Guides: LGBTQ+ Studies: Find Articles, Dissertations &amp; Thesis

About LGBTQ+ Databases

Below, you will find databases that will provide scholarly articles, news articles, as well as magazine articles in LGBTQ+ studies in addition to databases specific to film studies and multidisciplinary databases.
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or concerns please contact the Librarian for LGBTQ+ Studies: Michael David MILLER.

LGBTQ+ and Gender Studies Databases

GenderWatch (ProQuest)
Scholarly sources (journals articles and books) and popular sources (newspapers and magazines) on Women's studies, Men's studies, Evolution of the women's movement, Transgender community, (Changes in) gender roles, Femininity, Gender differences, Gender equity, Gender identity, Gender studies and Masculinity.
Gender Studies Database (EBSCO)
Scholarly sources (journals articles and books) and popular sources (newspapers and magazines) on Women's studies, Gender inequality studies, Masculinity studies, Post-feminism studies, Gender identity studies and LGBTQ+ studies.
CWI : Contemporary Women's Issues (Gale)
Compiles into a single collection, often overlooked and hard-to-find newsletters and NGO research reports to which most libraries do not subscribe, plus ephemeral literature from leading research institutes and grass roots organizations that is rarely indexed or cataloged.
Alternative Press Index (EBSCO)
Bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from over 300 international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. Covers both international and interdisciplinary titles, with coverage beginning in 1991.

Film Studies Databases

FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals Database (ProQuest)
International Index to Film Periodicals from the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) offers in-depth indexed coverage of academic and popular film journals. Also contains FIAF's “Treasures from Film Archives”; a detailed index of the silent-era film holdings of archives from around the world, a selection of Reference volumes and the linked full-text of over 60 journals. - Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
Film and Television Literature Index (EBSCO)
Film Index International (ProQuest)
A resource for entertainment films and personalities produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute. Films from over 170 countries have been indexed with coverage from 1900 to present. - Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
Performing Arts Periodicals Database (ProQuest)
Formerly IIPA - International Index to the Performing Arts.
This database provides indexing and abstracts for more than 395 international periodicals, plus full text for more than 160 of the indexed journals. The database currently includes almost a million records, the majority from the most recent ten years of each journal. It covers a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, musical theater, circus performance, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television and more. Coverage: 1864 - current
Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub

For more Film Databases, please visit the Film Studies Guide below.

Film Studies
by Lonnie Weatherby Last Updated Aug 29, 2024 222 views this year

Multidisciplinary Databases

ProQuest Research Library
Partial full text. Provides one-stop access to thousands of full-text periodicals from one of the broadest, most inclusive general reference databases ProQuest has to offer. Search from a highly-respected, diversified mix of scholarly journals, professional and trade publications, and magazines covering over 150 subjects and topics. Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others.
Scopus (Elsevier)
Curated abstract and citation database, updated daily with enriched data and linked scholarly content for Health, Life, Physical, and Social Sciences. Worldwide peer-reviewed literature includes scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes) Includes Citation Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present), Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (1990-present), Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (1990-present), Book Citation Index– Science (2005-present), Book Citation Index– Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present), Emerging Sources Citation Index (2005-present). Chemical Indexes include: Current Chemical Reactions (1985-present, plus Institut National de la Propriete Industrielle structure data back to 1840), and Index Chemicus (1993-present).
SocINDEX with full text (EBSCO)

News Resources

Eureka
- Press : Newspapers, Magazines and journals, News web content, Links to new sites, Press releases & News wires
- Television and radio : Television, Radio & WebTV
- Studies and reports : Reports, studies, PowerPoint® presentations, data sets obtained from recognized organizations and companies
PressReader
Daily newspapers and magazines in a multitude of languages from across the globe.

ProQuest News & Newspapers
- 61 news a newspaper sources from across the planet
- Selection of resources in this database :
- Alt-PressWatch : 210 independent publications
- GenderWatch
- Canadian Newsstream
- US Newsstream

Dissertation and Thesis Resources

Open Access Theses and Dissertations (OATD)
Les bibliothèques du BCI présentes : McGill, UQÀC, UQÀM, UdeM, UdeS, Polytechnique, Concordia et Laval.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global
Full-text of dissertations from McGill University as well as 3,100 worldwide universities. Full-text PDFs available for all non-embargoed dissertations and theses from 1997 – forward, with select full text available prior to 1997.
Library can facilitate negotiating text-mining rights for this database for McGill faculty and students wishing to acquire the rights with their own research funds. Please contact Digital Scholarship Hub
eScholarship@McGill
Repository of all McGill dissertations and thesis. Can search in the full text and download complete PDFs.

Liaison Librarian for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Michael David MILLER

il / he

Email me

Contact:

Subjects: Economics, Feminist studies, French language and literature, International development, LGBTQ studies, Public policy, Québec studies, Translation studies

LGBTQ+ Studies

News from the Rainbow Round Table - American Library Association

Open Access Resources

About LGBTQ+ Databases

LGBTQ+ and Gender Studies Databases

Film Studies Databases

Multidisciplinary Databases

News Resources

Dissertation and Thesis Resources

Liaison Librarian for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies