For a select listing of databases with relevant
articles to LGBT Studies, please see the LGBT Studies Subject Area under the Databases at Emory. As with many aspects of LGBT Studies, databases have a wide range of subject headings used to classify articles and related materials. For most databases, you have the option of reviewing related subject headings once you have completed an initial search. This is a good way to determine what categories and subjects are used with a particular database.
Below is a selection of databases that contain relevant LGBT information. For resources that are more specific to your discipline, you can find additional databases under the subject area drop down menu of the Databases @ Emory website.
America:
History and Life
1964-present
Indexes journals, book reviews, and dissertations for American
history and Canadian history and culture from prehistoric
times to the present.
Arts
& Humanities Search
1980-present
Online version of the Institute for Scientific Information's
Arts & Humanities Citation Index , providing
citations to articles from arts and humanities journals
and to relevant articles on arts and humanities in social
science and science journals.
Contemporary
Women's Issues
1992 to the present
Provides full-text access to global information on women.
Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit
groups, government and international agencies are easily
accessed through CWI.
Dissertation
Abstracts
Coverage varies
Dissertation Abstracts / Digital Dissertations covers dissertations
accepted at accredited U.S. institutions since 1861. It
selectively covers master's theses, Canadian dissertations,
British, and other international dissertations. Abstracts
are included for dissertations beginning July 1980 and for
master's theses beginning spring 1988. For dissertations
done in 1997 and later, PDFs of some titles are available.
For dissertations and theses completed prior to those dates,
references are given to the print edition of Dissertation
Abstracts, American Doctoral Dissertations and Masters Abstracts.
Abstracts may be consulted in those publications.
Gender
Watch
Coverage varies
GenderWatch 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, GenderWatch 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.
Gerritsen
Collection--Women's History Online
1543-1945
The greatest single source for the study of women's history
in the world, with materials spanning four centuries and
fifteen languages. This online resource delivers two million
page images exactly as they appeared in the original printed
works. Users can trace the evolution of feminism within
a single country, as well as the impact of one country's
movement on those of the others. In many cases, it also
provides easy access to primary sources otherwise available
only in a few rare book rooms.
GLBT Life
Coverage varies
Contains indexes and abstracts for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender specific periodicals as well as dissertations, reference materials, newsletters and case studies. Some of the academic and professional areas covered include; gay rights movement, gender and sexual identity, HIV/AIDS, homosexuality and religion, family, marriage and culture.
JSTOR
Coverage varies
The Journal Storage Project provides searchable full-text
access to backfiles of key journals in many fields including
African American studies, anthropology, Asian studies, ecology,
economics, education, finance, general studies, history,
literature, mathematics, philosophy, political science,
population studies, sociology, and statistics.
LEXIS-NEXIS
Academic
Coverage varies
Full-text access to news, business, medical, educational
and legal sources. The sources include international, national,
and regional newspapers; magazines; trade journals; newsletters;
wire service reports; and transcripts of television and
radio news programs.
Literature
Online
A fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of
English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies,
bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources.
Literature
Online Reference Edition
1892 to date
A collection of literary reference and criticism resources,
including biographies, author bibliographies, Annual Bibliography
of English Language and Literature (ABELL), essays from
New Essays on the American Novel, and full-text articles
from 103 literature journals.
MLA
International Bibliography 
1963 to present
Produced by the Modern Language Association, this database
indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics,
and folklore. Coverage includes journals, series, monographs,
dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings, and other materials.
Project
Muse
Coverage varies
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.
Research
Library (at ProQuest)
1986-present
Formerly known as Periodical Abstracts. Covers publications
from academic journals and popular magazines in the humanities,
social sciences, general sciences, and business. Full-text
available starting in 1991.
Sexual
Diversity Studies
As of February 1, 2006 the Sexual Diversity Studies database has been integrated with GLBT Life..
Social
Science Abstracts
A bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles
of at least one column in length from English-language periodicals
published in the United States and elsewhere. Coverage includes
a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad
array of social sciences journals.
Women
Writers Online
Before 1830
Women Writers Online, the electronic textbase of the Brown
University Women Writers Project (WWP), includes women's
writing in English before 1830. Pre-Victorian and Renaissance
writings covering religion, history, poetry, and literature
are included.
Women's
Studies International
1972-present
An index of the feminist press and an excellent resource
for finding articles from a feminist perspective. Includes
the following databases: Women Studies Abstracts(1984
- present); Women's Studies Database(1972 - present);
New Books on Women & Feminism(UWisc, 1987 - present);
WAVE: Women's Audiovisuals in English: A Guide to Nonprint
Resources in Women's Studies(UWisc, 1985 - 90); Women,
Race, & Ethnicity: A Bibliography(UWisc, 1970 - 90);
The History of Women and Science, Health, and Technology:
A Bibliographic Guide to the Professions and the Disciplines(UWisc,
1970 - 95 - selective coverage); European Women from
the Renaissance to Yesterday: A Bibliography (1610 -
present); POPLINE Subset on Women (1964 and earlier
- present); Women of Color and Southern Women: A Bibliography
of Social Science Research(1975 - 95); Women's Health
and Development: An Annotated Bibliography(1995). Updated
semi-annually.
WorldCat
1000 A.D.-present
The WorldCat database is the world's most comprehensive
bibliography with bibliographic records representing information
spanning 4,000 years. It is the OCLC Online Union Catalog
of information contributed by OCLC (Online Computer Library
Center) member libraries worldwide. Includes books, videos,
journals, microfiche, web sites, and much more.
Worldwide
Political Science Abstracts
1975-present
Indexes international serial literature in political science
and its complementary fields including international relations,
law, and public administration/policy. Replaces ABC Pol
Sci. Also includes the backfiles from Political Science
Abstracts.
