [PN1992.8.H64 T76 2002]

St. James Press Gay & Lesbian Almanac [Ref HQ76.3.U5 S75 1998]

Sexuality and the Law: An Encyclopedia of Major Legal Cases [Ref KF9325.A7 L46 1993]

Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day [Ref HQ75.2 .W46 2001]

Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II [Ref HQ75.2 .W47 2001] Return to Table of Contents

Library Databases

General Databases

Academic Search Premier
InfoTrac
Lexis/Nexis Academic


Specialized & Subject-based Databases

LGBT Life with Full Text
  80+ magazines, journals, newspapers, and newsletters concerning gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender topics
AIDSearch
  Access to three AIDS research databases: AIDSLINE, AIDSDRUGS, and AIDSTRIALS
Alternative Press Index
  Alternative press in North America, citations from ~380 alternative, radical, and left publications, 1991-current
Alternative Press Index Archive
  Access to the Alternative Press Index for years 1969-1990
ERIC
  Scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education
PAIS International, Public Affairs Information Service
  Political, economic, and social issues in current debate
PsycINFO
  Psychology-related journals, dissertations, book chapters, books, technical reports, and other documents from 1887 to the present
Sociological Abstracts
  International literature in the social and behavioral sciences
Women and Social Movements in the United States
  Collections on movements from Women's Suffrage to the Guerilla Girls
Women's Studies International
  Covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to feminist research Return to Table of Contents

Electronic Journals and Citation Guides

American Sociological Review
Annual Review of Sociology
Contemporary Sociology
Demography
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Journal of Health and Human Behavior

Directory of Open Access Journals (click on Social Sciences | Gender Studies) APA Style to cite and document electronic sources
American Sociological Association (ASA) Citations Guide Return to Table of Contents

Library & Archival Collections

GLBT Historical Society
June L Mazer Lesbian Archives
Lesbian Herstory Archives
NY Public Library Gay and Lesbian Studies
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
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Organizations

Human Rights Campaign
The Institute for Gay and Lesbian Strategic Studies
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Lambda Legal
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Return to Table of Contents

Internet Gateways

Gay/Lesbian Politics and Law
GLBTQ: an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, & queer culture
PlanetOut.com
Queer Resources Directory
QueerTheory.com
Recommended LGBT / Queer Studies Websites Diversity & Ethnic Studies
UCLA Library Collections and Internet Resources in: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Studies Return to Table of Contents

Education and GLBT Studies

Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life, Duke University
CLAGS, The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York
The Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Ally Programs Office, University of Minnesota
The Lesbian and Gay Studies Project, University of Chicago
Lesbian, Bisexual, & Gay Studies, Cornell University
University LGBT/Queer Programs
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