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LGBT Studies Research
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If you need more help, contact:
Subject Librarian:
Bill Holden
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Phone:
404-727-0621
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Getting to Know Your Topic
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Finding Books @ Emory
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Searching EUCLID
To find materials located at any of Emory's libraries, search EUCLID, Emory's online library catalog.
For help in understanding the Library of Congress Call Numbers, Click Here.
For tips to efficiently and effectively search EUCLID, read up on some helpful hints.
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Subject Headings
You can Browse our catalog to get a feel for the items available. Browsing will retrieve a list of subject headings established by the Library of Congress. A multi-volume set of Library of Congress (LC) subject headings is available at the Woodruff Library Reference desk. For a list of the more frequently used queer subject headings, please visit the Queer Subject Heading Quick Index.
Here is a sample list of LC subject headings for LGBT Studies that link directly to Emory's holdings:
LC subject headings are a great way to get a feel for the amount of material that's available over a broader range of your topic. However, if you are wanting to narrow your topic from Religious Aspects to specifically biblical resources you can do a simple subject heading search using the keywords "homosexuality" and
"Bible" and then choose subject. With this new search your results will go from 326 titles (Religious Aspects) to 25 titles (bible).
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Other Library Catalogs
GIL Universal Catalog
Search all the catalogs of the University System of Georgia.
WorldCat
Catalog of books and other materials held by libraries worldwide.
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Films & Documentaries
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Heilbrun Music & Media Library
Most films and documentaries are housed in the Music and Media Library on the 4th floor of the Woodruff Library. There are currently over 300 titles related to LGBT Studies in various formats (VHS, DVD etc...).
To locate these resources you can search EUCLID as if you were searching for a book. In order to limit your search to the Music and Media Library you will need to do a complex search, then select MUSICMEDIA under the "Location" drop down list.
For a quick look at all of the LGBT films and documentaries available to you, click here.
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Finding Magazines, Journals and Other Periodicals
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Helpful Resources
There are numerous scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers both current and historical that are great resources for not only LGBT Studies but all disciplines. For a detailed discussion of how to locate articles here at Emory, visit our How To Guide.
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LGBT Periodical Guide
There are numerous scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers both current and historical that are great resources for LGBT studies. In order to provide a more comprehensive guide of these materials I have created a separate web guide that will allow you to browse these materials alphabetically by title. Where appropriate changes in journal names and ceased publications have been noted. Each journal or magazine listed is also linked to the EUCLID catalog record which will provide additional information on the publication and its location within the library.
This is an ongoing project so keep checking back for additional titles available to the Emory community.
Go to LGBT Periodicals
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Electronic Database to Try First
LGBT Life with Full Text
GLBT-Life with full-text provides indexing and abstracts for more than 400 magazines, journals, books and news sources, and also provides coverage for gray literature such as case studies and speeches. Additionally, GLBT Life includes full text for 50 of the most important and historically significant GLBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as dozens of full text monographs. The database now offers a comprehensive GLBT Thesaurus containing over 6,300 terms, along with searchable cited references.
Gender Watch (Coverage: dates vary)
Gender Watch is a full text database of diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas. With its archival material, dating back to 1970 in some cases, Gender Watch provides a historical perspective on the evolution of the women's movement and the changes in gender roles. Publications include academic and scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, booklets and pamphlets, conference proceedings, and government, non-governmental organization, and special reports.
Project Muse
Description: Provides access to scholarly journals published by major university presses. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, and many others.
For additional electronic databases that covers areas in LGBT Studies CLICK HERE to be taken to the Databases at Emory LGBT Studies Resources.
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Primary Sources
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Searching for Primary Materials
Primary sources are firsthand accounts of events or periods of time and can include such items as personal letters and journals, diaries, interviews, oral histories, autobiographies, government documents, speeches, or newspapers.
You can locate primary sources that Emory holds by conducting a complex search in Euclid and limiting the results to either SPECIALCOL or MICROFORMS as the location. You may also find useful primary sources by adding a subheading to your subject search. Some useful subheadings can include: interviews, biography, autobiography, correspondence, and letters. If you need assistance in locating primary sources whether they are held at Emory or elsewhere, please feel free to contact me at any time at wholden@emory.edu or 7-0621.
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Microfilm Collections
Microfilms and guides are located in the Woodruff Library on Level 1. Some guides are available online, links to these guides can be located in the EUCLID record. The collections listed below, while not a comprehensive list, are some of the more important collections to LGBT Studies. These collections contain literally hundreds of newpapers, magazines and newsletters from LGBT organizations nationwide. Please see the Journals, Magazine, and Newspaper link in the Journals section below for locations of these primary sources.
Christopher Street Magazine
MICFILM 3300 - Contains issues 145 (1990) through 232 (1995)
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT SERIES
Series 1: The Mattachine Society of New York Records, 1951-1976
MICFILM 3417 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 3417.
Series 2: Gay Activists Alliance, 1970-1983
MICFILM 3418 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 3418.
Series 3: ACT UP: The AIDS Coalition
MICFILM 3474 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 3474.
Series 4: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Records, 1973-2000
MICFILM 4395 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 4395.
Series 6: Atlanta Lesbian Feminist Alliance Archives, 1972-1994
MICFILM 4182 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 4182 & 4186.
Series 7: Lesbian Herstory Archives
MICFILM 4420 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 4420.
Series 8: Selected Periodicals from the GLBT Historical Society
MICFILM 4398 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 4398.
Series 9: Gay and Lesbian Community, Support, and Spirit
Call No. Micfilm 4457 - Guide to this series at MICGUIDE 4457.
Other Related Materials
For additional microfilm collections that have LGBT related subject matter, please see the LGBT Microfilm Research Guide
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Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL)
MARBL is located on the 10th floor of the Woodruff Library and is open to all faculty, researchers, and students. MARBL houses many of the primary resource materials mentioned above, as well as the University Archives and Rare Books. A subject guide for LGBT Studies is available online specifically for the materials housed in MARBL. While the subject guide lists many collections that are primarily gay and lesbian related, there are many additional collections that may have related materials. Some of these guides include: Civil Rights, and Women's History.
Many of MARBL's finding aids are now searchable. This new search feature makes it easy to locate manuscript collections that contain material related to your research.
For a listing of other repositories for archival and manuscript collections, please see the Internet Resource section of this guide.
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Searching the Internet
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LGBT Internet Resource Guide
There are a lot of great resources to be found on the internet for LGBT studies, and just as many unreliable ones as well. In order to provide you with the
best gay resources on the net I've developed a separate guide that will allow you to browse these websites by topic or discipline. Each website listed has a brief annotation as to the content along with a link that will take you directly to that site.
Go to LGBT Internet
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Internet Resources At Emory
Department of Women's Studies
Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Life
President's Commission on LGBT Concern
President's Commission on the Status of Women at Emory
Religion and Sexuality Initiative
Studies in Sexuality
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Tips on Finding Reliable Web Pages
With the large amount of information available on the internet, it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether or not the website you are viewing is trustworthy. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when searching the internet.
1. Is there any indication of when the site was created or last updated? If so, how out-of-date is the information? Does your research require more up-to-date information.
2. Can you identify the creator of the website? Is it an organization or an individual. Does the individual identify who they are such as their credentials? Do they have any affiliations with other organizations such as a university?
3. What other websites are linked from this site? Are these websites trustworthy? Are they still active websites?
4. Are there cited references to the information presented?
Fortunately you don't have to rely on your own judgement when searching the internet. There are several great internet resources that helps take the guess work
out of finding reliable websites.
Internet Scout
The Scout Report offers a selection of new or newly discovered online resources. This service is available online or through an e-mail list subscription.
Librarians Index to the Internet
This searchable online database contains more than 12,000 online resoucrs selected and evaluated by librarians.
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Citing Your Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
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Useful Information
The following style manuals are available in print in the Woodruff Library and the Matheson Reading Room:
The Chicago Manual of Style.
Reference Desk Z253 .U69 1993
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
Reference Desk LB2369 .G53 1999
EndNote is a software program that makes it possible to organize references in a database, which can be used to format citations and create bibliographies. EndNote is available at the Software Distribution Center in Cox Hall. There are versions for Windows and Macinstosh machines. See EndNote: Introduction and Reference for basic information on use of EndNote and availability of workshops at Emory.
For addtional assistance with citing your work and information about plagiarism. See Citing Your Sources Research Guide.
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June 3, 2008
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