Gay American History: Databases

Major database for U.S. and Canadian History. Includes indexing for articles, book reviews, and dissertations as well as links to some full-text. Try searching for terms such as homosexuality, gay rights, lesbians, transgender, or homophobia and limit to a specific time period.

Full-text of books and journals on human sexuality and gender from the 1950s to the present.

Includes indexing for journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, book chapters, proceedings, theses, dissertations, websites & web documents, and grey literature.

Indexes articles and government documents on political subjects like same-sex marriage from 1915 to present. Good for contemporary viewpoint of events.

Index to periodicals in a broad range of humanities subjects.

Indexes articles on religious topics including articles on religious history and the intersection of religion and American life.

Indexes a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences from 1907 to 1984. Important source for contemporary articles of a scholarly nature.

Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890-1982. An important source for contemporary articles published in popular magazines.