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Subject Guide for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT)

Brief Description: This guide provides a selective list of information sources in the University Libraries on topics related to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies. For more information, contact Central Reference at reflib@colorado.edu. Many additional sources may be found by searching CHINOOK, the Libraries' online catalog.

Abstracts and Indexes to Academic or Scholarly Articles
Although many databases contain links to full-text articles, when you find article citations in the index databases, you need to search Chinook to see if University Libraries own that periodical title. For information on remote access to electronic databases, click here

CU Alternative Press Index
Available to campus IP addresses.
Provides citations for nearly 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines 1991 to present, covering cultural, economic, political and social change. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Coverage: varies by title.

 

CU Academic Search Premier
Available to campus IP addresses.
Provides full text for more than 3,430 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. Coverage: varies by title.

 

CU Expanded Academic ASAP
Available to campus IP addresses.
Provides full text and abstracts from scholarly journals, news magazines, and newspapers covering arts and the humanities to social sciences, science and technology.

 

CU Humanities Abstracts
Available to campus IP addresses.
Abstracts covering diverse subject areas of the humanities. Coverage: 1984 - present.

 

CU PsychInfo [Psychological Abstracts]
Available to campus IP addresses.
Provides citations and summaries of journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports, all in the field of psychology and related disciplines. Coverage: 1997 - present.

 

CU SocAbstracts [Sociological Abstracts]
Available to campus IP addresses.
Contains citations (and abstracts since 1974) for articles in over 1,500 journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations covering sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.

 

Lesbian Periodicals Index [Clare Potter]
REF DEPT INDEX HQ75.6.U5 P68 1986

 

Studies on Women Abstracts
REF DEPT INDEX HQ1233.S78

 

Women Studies Absracts
REF DEPT INDEX Z7962.W6

Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Handbooks

Cassell's encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol, and spirit : gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender lore
REF DEPT STACKS HQ75.15 .C66 1997

Cassell's queer companion : a dictionary of lesbian and gay life and culture
Location: Reference Department Stacks HQ76.25 .S74 1995

The Columbia anthology of gay literature
Location: REF DEPT STACKS PN6071.H724 C65 1998

Completely queer : the Gay and Lesbian encyclopedia
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ75 .H63 1998

Encyclopedia of homosexuality
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ76.25 .E53 1989

Gay & lesbian biography
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ75.2 .G39 1997

Gay and lesbian rights : a reference handbook
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ76.3.U5 N48 1994

Lesbian histories and cultures : an encyclopedia
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ75.5 .L4395 2000

Gay histories and cultures : an encyclopedia
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ75.13 .G37 2000

The Oscar Wilde encyclopedia
Location: NORLIN STACKS PR5823 .B34 1998

Images in the dark : an encyclopedia of gay and lesbian film and video
Location: REF DEPT STACKS PN1995.9.H55 M87 1994

Historical dictionary of the gay liberation movement : gay men and the quest for social justice
Location: Reference Department Stacks HQ76.5 .H86 1999

Heroes of conscience : a biographical dictionary
Location: Reference Department CT120 .G36 1996

The gay nineties in America : a cultural dictionary of the 1890s
Location: Norlin Stacks E169.1 .G26 1992 c.2

Wisewomen & boggy-boos : a dictionary of lesbian fairy lore
Location: Norlin Stacks HQ75.5 .S3 1992

Gay and lesbian Americans and political participation : a reference handbook
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ76.3.U5 S59 2002

Try this at home! : a do-it-yourself guide to winning lesbian and gay civil rights policy : an ACLU guidebook
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ76.8.U5 C65 1996

Straight jobs, gay lives : gay and lesbian professionals, the Harvard Business School, and the American workplace
Location: NORLIN STACKS HD6285.5.U6 F75 1995

The Harvey Milk Institute guide to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer internet research
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ76.25 .H375 2002

Sex, youth, and sex education : a reference handbook
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ57.5.A3 C36 2002

Counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender substance abusers : dual identities
Location: NORLIN STACKS HV5139 .F56 2002

Issues in therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender clients
Location: SCIENCE STACKS RC451.4.G39 I87 2000

Invisible lives : the erasure of transsexual and transgendered people
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ77.95.C2 N35 2000

Female desires : same-sex relations and transgender practices across cultures
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ75.5 .F43 1999

Love makes a family : portraits of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and their families
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ76.13 .K34 1999

Looking queer : body image and identity in lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender communities
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ75.6.U5 L66 1998

ransgender warriors : making history from Joan of Arc to RuPaul
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ77.9 .F45 1996

Queer studies : a lesbian, gay, bisexual, & transgender anthology
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ76.25 .Q383 1996

Almanacs and Directories

The Alyson almanac : the fact book of the lesbian and gay community
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ76.25 .A48 1993

Gay & Lesbian Address Book
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ76.25 .G3765 1995

Gay Almanac
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ76.3.U6 G39 1996

Gay/lesbian almanac : a new documentary
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ76.8.U5 K37 1994

Lesiban Almanac
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ75.6.U5 L35 1996

Out in all directions : the almanac of gay and lesbian America
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ75.6.U5 W57 1995

St. James Press gay & lesbian almanac
Location: REF DEPT STACKS HQ76.3.U5 S75 1998

Bibliographies and Research Guides

An annotated bibliography of homosexuality [2 vols.]
Location: REF DEPT STACKS Z7164.S42 A66

Bibliography of gay and lesbian art
Location: ARTARC STACKS Z5956.H6 B53 1994

Contemporary gay American novelists : a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
Location: REF DEPT STACKS PS374.H63 C66 1993

Gay and lesbian American plays : an annotated bibliography
Location: REF DEPT STACKS Z1229.G25 F87 1993

Gay and lesbian characters and themes in mystery novels : a critical guide to over 500 works in English
Location: REF DEPT STACKS PR1309.D4 S55 1993

Gay Canada : a bibliography and videography, 1984-2000
Location: NORLIN STACKS Z7164.H74 H692 2001

The homosexual and society : an annotated bibliography
Location: REF DEPT STACKS Z7164.S42R5 1990

The homosexual and society : an annotated bibliography
Location: REF DEPT STACKS Z7164.S42R5 1990

Homosexuality : a research guide
Location: NORLIN STACKS Z7164.H74 D96 1987

Gays, lesbians and the media : a selected bibliography
Location: NORLIN STACKS Z7164.H74 G42 1987

Homosexuality bibliography. Second supplement, 1976-1982
Location: REF DEPT STACKS Z7164.S42P34 1985

Homosexuality and the Judeo-Christian tradition : an annotated bibliography
Location: NORLIN STACKS Z7164.H74 H67 1981

Homosexuality bibliography : supplement, 1970-1975
Location: REF DEPT STACKS Z7164.S42P35 suppl

Lesbian and gay voices : an annotated bibliography and guide to literature for children and young adults
Location: NORLIN STACKS Z1037 .D24 2000

Our own voices : a directory of lesbian and gay periodicals, 1890-1990
Location: NORLIN STACKS Z7164.H74 O87 1991

Queer theory : a bibliography
Location: NORLIN STACKS HQ75.16.U6 N76 1997

Microform and Video ARchive Collections

AIDS research archives
Location: MEDIA Microfiche 1330

The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power
Location: MEDIA Microfiche 5770

Alternative press collection
Location: MEDIA Microfilm 2469a

Gay Activists Alliance Records (1970-1983)
Location: MEDIA Microfilm 5715

Mattachine Society, Inc. of New York Records (1951-1976)
Location: MEDIA Microfilm 5716

Network Q: Television for Gay America (1992-1994)
Location: MEDIA Videocass 95-16

San Francisco/Bay Area gay and lesbian serial collection
MEDIA Microfilm 4859

Underground newspaper collection (1963-1985)
Location: MEDIA Microfilm 2469

Selected Periodicals

Magazines, Newspapers, and Newsletters

 

The advocate
Location: PER ROOM HQ76.8.U5 A63

BLK
Location: PER ROOM HQ75.6.U5 .B15

Curve : the lesbian magazine (1996 - )
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .D46

Deneuve (1991-1995)
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .D46

Empathy
Location: PER ROOM HQ76.5 .E48

Gay community news (1973-1989)
Microfilm 4502

Lesbian connection
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .L35

Lesbian Herstory Archives newsletter
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .L47

Lesbian Rights Project
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .L48

On our backs
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .O5

One
SPECOLL HQ76 .O54

Out
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .O97

Outlook
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .O98

Tangents
Location: PER ROOM HQ76 .T45

Washington Blade (Alternative Press Collection) (1989-1997)
Location: MEDIA Microfilm 2469a

Research Journals

 

Archives of sexual behavior
Location: SCIENCE HQ1 .A7

GLQ : a journal of lesbian and gay studies
Location: PER ROOM HQ75.15 .G57

Journal of gay & lesbian psychotherapy
SCIENCE RC558 .J68

Journal of gay & lesbian social services
Location: PER ROOM HV1449 .J68

International journal of sexuality and gender studies
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .J68

Journal of gay, lesbian, and bisexual identity
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .J68

Journal of homosexuality
Location: PER ROOM HQ76 .J67

Journal of lesbian studies
Location: PER ROOM HQ75 .J69

Journal of the history of sexuality
Location: PER ROOM HQ23 .J6

Lesbian ethics
Location: PER ROOM HQ1101 .L4