LibGuides: Gender and Sexuality Studies: Search for Articles

Searching for Articles

There are over 150 databases available at Lavery Library that you can use to search for articles and sources. The curated list below is a starting point for your research in Gender and Sexuality Studies. The databases and resources listed below are a combination of scholarly, popular, and primary sources.

Subject Databases

The databases below contain resources directly related to gender and sexuality studies.

Defining Gender, 1450-1910
Primary source material in history, literature, sociology, and education from a gender studies perspective
Defining Gender, 1450-1910 provides access to a vast body of original source material in history, literature, sociology, and education from a gendered perspective. Included are contextual essays by leading scholars with links to sources. In addition the collection offers complete collections of primary source documents including ephemera, pamphlets, commonplace books, diaries, periodicals, letters, ledgers, manuscript journals, poetry, receipt books, and conduct and advice literature.
ProQuest GenderWatch
Full-text articles, reports and other materials; gender-related topics
GenderWatch is a full text database of unique and 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 is a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgendered community, and the changes in gender roles over the years. Publications include scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, regional publications, books, and NGO, government and special reports.
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940
Primary source documents related to LGBTQ history and culture
Women's Studies Archive: Issues and Identities
Primary source documents about women's experiences and cultural impact
Women's Issues and Identities provides the opportunity to witness history from the female perspective. Offering coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Women's Issues and Identities allows for the serendipitous discovery of commonalities among a variety of archival collections.

Global in scope, the archive presents materials covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society. A wide range of primary sources provide a close look at some of the pioneers of women's history, a deep dive into the issues that have affected women, and the many contributions they have made to society.

Multidisciplinary Databases

The databases below contain a variety of sources, including scholarly and peer-reviewed articles, across many topics.

Academic Search Premier
All disciplines; scholarly, trade and popular articles
JSTOR
Full-text journals in the arts, sciences and business
A full-text database containing complete back runs of over 600 academic journals in the arts, sciences, and business. Titles in the database are 1-5 years behind the current issues, depending on publisher restrictions.
Project MUSE Journals
Journal articles and e-books; humanities and social sciences topics
ProQuest Central
Scholarly, trade and news articles; all topics
All ProQuest Databases rolled into one.
Sage Journals
Peer-reviewed journals; all topics.
"The SAGE Full-Text Collections are award-winning, discipline-specific research databases of the most popular peer-reviewed journals in Communication Studies, Criminology, Education, Health Sciences, Management & Organization Studies, Materials Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and Urban Studies & Planning published by SAGE Publications and participating societies.

These comprehensive databases include more than 246 journals, 240,000 articles, book reviews, and editorials, with all the original graphics, tables, and page numbers. The Collections provide researchers and students with a research environment that is easy to use and complete with the most up-to-date content and backfiles back to volume 1, issue 1."
Taylor & Francis Journals
Full-text articles covering social sciences, health, and life sciences
Taylor & Francis Complete offers full-text access to 1400+ scholarly journals with back files published by Taylor & Francis or Routledge. The collection covers all academic disciplines emphasizing social sciences, health and life sciences and applied research.

Newspapers & Magazines

The databases and individual titles below contain popular press articles on a range of topics.

ProQuest Ethnic NewsWatch
Bilingual (English/Spanish) full text of articles from ethnic, minority, and native presses
Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.
Life Magazine Archive
Extensive archive of the prominent weekly news magazine Life, from its first issue in November 1936 through May 2000.
Time Magazine Archive
Extensive archive of the prominent weekly news magazine Time, from its first issue in March 1923 through December 2000.

The Empty Closet
From the website: The Empty Closet is the official publication of the Out Alliance (formerly Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, Inc.) It has been published since 1971, making it New York State’s oldest LGBTQ+ publication and one of the oldest continuously-published LGBTQ+ publications in America.

ProQuest US NewsStream
Major US news sources, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post
Provides comprehensive coverage of major US newspapers, including the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post, as well as other important U.S. newspapers.