LGBTQ+ Resources

In order to find the material we are looking for, we may have to adjust our searching techniques when accessing scholarly work. Some archives contain language no longer used and has since been deemed inappropriate or outdated. Other materials are written by authors whose biases are revealed in the terminology they use. Because archives and scholarly work can sometimes contain outdated or inappropriate language, it may be helpful to use the listed techniques:

• use "quotation marks" around phrases
• truncate words by shortening a word to its trunk or root to get alternate endings by using an asterisk, or pressing shift 8. For example, "truncate" would be "truncat*". By doing this, your search will include truncate, truncated, truncation.
• apply the Boolean connector "AND" to combine unlike ideas. For example, lesbian "AND" disabilities.
• apply the Boolean connector "OR" to connect synonyms. For example, gay "OR" lesbian.

See more tips on how to adjust your searching techniques to access scholarly work.

• Britannica- LGBTQ Articles 

  LGBTQ Issues- Encyclopedia of Articles

• The Conversation- LGBTQ Articles 

  "The Conversation is a network of not-for-profit media outlets that publish news stories on the Internet that are written by academics and researchers.."

• LGBTQ- JSTOR Daily Articles 

  "JSTOR Daily provides context for current events using scholarship found in JSTOR, a digital library of academic journals, books, and other material. We publish articles grounded in peer-reviewed research and provide free access to that research for all of our readers.."

• National Park Service- LGBTQ Article Series 

  "The LGBTQ Theme Study is a publication of the National Park Foundation for the National Park Service and funded by the Gill Foundation. Each chapter is written and peer-reviewed by experts in LGBTQ Studies."