Subject Specialist:
Gender Studies, LGBT Studies, Women's Studies
814-865-3621
e-mail: pcc10@psu.edu
Subject Specialist:
Gender Studies, LGBT Studies, Women's Studies
814-865-3621
e-mail: pcc10@psu.edu
The following Libraries' databases area available to researchers with a Penn State Access Account:
America : History and Life and Historical Abstracts
These two databases provide access to scholarly journal articles from over 2,000 journals. The databases also include book and media reviews, and citations to dissertations. America: History and Life goes back to to 1964 and coverage includes the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present; Historical Abstracts goes back to 1960 and coverage includes the history of the world (except U.S. and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Associations Unlimited
An online source providing information for approximately 455,000 international, U.S., regional, and state nonprofit organizations in all fields.
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
An online index providing references to biographical information in 2,700 sources for nearly 12 million people.
Education Databases
This is the entry point for ERIC, a database which provides access to the literature in all fields of education.
Ethnic NewsWatch
Ethnic NewsWatch is a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native presses.
LGBT Life
"LGBT Life includes comprehensive indexing and abstract coverage of journals, newspapers, books, and magazines in LGBT studies as well as full text for some of the most important and historically significant works. Full text is available for 50+ titles including The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ : A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, TANGENTS, and The Washington Blade."
MLA International Bibliography
An index to several thousand publications including periodicals, book chapters, and other sources covering literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.
Sociological Abstracts
Includes information from sociology and related fields. Indexes over 2,600 journals from around the world as well as books, conference proceedings, and dissertations.
Women's Studies International
"Women's Studies International covers the core disciplines in Women's Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research. Women's Studies International supports curriculum development in the areas of sociology, history, political science & economy, public policy, international relations, arts & humanities, business, and education"
glbtq
"an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer culture"
QueerTheory.com
"Queer Theory addresses a diverse array of interests, academic and otherwise, integrating visual, audio and textual resources with the best online resources — extending across many disciplines, including queer studies, gender studies, feminism, women's studies, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and transsexual studies, etc."
National and International Gay and Lesbian Organizations and Publications
Includes links to other organizations/publications important to GLBT research from the University of Washington Libraries
National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce
"Founded in 1973, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (the Task Force) was the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization and remains the movement's leading voice for freedom, justice and equality. We work to build the grassroots political strength of our community by training state and local activists and leaders, working to strengthen the infrastructure of state and local allies, and organizing broad-based campaigns to build public support for complete equality for LGBT people."
American Library Association Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered Round Table (GLBTRT)
"The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Round Table of the American Library Association is committed to serving the information needs of the GLBT professional library community, and the GLBT information and access needs of individuals at large."
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives
"The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives houses the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,and Transgendered heritage and concerns."
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
"Working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights"
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
"The mission of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) is to secure the full enjoyment of the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation or expression, gender identity or expression, and/or HIV status. A U.S.-based non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), IGLHRC effects this mission through advocacy, documentation, coalition building, public education, and technical assistance."
Internet Resources for Gay and Lesbian Politics and Law
"A highly useful index of organizations and legal resources for the gay and lesbian community. This index is a great reference tool complete with legal, political and media resources for gay, lesbian and transgender topics."
Queer Resources Directory
"The Queer Resources Directory contains ... files about everything queer..."
And Justice for All
"And Justice for All (AJA) was founded in mid-1995 to fight for equality for everyone without regard to sexual orientation. AJA seeks to achieve this goal by increasing the visibility and participation of heterosexuals in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights movement."
The International Journal of Transgenderism
"The Official Journal of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA)"
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Health Sciences Librarians
a special interest group within the Medical Library Association
