HIST 347 - History and Sexuality 2: Home

Background Information

Encyclopedias

• The Continuum complete international encyclopedia of sexuality
• Encyclopedia of gender and society
• Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered history in America
• Encyclopedia of sex and gender: men and women in the world's cultures
• Gay histories and cultures: an encyclopedia
• glbtq: an encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer culture
• Lesbian histories and cultures: an encyclopedia
• Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: from antiquity to World War II
• More...

Secondary Sources

Books

• McGill WorldCat Catalogue
  • To find books in other libraries, select "Libraries Worldwide" and follow the same steps as above.
  • For information on interlibrary loans, see this page

Articles

• Historical Abstracts - for topics not related to Canada or the United States
• America: History and Life - for topics covering Canada or the United States
• Bibliography of British and Irish History
• SexBiblio
• Gender Studies Database
• Gender Watch
• Alternative Press Index
• Google Scholar

Theses

• Proquest Dissertations & Theses

Primary Sources

Secondary sources are often the best places to find primary sources. Take a look at the bibliography of the books and articles on your topic, which will point you to useful and important documents from the period you are studying. The author will likely have done a considerable amount of legwork already.

Books

• Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
• HathiTrust
• Early Canadiana Online

Newspapers

• McGill Library Guide to Newspapers

Government Documents

• House of Commons Parliamentary Papers
• US Congressional Serial Set

Diaries and Letters

• British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
• North American Women's Letters and Diaries
• In the catalogue, use the following terms along with a person's name or relevant keywords:
  • Correspondence
  • Diaries
  • Personal narratives

Thematic Collections

• Mass Observation
  • Contains "Little Kinsey" and "A British Sex Survey"
• Defining Gender, 1450-1910
• Studies in Scarlet: Marriage & Sexuality in the U.S. & U.K., 1815-1914
• American Social Health Association Records 1905-1990
• Homosexuality in Eighteenth Century England
• Homosexuality in Nineteenth Century England
• Nineteenth-century writings on homosexuality: a sourcebook
• Popular culture in Britain and America, 1950-1975