LibGuides: Gender and Sexuality Studies: Reference and database sources

Reference Sources

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window Great place to start your research! Search across hundreds of reference titles and link out to other library databases.
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window Full-text online access to a growing collection of reference books. Search titles individually or search multiple titles simultaneously.
Kanopy Streaming Video This link opens in a new window Kanopy is a global streaming video service providing access to over 26,000 films across all disciplines. Kanopy's collection includes award-winning films from The Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber, Media Education Foundation, Collective Eye Films, New Day Films, Documentary Educational Resources, California Newsreel and many more.

Gender & Sexuality Reference Titles
General Cultural Studies Journals @RWU A visual guide to the selection of cultural studies journals RWU carries
LGBT Studies Journals @RWU A visual guide to the selection of LGBT studies journals carried at RWU.
Women's Studies Journals @RWU A visual guide to the the selection of Women's Studies journals carried at RWU.

Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940 This link opens in a new window
"With material drawn from hundreds of institutions and organizations, including both major international activist organizations and local, grassroots groups, the documents in the Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 present important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond."
LGBTQ+ Rights from Hein Online This link opens in a new window
A database included within Hein Online. "LGBTQ+ Rights charts the gay rights movement in America, showing the civil rights codified into law in the 20th and 21st centuries, as well as the inequalities that still exist today."
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary academic database covering scholarly journals, newspapers, and more. An excellent place to begin your research.
ProQuest Central This link opens in a new window
Multi-disciplinary academic database covering scholarly journals, newspapers and more. An excellent place to begin your research.
News & Newspapers - Proquest This link opens in a new window Includes U.S., International, Canadian and Global News streams and wires.
CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window Excellent starting place for gathering insight and exploring the pros and cons of issues in the news.

Criminal Justice Abstracts This link opens in a new window Index of the criminology literature. Topics include crime trends, prevention projects, corrections, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, offenders, victims, and sentencing.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window An archive of scholarly journals and access to JSTOR E-books.
PsycINFO This link opens in a new window Covers psychology and related disciplines with full-text linking to PsycArticles and other e-journal providers as available.
Science Direct This link opens in a new window Search or browse this collection of full-text science and social science journals.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window Indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Links to full-text as available.