LibGuides: Sexuality & Gender: Home

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Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
The Gender Studies Database is a full-text collection of more than 500 publications including journals, books, magazines, newsletters, dissertations, special reports, working papers and conference proceedings. Coverage for a quarter of the publications included starts prior to 1970.
Points of View This link opens in a new window
Concise reports on current events and controversial topics, primary sources, and articles. Use the "browse by category" feature to find information on today's important issues.

Encyclopedia of Gender and Society This link opens in a new window
Explore the background of your topic, get more information on a controversial issue, or research a historical event.
Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
Full-text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources including the Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Current events and issues organized by topic. Try browsing the "Human Rights" and "Social Movements" topics.
Points of View This link opens in a new window
Concise reports on current events and controversial topics, primary sources, and articles. Use the "browse by category" feature to find information on today's important issues.

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Magazines and journals on a variety of subjects, includes full text and scholarly journals. Try searching: "LGBT," "gay marriage," "sexual identity."
Gender Studies Database This link opens in a new window
The Gender Studies Database is a full-text collection of more than 500 publications including journals, books, magazines, newsletters, dissertations, special reports, working papers and conference proceedings. Coverage for a quarter of the publications included starts prior to 1970
Communication Source (inclusive of Communication and Mass Media Complete) This link opens in a new window
Magazines and journals related to communications research. Search by topic for sexuality and gender resources.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
Provides extensive coverage of sociology, social work, anthropology, criminology, political science and related topics. Provides abstracts for 1,300+ "core" journals dating as far back as 1895.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full-text of 300+ peer-reviewed journals. Covers literature, history, the arts, culture, education, political science, gender studies, etc.

EBSCOHost ebooks This link opens in a new window
Over 20,000 fully accessible eBooks on topics ranging from zoology to sculpture and everything in between.
Millersville University Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Search for physical and electronic books in our library catalog.

To browse books in the library's collection, try looking for books that start with these call numbers:

*All of these call numbers will be located on lower-level 1 of McNairy Library.

Defining Gender This link opens in a new window
Primary sources including ephemera, pamphlets, diaries, periodicals and conduct literature. Section I: Conduct and Politeness; Section II: Domesticity and the Family; Section III: Consumption and Leisure; Section IV: Education and Sensibility; Section V: The Body.
Gender: Identity and Social Change This link opens in a new window
Primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations, and the struggle for women’s rights.

Human Rights Campaign This link opens in a new window
A civil rights organization that provides information about activism, connections to research, and news regarding current LGBTQ issues.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation ( GLAAD ) This link opens in a new window
Utilizes social media to promote a culture on the acceptance and equality for the LGBTQ community.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force This link opens in a new window
Provides issue maps and fact sheets that provide useful statistics and topic overviews from the research and reports page.
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network This link opens in a new window
The nation's largest LGBTQ education organization that links to resources that are working to end bullying of LGBT students in K-12 schools.
Trevor Project This link opens in a new window
Provides resources for implementation strategies for crisis intervention and suicide prevention regarding LGBTQIA youth.
Out History This link opens in a new window
OutHistory tells stories about the queer past, about people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. It uncovers histories of same-gender love and of gender crossing in the recent and distant past.

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Phone: 717-871-7124

Office: McNairy Library 205

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Request It (E-ZBorrow) This link opens in a new window
Using EZB is the fastest way to get a book that Millersville does not have. Items usually arrive within four business days at the library circulation desk in McNairy Library.
Request It This link opens in a new window
Request full-text articles, chapters/sections of books, books, and conference proceedings. Look for the green squirrel when you're in a library database to request items. Articles usually arrive within 2 business days; books and other physical items typically arrive in 5 business days.
Course Reserves This link opens in a new window
Access items for your course added by your instructor. Books and DVDs can be checked out at the library circulation desk in McNairy Library. Get login help for course reserves.
Journals by Name ( title search or browse by discipline ) This link opens in a new window