LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Transsexual, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Allies, Nonbinary/Genderqueer +) Resources and Research

Combine the terms below with other topics in library databases or the library catalog.

GenderWatch

"With archival material dating back to 1970, GenderWatch™ provides authoritative historical and current perspectives on the evolution of gender roles as they affect both men and women. GenderWatch supports gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) studies; family studies; gender studies, and women's studies with a unique interdisciplinary approach."

These are interdisciplinary databases, so either or both are a good place to start! Search them separately or simulataneously.

Covers history and culture of the US and Canada from 1450 to the present.

Project MUSE is "a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community," covering the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and many others.

 

Project MUSE includes the full content of each journal and ebooks from university presses and other scholarly publishers.

• Quick Tips: Search for Books and Journal Articles in Project MUSE

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As of January 2012, Project Muse also indexes ebooks, but Rider University Libraries may not have access to these titles as ebooks.

• Check the library catalog to see if we own these books in print.

JSTOR contains the full text of articles published in approximately 430 journals from the fields of arts and sciences, and business. Its archive spans from the first volume of the journal to within the past three to five years of the journal.

Search Articles in JSTOR

• Use Journal Holdings if a recent or current issue is not full-text in JSTOR to see whether we have access to it in print or another database.

Depending on your topic, these discipline-specific databases may be helpful, too!