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LGBT Introduction

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) studies is an emerging, rapidly-growing field of scholarship. The sources listed in this guide offer an entry into this area of inquiry. The list is selective rather than comprehensive, and it covers those sources that focus primarily or even exclusively on various aspects of LGBT studies. However, because LGBT studies is an interdisciplinary area of research, material relevant to it can be found in a wide range of reference sources which do not have a LGBT studies focus.

Note that many of the sources referred to herein use the term homosexual interchangeably with gay, which usually refers to men, and lesbian, which usually refers to women.

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Databases

LGBT w/ Full Text

Indexes and provides full text of newspapers, academic journals, newsletters and magazines for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues.
GenderWatch

a full-text collection of over 140 international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's studies and gender issues.
Women's Studies International

Indexes feminist research literature in a wide range of subject areas. Includes some core GLBT journals.
Alternative Press Index

Indexes alternative, radical and left publications, including some gay/lesbian periodicals.
Alternative Press Index Archive
Sociological Abstracts

Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Psycinfo

This database contains more than one million citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations and technical reports, all in the field of psychology.
MLA Int'l Bibliography

Provides citations to research in literature, literary criticism, linguistics, modern languages, drama, folklore, film and video, and other communicative behavior.
ERIC

An index with abstracts to the journal and report literature of the field of education (all levels).