Gay & Lesbian Studies Research Guide

 

A general research guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) Studies at Oregon State University's Valley Library. You'll find suggestions for locating books, articles, topical overviews, research tools, and factual information.

For further assistance, contact:

Valery King

phone 541-737-7318 | email valery.king[at]oregonstate.edu
AIM: ValeryKing | Yahoo: valeryking1

 

	Quicklinks
		Off-Campus Access | InterLibrary Loan and Document Delivery | Databases

	Table of Contents
	Finding Books in Online Catalogs		Useful Internet Sites
	Finding Articles in Journals	Other Useful Subject Research Guides
	Reference Sources

Dictionaries
Encyclopedias
Handbooks & directories
Bibliographies
Statistics

Finding Books in Online Catalogs

OSU Libraries Online Catalog

All formats of library materials owned by OSU libraries. Access at: oasis.oregonstate.edu

Summit (the Orbis Cascade Alliance union catalog)

Combined catalog of most Oregon and Washington academic institutions, with many items available for OSU community patrons to request. Search http://summit.orbiscascade.org/or click "Repeat in Summit" button in the OSU Catalog.

Searching by Subject Heading

Online catalogs can be searched in a variety of ways (author, title, subject, etc.) But the most effective subject searching utilizes the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

Here are a few examples of subject headings for LGBT and gender studies:

Sex		Sex role		Gender identity
Homosexuality		Lesbianism		Bisexuality
Homosexuality and art		Gay and lesbian studies		Gay men -- United States -- Biography
Gay men in literature		Homosexuality --Law and legislation		Children of gay parents

Find a longer list at http://library.auraria.edu/libq/glbt_lcsh.html

Locating by call number

Browsing by call number can sometimes yield good results. Many LGBT and Gender Study materials fall under HQ 9-471 Sexual Life. This call number is located on the 5th floor of the Valley Library. But don't limit yourself to the HQs; there are materials in Art, Music, Law, Medicine--LGBT covers the entire spectrum of human experience.

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Finding Articles in Journals

Journal indexes (Databases)

To find individual articles in journals, use journal indexes which are usually online electronic databases. Most indexes allow you to search by author or title of the article as well as subject or topic. Most online indexes also allow you to search the article citation and abstract with a keyword.

Locating journals

Search OSU Libraries Online Catalog for the Journal Title to determine (1) if OSU owns the journal, and (2) if it is available electronically (online) or in the library stacks. Journals are arranged by call number.
If a journal is unavailable at OSU, copies of journal articles can be requested via Interlibrary Loan: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/ill/

Electronic journals

Remote access

You can use OSU Library databases from off-campus. More information at: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/offcampus/remote.htm

Databases

Basic searching

• Academic Search Premier
  Provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975.
• LexisNexis Academic
  Comprehensive index to newspaper and magazine articles, radio and TV news program transcripts, legal material and other reference sources, much of it full-text. Primarily focused on news, business and legal topics. Coverage goes back 20 years or more.
• Ageline
  Bibliographic references and original abstracts for materials related to aging and middle age, from an interdisciplinary perspective of psychology, economics, sociology, gerontology, public policy, business, health and health care services, and consumer issues. Documents on health care and policy comprise about half the database. Document types include: journal articles, books, book chapters, reports, and government documents. Journal coverage includes research, professional and general interest titles.
• Alternative Press Index
  Indexes nearly 290 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. Provides in-depth coverage in the humanities and social sciences, and includes selected abstracts from scholarly publications. Updated quarterly by the Alternative Press Center.
• Contemporary Women's Issues
  Index to articles from 600 journals covering global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, along with fact sheets. Information on women in over 150 countries is covers such disciplines as sociology, psychology, health, education and human rights.
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
  Index to research articles, government and independent reports and conference papers covering all areas of education at all levels.
• Health Source Plus
  Full text from nearly 270 periodicals covering nutrition, exercise, medical self-care, drugs and alcohol, and much more, as well as indexing and abstracts for over 430 periodicals. This database also provides full text for over 1,090 pamphlets and 23 books. Full text backfiles go as far back as January of 1990, while indexing and abstract backfiles go as far back as January of 1984. Updated daily.
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
  Provides coverage of nearly 550 full text journals, including more than 500 peer-reviewed titles. Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Nearly every full text title included in this database is indexed in PsycINFO.
• PsycInfo (Psychological Abstracts)
  Index (since 1887) to journal articles, series and books for all areas of psychology including animal, applied, clinical, developmental, educational, general, human experimental, general, physiological, social and sport psychology, and treatment and prevention.
• Sociological Abstracts
  Index to articles from over 1500 journals in sociology, social work and other social and behavioral sciences.
  Index 1963-present; abstracts 1974-present

Comprehensive searching

• Dissertation Abstracts
  Index to doctoral dissertations and masters theses in all academic disciplines completed at U.S. institutions. Selectively covers masters theses and dissertations from Canada, Great Britain and Europe.
  1861-present; abstracts since 1980; thesis abstracts since 1988
• Science Citation Index
  Indexes over 4500 publications covering all aspects of the sciences. 1989-1996 on CD network (access by folder on library computers). Web access 1996-present. Previous to 1989 in paper (Valley Reference Z7401 .S35)
• Social Sciences Citation Index
  Indexes over 5000 publications covering all aspects of the social sciences. Valley Library Online Reference Folder, 1987-2001 (look for icon on library computers). 1969-1996 in paper (Valley Reference H1 .S61). Online access 1999-present.

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Reference Sources

Items marked "Valley Reference" can be located in the Reference section on the main (2nd) floor of the Valley Library; all others are in the general stacks and may be checked out.

Dictionaries

A Descriptive dictionary and atlas of sexology (Valley Reference HQ9 .D34 1991)
Homosexuality and the law : a dictionary (Valley Reference KF4754.5.A68 S74 2001)
Gay & lesbian biography (Valley Reference HQ75.2 .G39 1997)
The encyclopedia of sexual behavior (HQ9 .E5 1973)
Sexuality : the essential glossary (HQ9 .S49 2004)
Historical dictionary of the gay liberation movement : gay men and the quest for social justice (HQ76.5 .H86 1999)

Encyclopedias

Completely queer : the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia (HQ75 .H63 1998)
Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures (Valley Reference HQ75.13 .G37 2000)
International encyclopedia of sexuality (4 v.) (HQ21 .I68 1997)

Handbooks & directories

The almanac of women and minorities in American politics (HQ1236.5.U6 M3778 1999)
Gay Almanac (HQ76.3.U6 G391 1996)  
Gay and lesbian Americans and political participation : a reference handbook (HQ76.3.U5 S59 2002)
Gay and lesbian rights : a reference handbook (HQ76.3.U5 N48 1994)
The lesbian almanac (HQ75.6.U5 L35 1996)
Queer press guide 2000 (HQ76.9 .H37 1999)
A research guide to human sexuality / Kara Ellynn Lichtenberg (HQ21 .L51 1994)

Bibliographies

Contemporary gay American novelists : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook (PS374.N63 C66 1993)
Homosexuality: a selective bibliography of over 3,000 items (William Parker, 1971) (Z7164.S42 P35)  (also 1977 supplement)
Homosexuality and the Judeo-Christian tradition : an annotated bibliography (1981) (BR115.H6 H61)
Lesbian Sources : a bibliography of periodical articles, 1970-1990 (HQ75.5 .G31 1993)  
Lesbianism : an annotated bibliography and guide to the literature, 1976-1991 (HQ75.6.U5 M321 1992)  
Lesbians in print : a bibliography of 1,500 books with synopses (HQ75.5 .G41 1995)
Studies in human sexuality : a selected guide / Suzanne G. Frayser - 1st ed (HQ21 .F781 1987)
-- 2nd ed. (1995) available as an electronic book; online access through catalog   (Z7164.S42 F73 1995 HQ21)

Statistics

• County and City Databook
  Contains statistical information from the U.S. Census Bureau on many subjects. Data can be scanned on a national, regional, state, county or city basis. All U.S. cities with populations of greater than 25,000 are included.
  HA203 .A12 (latest ed. in Ref)
  excerpts from the print version on the web: http://www.census.gov/statab/www/ccdb.html
• LexisNexis Statistical
  Full text of Statistical Abstract tables as well as an index to a large number of federal and state statistical resources through American Statistical Index (ASI) and Statistical Reference Index (SRI). (1970's-present)
  Includes full-text.
• Social Trends and Indicators USA
  Provides in-depth statistics on social issues paired with expert analyses. Statistical data is gathered from respected sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Social Security Administration; data is also gathered from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the stock exchanges.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  Annual collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States. Selected international data are also included. The Abstract is also a guide to sources of other data from the Census Bureau, other Federal agencies, and private organizations.
  Full-text and data online: 1996-present
  on paper: HA202; latest edition in Reference and at the Reference Desk.
  

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Useful Internet Sites

Sexuality, Gender, and the Law: National and International
A guide to electronic and print sources maintained by Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Foreign and International Law Librarian, D'Angelo Law Library, University of Chicago
Queer Resources Directory
Broad-ranging links to information and organizations on the Web
QAR: Queer Arts Resource
An art and art history site
Sexbiblio: bibliography of the history of Western sexuality / 1700-1945
Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna
The bibliography contains non-belletristic primary and secondary literature of the history of sexuality in Europe, the U.S. and Canada from 1700 to 1945
Voice of the Shuttle: Gender and Sexuality Studies

Highly regarded gateway to internet resources

 

Selected Free Online Magazines and News Sites

Advocate.com
Electronic Gay Community Magazine
ILGA Euroletter, newsletter of the European Region of the International Lesbian and Gay Association. [1997-2003]
International Journal of Transgenderism [1997-2002 available free online]
Masque online: A New Queer Literary and Art Magazine (Stanford)
Planet Out

 

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Other Useful Subject Research Guides

OSU Libraries Guides

Women Studies
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/ws.htm

Human Development and Family Sciences
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/hdfs.htm

Psychology
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/psy.htm

Sociology
http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/research/srg/soc.htm

Subject Research Guides from other universities

Gay & Lesbian Research Guide (Yale University)
http://www.library.yale.edu/rsc/gayles/index.html

Gay and Lesbian Studies (University of Chicago)
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/gaylesb/

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Resources (Bobst Library, New York University)
http://library.nyu.edu/research/les-gay/

Campus Resources

Pride Center
http://oregonstate.edu/pridecenter/index.php

LGBTQQIA @ OSU
http://oregonstate.edu/lgbtqqia/articles.php

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