Library Guides: LGBTQIA+ Studies: Academic Resources

Academic Resources

LGBT Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
Since this database covers 6 decades of some of the most influential LGBTQIA+ serial publications, it is a great resource for primary sources.
Includes the pre-eminent US and UK titles – The Advocate and Gay Times, respectively. Chronicles more than six decades of the history and culture of the LGBT community. In addition to LGBT/gender/sexuality studies, this material also serves related disciplines such as sociology, political science, psychology, health, and the arts. Coverage: 1954-2019.
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
LGBTQ+ Source is a great resource for accessing academic journals articles related to LGBTQIA+ studies. It even includes a thesaurus that helps users identify additional keywords to guide their search!
LGBT Life is the premier resource to the world's literature regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues. Designed for academic, professional and public communities, this database contains indexing and abstracts for GLBT-specific core periodicals.
LGBT Studies This link opens in a new window
LGBT Studies is a great place for sources related to LGBTQIA+ individuals in media and visual culture. It is especially strong in film footage.
LGBT Studies provides students and researchers across disciplines a multi-content perspective on the LGBT political, cultural and social movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. It provides key resources of interest to students and researchers in sociology, anthropology, psychology, counseling, history, political science, gender studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.
LGBT Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
This database includes a number of different types of formats, but the archival collections are especially great for those looking for LGBTQIA+ primary sources.
LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community with content including selections from The National Archives in Kew, materials collected by activist and publisher Tracy Baim from the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, the Magnus Hirschfeld and Harry Benjamin collections from the Kinsey Institute, periodicals such as En la Vida and BLACKlines, select rare works from notable LGBT publishers including Alyson Books and Cleis Press, as well as mainstream trade and university publishers.
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Although this database includes "Women's Studies" in its title, it is a strong resource for all research topics related to gender and sexuality. Like LGBTQ+ Source, it is best for academic journal articles.
This resource provides access to over 232,000 records drawn from ten important Women's Studies databases. Among the databases included in Women's Resources International are Women's Studies Abstracts, one of the premiere Women's Studies indexes; four files from Women Studies Librarian at the University of Wisconsin; Popline Subset on Women; and Women's Health and Development: An Annotated Bibliography of Mostly English Language Journal Articles from the World Health Organization. Coverage: 1972 to date; citations and abstracts only. Updated semiannually.