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in Society and AIDS
and HIV.
Guides to information and research methods can help you get started.
Homosexuality: a Research Guide (Green Library Information
Center Z7164.S42D96 1987) lists and describes a wealth of resources
from "the full spectrum of points of view." Includes a subject and personal
name index.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries can provide useful descriptions,
overviews, and lists of recommended reading on a topic.
Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia (Green
Library Information Center & HASRC HQ75.H63 1998) focuses
on "the multifaceted international subculture self-identified lesbians
and gay men have cultivated and refined in the second half of the 20th
century."
Encyclopedia of Homosexuality (Green Library Information
Center & Stacks HQ76.25.E53 1990) surveys the field of homosexuality,
including conflicting theoretical perspectives where these exist.
Gay Rights on Trial : A Reference Handbook (Green Library Information
Center KF4754.5 .W35 2002)
Homosexuality: Opposing Viewpoints (Green Library Information
Center HQ76.3 .U5 H675 1999)
Who's
Who in Gay and Lesbian History : From Antiquity to World War II
(Green Library Information Center HQ75.2 .W47 2001)
Who's
Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History : From World War II to the
Present Day (Green Library Information Center HQ75.2 .W46 2001)
Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures (Green
Library Information Center HQ75.13 .E53 2000)
St. James Press Gay & Lesbian Almanac (Green Library Information
Center HQ76.3 .U5 S75 1998)
Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit : Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore (Green Library Information
Center HQ76.25 .C66 1997)
The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV
(Green Library SSRC PN1992.8 .H64 T76 2002)
Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture/ (Green Library Information Center HQ75.13 .P76 2008)
Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema: Plots, Critiques, Casts
and Credits for 272 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Hollywood Releases
(Green Library Information Center PN1995.9.H55P37 1993) also includes
an introduction to the subject and "A Brief History of Regulatory Codes
in the American Film Industry." See also The Ultimate Guide to
Lesbian and Gay Film and Video (Green Library Information Center
PN1995.9.H55U48 1996), a catalog with a subject index and directory
of distributors.
Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia (Green Library Information
Center HQ9.H846 1994) scholarly articles of varying lengths cover a
wide range of topics connected to human sexuality. Includes bibliographies.
Sexuality and the Law: An Encyclopedia of Major Legal Cases
(Green Library Information Center KF9325.A7L46 1993) "describes more
than one hundred significant court decisions concerning sexuality."
Many deal with gay/lesbian/bisexual issues.
Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia (Green Library Information Center BL65 .H64 H63 2007)
"Gay and Lesbian Literature" in vol. 76, pp. 416-439 of Contemporary
Literary Criticism (Green Library Stacks PN771.C58) gives
an overview of the subject as well as a collection of writing on the
subject by a wide variety of authors.
The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to
the Writers and Their Works, from Antiquity to the Present (Green
Library HASRC PN56 .H57 G365 2002) "provides overviews of the
gay and lesbian presence in a variety of literatures and historical
periods, in-depth essays on major gay and lesbian writers in world literature...."
Gay and Lesbian Literature, vol. 1 & 2 (Green Library
Information Center PN56.H57.G36 1994) provides biographical information,
lists of their works, lists of critical sources, and a signed critical
essay on each author.
Who's Who in Lesbian and Gay Writing (Green Library Information
Center HQ75.13 .G75 2002)
The Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage: A Reader's Companion to the
Writers and Their Works, From Antiquity to the Present (Green Library
HASRC PN56 .H57 G365 2002)
Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States: A Bio- Bibliographical
Critical Sourcebook (Green Library Information Center & HASRC
PS153.L46C65 1993) entries describe the lives and works of authors,
with bibliographies. The introduction provides an important overview,
while appendices list publishers and periodicals, and a bibliography
covers lesbian issues.
Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical
Sourcebook (Green Library Information & HASRC PS374.N63C66
1993) offers "biographical, bibliographical, and critical information
on over fifty representative contemporary gay American novelists." The
introduction provides an overview, while an appendix lists small presses
and selected journals.
Latin American Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes: A Bio-Critical
Sourcebook (Green Library Information Center & HASRC
PQ7081.3.F62 1994) entries describe the lives and works of authors,
with lists of works and criticism. The introduction provides an overview.
Spanish Writers on Gay and Lesbian Themes : A Bio-critical Sourcebook/ (HASRC-Lane Room PQ6046 .S49 S66 1999) same focus as the one on Latin America but this one is for Spain
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature: A Genre Guide. (Information Center Z1229 .G25 B67 2008)
Indexes (in paper and electronic formats) can help you identify
articles in magazines, newspapers, scholarly journals and other resources.
Those restricted to the Stanford community are marked with the icon.
Choose the after a database name
to see it's help. For other indexes see the
Databases A-Z list.
GLBT
Life with Full Text 
"Full text content available in GLBT Life with Full Text includes The
Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ:
A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review,
ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New
York Blade, ONE, TANGENTS, Washington Blade,
and many more."
Lesbian Periodicals Index (Green Library Information Center
HQ75.6.U5P68 1986) "an author subject guide to forty-two lesbian periodicals"
many of which have ceased publication and "are now a part of the collective
lesbian past."
Index to the Ladder, Volumes I-XVI, 1956-1972 (Green Library
Stacks HQ75.L32 Index) part of the Arno reprint of the entire
run of Ladder, a monthly periodical published in San Francisco
by Daughters of Bilitis. Indexes are not cumulated.
An Index to The Advocate, The National Gay Newsmagazine, 1967-
1982 (Green Library Information Center HQ75.A38 suppl.) provides
"access to all feature articles, news items, personal interviews, columns,
reviews and portfolios published" from 1967 to 1982.
Alternative
Press Index (1991+ available on the Web ; 1969-71; 1974+
shelved at Green Library Information Center Z7164.S66A5) indexes periodicals
devoted to social change, including some gay/lesbian periodicals.
Alt-PressWatch
provides fulltext of "a collection of newspapers, magazines and
journals of the alternative and independent press."
America: History and Life
(1964+ on Web) covers U.S. and Canadian history.
Contemporary Women's
Issues (1992+, full-text via the Web) reports, articles,
and newsletters on issues affecting women.
Black Studies on Disc
SUNet ID required. (1988+ ) contains the Catalog of
the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and 1988+ of the
Index to Black Periodicals (see information
on print holdings below.) Contains information on materials by and
about African Americans, Africa and peoples of African ancestry.
Expanded
Academic ASAP general
index to over 1500 magazines with some fulltext. (1980+)
Family
& Society Studies Worldwide (1970+) - part of BiblioLine.
indexes and abstracts over a thousand journals, books, conference papers,
government reports, etc., and includes all the records once published
in the comprehensive Inventory of Marriage and Family Literature.
GenderWatch
(1982+, full-text on Web) articles, newsletters, reports focused on
women's issues.
Historical Abstracts
(1954+ on Web) covers world history except U.S. & Canada.
Humanities Index (1974+; abstracts beginning in 1994 Green
Library Information Center AI3.H8) Author/subject index to periodicals
in fields such as area studies, folklore, history, language, literature,
philosophy, religion & theology.
LexisNexis Academic
- selected Lexis-Nexis files especially good for fulltext news, business,
and law information. Limited to Stanford students, faculty, and staff.
PAIS International (1972+
on Web; 1915+ shelved at Green Library Information Center Z7163.P9)
indexes selected books, government documents, and periodical articles
on contemporary public issues and the making of public policy.
PsycArticles
Fulltext Search fulltext of articles in journals published
by the American Psychological Association.
Psycinfo
(1887+) indexes and abstracts books, periodicals and other literature
in psychology. Also Available from
OVID.
Sage Family Studies Abstracts (1981-2003 Green Library
Information Center HQ546.S23; 1999+ on
the Web )
Social
Science Module from ProQuest - fulltext of journals in the social
sciences.
Social Sciences Index, 1974+; abstracts beginning in 1994
Green Library Information Center AI3S62) Author/subject index to periodicals
in fields such as anthropology, economics, family studies, geography,
international relations, law and criminology, political science, policy
studies, psychology, social work, sociology, and urban studies.
Sociological
Abstracts (1963+) (1952-1973 shelved at Green Library Information
Center HM1.S67) Indexes articles concerned spectrum of social behavior
(individuals, small groups, large organizations, communities, institutions,
and societies). Covers sociology and related disciplines such as anthropology,
criminology, law, social psychology, urban studies, race relations,
demography, and education.
Women Studies Abstracts (1972+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center Z7962/W65; 1984+ also in
Women's Studies International on the Web ) indexes
feminist and scholarly books and periodicals.
Women's Studies Index (1989+ shelved at Green Library
Information Center HQ1180.W68; also on Web as Women's
Studies on Disc) indexes a wide range of periodicals.
An Index to Women's Studies Anthologies: Research Across the
Disciplines, 1980-1984 (Green Library Information Center HQ1180.B76
1994) indexes collections of articles on women's studies written between
1980 and 1984.
Special
Collections
See the Special Collections list of Gay and Lesbian Studies and Gender
Studies: Special
Collections by Subject
Other collections in the Special Collections Archive include:
Flounders Gay Fiction Collection (3000+ titles). Search Socrates for
Title: Flounders Gay Fiction Collection
Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection (126 titles). Search Socrates for Title:
Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection
Spain, Gay Ephemera (9 Boxes). Search Socrates for Title: Spain Gay
Ephemera
AIDS Posters (from all over the world) Special Collections Manuscript
Collection: MSS PRINTS 0152
Bound volumes are shelved in the Green Library Stacks with the
books.
GLBT
Life with Full Text
"Full text content available in GLBT Life with Full Text includes
The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends,
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White
Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide,
New York Blade, ONE, TANGENTS, Washington
Blade, and many more."
San Francisco Bay Area Gay and Lesbian Serials: A Guide to the
Microfilm Collection (Green Library Information Center HQ76.3.U5W35
1991) aims to "provide access to the first forty years of the gay and
lesbian press in Northern California." The microfilm set is in Media-Microtext
(lower level Green Library) MFILM N.S. 12536.
The Ladder, 1956-1972 (Green Library Stacks HQ75.L32)
a monthly periodical published in San Francisco by Daughters of Bilitis.
Includes indexes in the final volume.
Conditions, 1977-1990 (Green Library Stacks PS508.W7C58)
"A Feminist Magazine of Writing by Women with an Emphasis on Writing
by Lesbians."
Current issues of the following are located in Current Periodicals
(Green Library Information Center), except when another location is
indicated.
Advocate, 1977+
(MFILM N.S. 3853) "Newspaper of America's homophile community."
Bay Area Reporter: BAR (Latest 2 years only in newspaper
collection of the Information Center)
Christopher Street, 1992-1995 (Green Library Stacks
HQ75.C48) an international gay and lesbian magazine.
Common Lives, Lesbian Lives, 1981-1995 (Green Library
Stacks HQ75.5.C73) "A Lesbian Feminist Quarterly."
GLQ:
A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 1993+ (Green Library
Stacks HQ75.G56)
Journal of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identity, 1996+
(Green Library Stacks HQ1.J6) "a progressive, interdisciplinary
journal devoted to the exchange of the latest knowledge and ideas about
gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals."
Lesbian Contradiction: A Journal of Irreverent Feminism, 1982+
(Green Library Stacks HQ75.5.L47) "A sponsored project of San
Francisco Women's Centers."
Lesbian Ethics, 1986+ (Green Library Stacks HQ75.5.L42)
Lesbian Review of Books, 1994+ (Green Library Stacks
PS153.L46L47; latest in HASRC) "An International Quarterly Review
of Books, By, For, and About Lesbians."
Matrices : A Lesbian-Feminist Research Newsletter
QV Magazine (Gay Latinos) (Green Library Stacks HQ75 .Q96)
Trikone (LBGT South Asians) (Green Library Stacks HQ75 .T75)
This is but a sampling of what is available at Stanford. To find others,
search Socrates using the
"Combined Search" screen
- select format serials
- Under subject type:
homosexual and periodicals
gay and periodicals
lesbian and periodicals
bisexual and periodicals
Gayellow Pages: The National Edition, 1989+ latest in
Information Center HQ75.G28; earlier in Stacks.
Words to the Wise: Writers Guide to Feminist and Lesbian Periodicals
and Publishers (Green Library Information Center Z286.F45C55
1993)
Green Library Media-Microtext (lower level) has records, CDs, films,
videotapes, slides, and interactive video for use in the library. To
search for films, do a combined search, limit format to Films/Visual
and search keywords: gays or lesbians or homsexuality.
In addition to the resources in Green Library, you may well want to
use the resources of other libraries on campus, especially
You can use the Internet to reach a wide array of information resources.
The following is merely a sampling of what is available.
For others see Internet Resources: Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual & Transgender.
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