This contains references to journal articles, book reviews and some dissertations about the history of all parts of the world from 1450 on, EXCLUDING Canada and the United States. In the search options, select "Peer Reviewed" and enter "Historical Period" (e.g., Start Year: 1850 To End Year: 1917).
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada for all time periods. In the search options, select "Peer Reviewed" and enter "Historical Period" (e.g., Start Year: 1850 To End Year: 1917).
Combines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies databases with coverage of issues related to sexual diversity. Includes gender-engaged scholarship from 1972 to the present.
Database of unique and diverse publications that focus on how gender impacts a broad spectrum of subject areas, and a repository of important historical perspectives on the evolution of the women's movement, men's studies, the transgender community and the changes in gender roles over the years.
Explore gender through a vast body of British source material from the 15th to early 20th century. Through correspondence, advice literature, periodicals, ephemera and government documents, traditional models of gender and contemporary perceptions can be explored.
This collection of British and North American documents explores changing attitudes towards human sexuality, gender identities and sexual behaviours from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Early documents include 19th-century diaries, information about early sex operations, records relating to brothels and prostitution, and more.
Drawn from the Harvard Law School Library’s extensive trial collections, Studies in Scarlet features over 420 trial narratives involving the crimes and passions of both renowned and ordinary people.
Enfer ("Hell") from the Bibliothèque nationale de France is one of the most storied and sought-after private case collections of forbidden books. The collection was created in the 1830s to protect and isolate works that were considered contrary to the morals of the time. Enfer is made up of more than 2,400 literary works, manuscripts, engravings, lithographs, and photographs dating from the 1530s to 2010s and provide a wide perspective throughout time and in different societies on what were considered to be erotic and/or pornographic works.
LGBTQ history and culture since 1940. Archive containing historical records of political and social organizations founded by LGBTQ individuals, personal correspondence, interviews, publications, gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries. Includes reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health.
Includes reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health.Documents span from 1940 to 2014, with the bulk from 1950 to 1990.
This collection explores changing attitudes towards human sexuality, gender identities and sexual behaviours from the 19th to the 21st centuries. Investigating the breadth and complexity of human sexual understanding through the work of leading sexologists, sex researchers, organizations and personal accounts. Notably, this includes documents, correspondence, research papers, and records from Dr. Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey Institute.
A collection of primary source exhibits. The database uses “queer” in its broadest and most inclusive sense, to embrace topics that are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender and to include work on sexual and gender formations that are queer but not necessarily LGBT. Each of the document collections in the database will include a critical introductory essay that helps explain the significance of the primary sources in historical terms and in relationship to previous scholarship.
Contains collections of original manuscript, typescript and ephemera archival material about civil rights, protest movements and popular culture from key libraries in Britain and America. Includes pamphlets, letters, government files, eye witness accounts, fanzines and video content. Themes include gay and lesbian rights, sex and sexuality, and women's rights.
Access to one of the most important archives for the study of Social History in the modern era (1937-67). Contains scans of original manuscript and typescript papers created and collected by the Mass Observation organisation, as well as printed publications, photographs and interactive features. Includes diaries, as well as topic collections including family planning, sexual behaviour, and health.
This collection consists of the directives (questionnaires) sent out by Mass Observation in the 1980s and 1990s and the thousands of responses to them from the hundreds of Mass Observers, documenting the social history of Britain.
Try searching by clicking 'Browse by Directive', and then choosing a directive (questionnaire) in line with your research topic/question.
Searchable archive of historical newspapers from Europe, Australia, and the Americas. Coverage varies, from the mid-1800s to 2000s.
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Full-text database containing digitized regional and local newspapers published in Britain between the mid-eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries. The content of this database is available for text-mining through Gale Digital Scholar Lab
Access to parts I-V, not part VI- Ireland, 1797-1950.
Archival runs of 26 of the most influential, longest-running serial publications covering LGBT interests including the US and UK titles – The Advocate and Gay Times, respectively.
An archival research resource comprising the backfiles of leading women's interest consumer magazines. Coverage ranges from the late-19th century through to 2005.
Subject coverage : gender studies, social history, economics/marketing, media, fashion, politics, and popular culture.
A collection of men’s-interest magazine backfiles serving research in men’s studies/history but also offering important additional perspectives for women’s studies. It includes some of the earliest publications of this type – National Police Gazette and Argosy – and covers key topics such as fashion, sports, health, and arts/entertainment. Coverage: 1845 - 2015
Subject coverage: Consumer culture, Entertainment, Fashion, Fiction, Gender studies, Health and fitness, Masculinity, Men's history, Popular culture, Social history.
Provides models for footnotes and bibliographic citations of the most commonly cited sources, including books, journal articles, book chapters, newspaper articles, and more.
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