Resource Guide:
LGBTQIA+ and Ally Resources

The following websites are librarian-evaluated to provide trustworthy information for your topic. They include digitized collections connected to your topic.

• U.S Department of Education Resources for LGBTQ+ Students
• GLBTQ Encyclopedia Archives
• Whosoever
• Lesbian Herstory Archives
• People with a History
• OutHistory
• Human Rights Campaign Inclusion Resources and Tools
• The Homosaurus - Database of LGBTQ+ Vocabulary
• Queer Zine Archive Project
• Insider Cartoon Character Database
• The Safe Zone Project - Resources for LGBTQ / Allies

Subject headings are selected terms to represent a topic. Searching subject headings in the library catalog will bring the most complete list of results. Below are some example subject headings. More subject headings can be located in the red books at the reference desk.

• Sexual minorities OR gender minorities OR sexual and gender minorities
• Sexual orientation
• Homosexual OR Homosexuality
• Homosexuality -- History
• LGBTQ+ people
• Transgender
• Asexual people OR Asexuality (Human sexuality)
• Intersex people OR intersex persons OR intersexuality
• Assigned gender OR gender identity
• Gay identity
• Gay identity -- History
• Gay culture
• Same-sex marraige
• LGBTQ+ youth
• Sexual behavior classification
• Homophobia

The following databases are specifically useful for your topic. You can search them individually on the databases page.

• Academic Search Complete
• Alt HealthWatch
• Consumer Health Complete
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Encyclopedia of Religion
• Handbook of Psychology, 2nd Ed.
• Health Source – Consumer Edition
• Humanities International Complete
• JSTOR
• Medline
• Oxford English Dictionary
• Proquest Major Dailies
• PsycInfo
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection
• PubMed
• Religion and Philosophy Collection
• Statista
• Wiley Online Library

The following journals supply articles to the library’s databases. You can see if a specific journal supplies articles to our databases by searching the journal title on the library journal page.

• Psychology and Sexuality
• The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
• LGBTQ Policy Journal
• LGBT Law Notes
• Transgender Health
• Lambda Nordica
• Lambda Book Report
• International Journal of Transgenderism
• Empty Closet

Below are some selected materials in the library with their shelving locations. Browsing in the listed areas of the library will help you find more materials for your topic.