Research Guides: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Studies: Getting Started

General/Multi-disciplinary Databases

Because LGBT Studies is an inter-disciplinary field, you will want to look for information in both general and/or subject-specific databases depending on your topic.

Academic Search Premier
An all-purpose academic database containing both popular & scholarly articles that is a good starting point for many topics

Covers 1975 to the present.
Google Scholar
An Internet search engine for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports.

Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web. Our link to Google Scholar enables you to see which documents you can access through St. Kate's.
JSTOR
An archive of scholarly full-text journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the 1600s.

The JSTOR archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the 1600s. Subject areas include the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

JSTOR includes various collections, and the St. Kate's Library has purchased the Arts and Sciences Collections I-VII and the Biological Sciences Collection. These collections include subsets for ecology & botany, language & literature, and music.

JSTOR's agreements with publishers often include a "moving wall," which means that the most recent years (typically 3-5 years) are not available.

Suggested Search Terms

Bisexuals
Gay and Lesbian Studies
Gay Liberation Movement
Gays
Gender Identity
GLBT
Homophobia
Homosexuality
Lesbians
Lesbianism
LGBT
Sex Discrimination
Transgender People
Transgenderism
Two Spirit
Queer Theory

Reference Books

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America by Marc Stein (Editor)
Call Number: SCU Reference HQ76.3.U5 E53 2004

Find Reference Books in the reference section or in online reference e-books. These books cannot be checked out. *Note: This list is not exhaustive, it is meant as a representative sample and reflects some of our most recently acquired titles. To access our full collection of reference titles on Women and Gender, please search LibSearch and limit to St. Catherine and Reference Collections or see a librarian.

The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts by Claude J. Summers (Editor)
Call Number: SCU Reference N72.H64 Q44 2004
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender by Fedwa Malti-Douglas
Call Number: SCU Reference HQ16 .E52 2007
Gender, Race, and Class in Media by Gail Dines (Editor)
Call Number: SCU Circ P94.65.U6 G46 2011
Circulating collection.
Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies by Diane Richardson (Editor); Steven Seidman (Editor)
Call Number: SCU Circ HQ75.15 .H36 2002
Circulating collection.
Completely Queer by Steve Hogan
Call Number: SCU Circ HQ75 .H63 1998
Circulating collection.
The Literature of Lesbianism by Terry Castle (Editor)
Call Number: SCU Reference PN6071.L47 L58 2003