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Gay
and Lesbian Studies
Departmental
Research Guide
This research guide relays some basic information on library
and information resources pertaining to the concerns of this
program, as provided by University Libraries and/or sites
on the World Wide Web.
1.
LC Call Nos. - - - 2.
Finding Articles - - - 3.
Reference Collection - - - 4.
G&L Studies Faculty - - - 5.
Professional Societies - - - 6.
Web Sites
1.
To Shelf-Browse for Books (using main Library
of Congress Subject Divisions)
Books
on subjects associated with this field are shelved under
the call number ranges listed below. Use TOPCAT
to search for specific items in the collection, or more
narrowly-defined subjects.
HQ71-
HQ75.26: General works and Gay and Lesbian Studies -------
HQ74- HQ74.2: Bisexuality ------- HQ75.3- HQ75.6:
Lesbians ------- HQ75.7- HQ76.2: Gay Men ------- HQ76.5:
Gay Rights Movement ------- HQ77.7- HQ77.95: Transsexualism
------- KF539: Legal Aspects of Same Sex Marriage in
the U.S. ------- PN56 .H57: Treatment of Homosexuality
in Literature ------- PN56 .L45: Treatment of Lesbianism
in Literature ------- PN1995.9 .H55: Homosexuality
in Motion Pictures ------- RC558- RC560: Homosexuality
as a Psychiatric Disorder
See
also additional Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Sex Role HQ1075; Sexual Behavior BF697.6
2. To Find Journal and Magazine Articles
(using indexing/abstracting/full-text services)
The
following services are recommended for use by first-year students
and nonmajors:
- Academic
Search Premier
and MasterFile Premier: These two EBSCOhost
databases search nearly 7000 journals (some of which are
available in full-text) and cover a broad general array
of topics.
- NewsBank:
full-text of newspapers, including local, national, and
international titles.
- Alt-Press
Watch:
a 100% full text database of the newspapers, magazines and
journals of the alternative and independent press.
- LexisNexis
Academic:
full-text news, law, business, and medical items. Includes:
1) News, newspapers, wire services, and broadcast transcripts;
2) Legal Information, U.S. Federal and state case law, codes,
regulations, legal news, and law reviews; 3) Medical Information,
full-text medical journals, and medical newsletters
- MLA
(Modern Language Association):
A FirstSearch database which exhaustively indexes
(only) all literature of the field of Literature, Languages,
Linguistics, and Folklore.
The
following services are recommended for use by advanced students
and researchers:
- AIDSearch:
Updated monthly, AIDSearch is a combination of three
database files providing information about HIV and related
topics from 1980 to present.
- ArticleFirst
(indexing only): This all-subject FirstSearch-based
database indexes almost 13,000 journals and magazines from
1992 onward, including some ninety percent of the ones University
Libraries carries in hardcopy.
- Communication
and Mass Media Complete:
A full-text database in EBSCOhost which not only
looks at communication itself (in the form of various media:
newpaper, television, magazine, etc.), but the process of
communication.
- Medline:
Found in EBSCOhost, this is the foremost medical
database maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- Project
Muse:
Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access
to the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts
and humanities, social sciences and mathematics.
- PubMed:
A free government version of Medline.
Special
resource: TDNet
Electronic Journal Finder [use to access Libraries'
electronic journals, magazines, and newspapers, as well as
some indexes and databases containing full-text articles;
includes a comprehenisve A-Z listing of titles]
3. Monographic Reference Works in
Helm Library
The
following are recommended for use:
- Contemporary
gay American novelists: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook.
Emmanuel S. Nelson, editor. REF PS374 .H63 C66 1993
- Encyclopedia
of homosexuality. Wayne R. Dynes, editor. REF HQ76.25
.E53 1989
- Gay
& lesbian biography. Michael J. Tyrkus, editor.
REF HQ75.2 .G39x 1997
- Gay
histories and cultures: an encyclopedia. George E. Haggerty,
editor. REF HQ75.13 .G37 2000
- Gay
rights. Rachel Kranz and Tim Cusick. REF HQ76.8 .U5
K73 2000
- A
legal guide for lesbian and gay couples. Hayden Curry,
Denis Clifford, and Frederick Hertz. LAW REF KF539 .L44
2004
- Lesbian
histories and cultures: an encyclopedia. Bonnie Zimmerman,
editor. REF HQ75.5 .L4395 2000
- Marriage
and same-sex unions: a debate. Lynn D. Wardle, editor.
REF HQ1034 .U5 M37 2003
- Our
place on campus: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender services
and programs in higher education. Ronni Sanlo, Sue Rankin
& Robert Schoenberg, editors. REF LC2574 .O85 2002
- Who's
who in gay and lesbian history from antiquity to World War
II. Robert Aldrich & Garry Wotherspoon, editors.
REF HQ75.2 .W46x 2001
4. WKU Department Links
5. Related Societies/Organizations
6. Web Sites Recommended by Faculty
Miscellaneous:
Gateways, Research, Directories, Teaching, Advocacy, etc.
Literature
Online
Magazines & News
History
University
Libraries Liaison: Elisabeth
Knight (x56117 / elisabeth.knight@wku.edu)
last updated 3/04/2007
page maintained by Charles H. Smith
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