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Select resources available through Western Libraries and online.
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Introduction

This guide suggests useful resources for studying lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer h(i/er)story and culture, with an emphasis on materials available through Western Libraries and/or online. It is not exhaustive and many of the resources listed are local or regional in focus. Contact Western Libraries Reference Desk or Heritage Resources' staff if you need assistance finding more information.

 

Web Resources and Bibliographies

 

More Campus Connections

Additional resources are available to WWU students through the Associated Students' Queer Resource Center.

WWU offers a variety of courses and an interdisciplinary minor program in Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender (GLBT) studies. Check out the WWU Course Catalog for more information.  

 

Resources from the Western Libraries' Catalog

Select titles available through Western Libraries or the Associated Students' Resource and Outreach Programs:

AS Sexuality Awareness Collection.
Collection of titles housed by AS programs including the Sexuality Awareness Center and LGBT Alliance.


Labyrinth
Pub. Info: Bellingham, Wash. : Women's Center, 1977-

Northwest passage
Alternative newspaper published in Bellingham and later, Seattle, Washington, circa 1969-1986. Additional copies available at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.



Western front
Student newspaper and a rich source of information re: campus history.

Women's newsletter
Issues of a bi-weekly women's newsletter, published by the Associated Students' Women's Center at Western Washington State College (1976). Continued by "Women's Page."

Women's newsletter [microform].
Place of publication varies: LIBRARY HAS: Aug.16, 1971-June 23, 1973. Pub. Info: Berkeley, Calif. : Free University Women's Center, 1971-

Women's page
Pub. Info.: Bellingham, WA : Women's Center, Associated Students, Western Washington State College, [1976-1977]. Continued by "Labyrinth."

 

Databases

Western Libraries provides access to a wide variety of article and research databases (a WWU log-in is required). In addition to the examples listed below, please see the Libraries' online guide to Databases A-Z and/or ask staff at the Libraries' Reference Desk for assistance.  

  • America: History and Life  
      
    A database indexing scholarly literature on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. The scope includes citations and abstracts of journal articles, dissertations, as well as book and media reviews.
  • EBSCO multiple database search  
      
    EBSCO (All Databases) is a combination of Academic Search Complete (a scholarly, multi-disciplinary database, with more than 10,000 journals, with more than 5,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 4,600 peer-reviewed journals) and Business Source Complete (a full-text index to journals in business, management, marketing, etc.).
  • GenderWatch  
      
    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.
  • JSTOR  
      
    JSTOR provides searchable full-text access to backfiles of core scholarly journals in many fields including African American Studies, Anthropology, Asian Studies, Ecology, Economics, Education, Finance, History, Language & Literature, Music, Mathematics, Philosophy, Political Science, Population Studies, Sociology, and Statistics. There is a gap, usually from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the content available in JSTOR.
  • Databases re: Science, Medicine, Psychology (and other related fields)
    Library Guide to article and research databases for fields including psychology, sociology, education, medicine, law, psychiatry, and anthropology.

Heritage Resources

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The Heritage Resources unit provides for responsible stewardship of and access to unique and archival resources in support of teaching, learning and research at Western Washington University and beyond. The Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Libraries Special Collections, and WWU Archives and Records Center work together to document the culture and history of Western, the local community and Pacific Northwest region, and to promote public and scholarly access to holdings.

       

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