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Gender Studies Database
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
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
Explore the background of your topic, get more information on a controversial issue, or research a historical event.
Virtual Reference Library
Full-text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources including the Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender.
CQ Researcher
Current events and issues organized by topic. Try browsing the "Human Rights" and "Social Movements" topics.
Points of View
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
Magazines and journals on a variety of subjects, includes full text and scholarly journals. Try searching: "LGBT," "gay marriage," "sexual identity."
Gender Studies Database
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)
Magazines and journals related to communications research. Search by topic for sexuality and gender resources.
SocINDEX
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
Full-text of 300+ peer-reviewed journals. Covers literature, history, the arts, culture, education, political science, gender studies, etc.

EBSCOHost ebooks
Over 20,000 fully accessible eBooks on topics ranging from zoology to sculpture and everything in between.
Millersville University Library Catalog
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
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
Primary sources documenting the changing representations and lived experiences of gender roles and relations, and the struggle for women’s rights.

Human Rights Campaign
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 )
Utilizes social media to promote a culture on the acceptance and equality for the LGBTQ community.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
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
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
Provides resources for implementation strategies for crisis intervention and suicide prevention regarding LGBTQIA youth.
Out History
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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