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ENGL 490A/690A; WMST 489: Gender and Sexual Identity in Literature
Call number range for browsing: HQ 72-HQ 77: bisexuality, homosexuality, lesbianism, transvestism, transsexualism
The Best Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information
- Alt-Press Watch
- Indexes newspapers, magazines and journals of the alternative and independent press. Covers a broad
range of critical issues confronting contemporary society. Book & movie reviews. 1994- present.
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America History & Life
- Index of journal articles, dissertations and book reviews on all aspects of North American history
and culture (United States and Canada). 1964- present.
- Biography and Genealogy
Master Index
- Index to more than 10 million biographical sketches of individuals from dictionaries, encyclopedias,
and "Who's Who" publications.
- Book Review Index Online Plus
- Over 5 million book review citations from magazines and scholarly journals, with links to full-text
for over 630,000 reviews.
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Contemporary Women's Issues
- Information on women from journals, newsletters, and research reports worldwide. 1992 - present.
- Essay and General
Literature Index
- Indexes essays and articles in collections published in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
Particularly useful for humanities and social sciences. 1985- present.
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- Articles, editorials, reviews, etc. from newspapers, magazines, and journals of the ethnic, minority,
and native press. Search in English or Spanish. 1990- present.
- GenderWatch
- Full text collection of articles covering interdisciplinary women's studies and gender topics.
- Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe
- Index and full text to news, business, legal, medical, and reference materials and links to congressional
and statistical information.
- LION-Literature Online
- A searchable library of English and American literature, poetry, Shakespeare, the Bible, and literary
reference sources.
- Literature Resource
Center (Gale)
- Comprehensive literary database for biographical and critical coverage of major authors, including
fiction, drama, and poetry throughout history. Drawn from Contemporary Authors & Dictionary of Literary
Biography and many other literary reference sources.
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MLA International Bibliography
- Over one million citations to books, scholarly journals, essay collections, working papers, proceedings,
dissertations, and bibliographies from languages, literatures, linguistics and folklore. 1926 - present.
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New York Times (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
- Full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Book, film,
and theatre reviews. Sept 18,1851-Dec 31, 2003.
Additional Useful Resources for Finding Articles & Other Information
- Academic
Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
- Indexes 7,800+ scholarly journals, with full text for 4,000 titles. Covers social sciences, humanities,
education, computer science and engineering, general science, medicine, ethnic studies, and more. 1965-
present for selected titles.
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Arts and Humanities Search
- A citation index covering more than 8,000 titles from the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
Includes the ability to search particular authors' works to find out who is citing them. 1980 to present.
- Associations Unlimited
- Directory of more than 154,000 detailed listings for international, national, state, and regional
organizations. Contact information for GLBT organizations.
- Dissertation Abstracts
- ProQuest's Digital Dissertations allows access to the text of digitized dissertations from UNR at
no cost. Dissertations from other institutions can be purchased and downloaded. 1861 - present. Dissertation
abstracts available 1980- present; Master's theses abstracts, 1988- present.
- Literary Market
Place
- Directory of North American and international book publishers, literary agents, translators, GLBT
literary awards and societies, and more.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective
- Full-text articles from general interest periodicals. Current coverage is 1890-1982.
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WorldCat
- A catalog of library materials in all formats from libraries all over the United States and the
world. Contains more than 40 million items.
- Aesthetics
in Feminist Perspective
- Bisexuality: A Critical Reader
- The Body's
Perilous Pleasures: Dangerous Desires & Contemporary Culture
- Boys Don't Cry? Rethinking Narratives of Masculinity and Emotion in the U.S.
- Censorship
in America
- Columbia History of the American Novel
- Columbia
Literary History of the United States
- Communicating
Gender
- Complete Poetry and Collected Prose (Walt Whitman)
- Cruising
the Performative
- Decadence and the Making of Modernism
- Feminism
and Sexuality
- Feminisms
- Following
Djuna
- For Adult
Users Only: The Dilemma of Violent Pornography
- Gender Blending:
Confronting the Limits of Duality
- The Gender
Line: Men, Women and the Law
- Genre
Choices, Gender Questions
- Language
and the Sexes
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Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
- Palatable Poison: Critical Perspectives on 'The Well of Loneliness'
- Pornography
and Difference
- Pornography and Sexual Representation:
A Reference Guide
- Comprehensive work on the history, scholarship, social, cultural, and legal aspects of pornography
and American society. Includes bibliographies and links to court cases cited in the Guide.
- Posthuman Bodies: Unnatural Acts
- Reconcilable
Differences: Confronting Beauty, Pornography, and the Future of Feminism
- Reinventing
the Sexes: The Biomedical Construction of Femininity and Masculinity
- Re-Reading
Sappho
- The Sexual
Brain
- Speaking
the Unspeakable: A Poetics of Obscenity
- Strategies
of Deviance: Studies in Gay Male Representation
- Unbearable
Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
- Unbiased
Editing in a Diverse Society
- Walt Whitman
- Women Writing Culture
Selected Web Sites
Selected Getchell Library GLBT Literary Resources
Main Reference Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Microfilm Collections
(Print indexes to these microform collections are available on the Microforms Index Table in the Main Reference
Department in Getchell Library. Please ask for assistance at the Reference Desk.)
- Alternative Press Microform Collection. Microfilm S331
- Herstory Microfilm Collection. Microfilm C9
- History of Women. Microfilm C24
- Sexuality, Sex Education & Reproduction Rights. Microfilm C34
- Underground Newspaper Collection. Microfilm N557 & N702
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Women's
Review of Books (online = 1996-current; Microfilm S350 = 1990-current)
Selected Book Review Resources
Selected GLBT Reference Books (main floor, Getchell Library)
- The Book of Gay & Lesbian Quotations. REF PN 6084 .G35 B66 1999
- Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Lore.
REF BL 795 .H6 C65 1997
- Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia. REF HQ 75 .H63 1998
- Gay & Lesbian Literary Heritage. REF PN 56 .H57 G365 2002
- Gay & Lesbian Literature. REF PN 56 .H57 G36 2 vols.
- Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. REF HQ 75.13 .G37 2000
- Lesbian Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia. REF HQ 75.5 .L4395 2000
- Lesbian Sources: Bibliography of Periodical Articles 1970-1990. REF HQ 75.5 .G37 1993
- Reader's Guide to Lesbian & Gay Studies. REF HQ 75.15 R42
Finding GLBT Literary Resources:
- Library of Congress subject searches in the library's online catalog:
- gay men--books and reading
- gay men in literature
- gays in popular culture
- gays' writings, American
- gender identity in literature
- homosexuality and literature
- homosexuality in literature
- lesbians in literature
- lesbians' writings, American
- lesbians' writings, Spanish American
Selected Print Books & Documentary Films:
- The Bent Lens: A World Guide to Gay & Lesbian Film. PN 1995.9 .H55 B46 1997
- Chicano / Latino Homoerotic Identities. PS 153 .G38 C48 1999
- Critical Essays: Gay and Lesbian Writers of Color. PS 153 .G38 C75 1993
- Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies: Sexual Orientations in Film and Video. PN 1995.9 .H55 S77 1996
- The Gay Canon: Great Books Every Gay Man Should Read. HQ 76 .D73 1998
- The Fruit Machine: Twenty Years of Writings on Queer Cinema. PN 1995.9 .H55 W38 2000
- The Gay Male Sleuth in Print and Film: A History and Annotated Bibliography. PS 374 .D4 G866
2005
- "He's All Man": Learning Masculinity, Gayness and Love from American Movies. PN 1995.9 .M46 C49
2002
- Hear Us Out: Conversations with Gay Novelists. PS 374 .H63 C364 2003
- A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition. PN 56 .H57 W66 1998
- Homosexual Characters in YA Novels: A Literary Analysis, 1969-1982. PS 374 .H63 C87 1992
- Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film (1997). Multimedia Center, V07976 video
- Lesbian and Gay Writing: An Anthology of Critical Essays. PR 120 .G39 L47 1990
- Lesbian Film Guide. PN 1995.9 L48 D37 2000
- Lesbian Self-Writing: The Embodiment of Experience. PS 153 .L46 L458 2000
- A Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde(1996). Multimedia Center, V11493, video
- Mark Doty (1999). Multimedia Center, V10595 video
- Outside the Lines: Talking with Contemporary Gay Poets. PS 310 .H66 H46 2005
- The Queer Renaissance: Contemporary American Literature and the Reinvention of Lesbian and Gay Identities.
PS 153 .G38 M38 1997
- A Queer Romance: Lesbians, Gay Men and Popular Culture. HQ 76.25 .Q38 1995
- Readings and Conversations [Adrienne Rich, 2000]. Multimedia Center, V10572 video
- Sex Variant Women in Literature. PN 56 .L45 F6 1985
- Tortilleras: Hispanic and U.S. Latina Lesbian Expression. PQ 7081.5 .T68 2003
- Un/Popular Culture: Lesbian Writing after the Sex Wars. PS 153 .L46 M37 1997
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