Hekman Library: LGBTQ+: A Human Sexuality Guide: Find General Resources

Recommended Reference Sources

APAs Handbook of Sexuality and Psychology

The Sage Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender

Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in America

The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality, and Gender

Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States

Recommended Research Databases

Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest)
Sociological Abstracts indexes the international literature of sociology, and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences.
Provides access to the latest research in sociology, social work, and other social and behavioral sciences. Includes citations (and abstracts since 1974) from nearly 2,000 journals, serials, conference papers, books, and dissertations.

Subjects include community development, demography and human biology, family and social welfare, social psychology and group interactions, welfare services, and women's studies.

Note: When searching this database, you are also searching Social Services Abstracts and Sociology Research Database.
Web of Science
Web of Science (WoS) indexes leading scholarly journals, books, proceedings, and other formats. Its major subject areas include the natural and social sciences and arts and humanities, with coverage for all areas back to 1900. The heart of WoS is the "Core Collection," which contains records of articles from the highest impact journals worldwide—including open access journals.

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APA PsycINFO (ProQuest)
Provided by the American Psychological Association, APA PsycINFO offers access to international literature in psychology and related disciplines including psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work. When you search APA PsycINFO, you are also searching the ProQuest Psychology Database and the APA PsycARTICLES database.
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection (EBSCO)
Covers information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry and psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods. Includes many journals also indexed in PsycINFO. Especially strong in child and adolescent psychology and counseling.
JSTOR
JSTOR is a database consisting of full-text articles from scholarly, peer-reviewed journals from nearly every discipline taught at Calvin. Coverage for each journal begins with the first volume, with coverage ending for most titles three and five years ago. A growing number of journals now have coverage up to the present.
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) (ProQuest)
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is an essential resource for social science and interdisciplinary research. IBSS includes millions of references to journal articles and to books, reviews, and selected chapters dating back to 1951. Abstracts are provided for half of all current journal articles and full-text availability is continually increasing.
IBSS is unique in its broad coverage of international material and incorporates over 100 languages and countries.

Subject Coverage
Major areas of coverage include:

Accounting
Agriculture
Anthropology
Archaeology Art and architecture
Business studies
Communication and media
Criminology
Cultural studies
Demography
Development studies
Economics Education
Environment
Ethnology and ethnography
Family studies
Finance Gender and sexuality studies
Geography Globalisation
Health
History
Human behaviour
Industrial relations
International relations
Law
Linguistics
Organisation theory
Philosophy
Policy studies
Political science
Psychology
Public administration
Race and ethnic studies
Regional studies
Religious studies
Science and technology
Social work, social problems and social policy
Sociology Social sciences Statistics
Urban and rural studies

Recommended Web Resources

The Christian Reformed Church and Homosexuality
The official position of the CRC regarding Homosexuality as posted on their website. Also contains link to the synodical reports issued on the subject.
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
The ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives houses the world's largest research library on Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual,and Transgendered heritage and concerns.
Gender Spectrum
Gender Spectrum explores the issues related to gender and learn the impact gender inclusiveness and diversity can have on children and teens. Offers resources for parents, teens, education, medical issues, mental health, legal issues, social services, and faith issues.
CenterLink
CenterLink is an international nonprofit organization and member-based association of LGBTQ centers and other LGBTQ organizations serving their local and regional communities.
American Psychological Association's LGBT page
The APA seeks to provide accurate information about the psychology of sexual orientation and gender identity. Limited number of articles are also offered in Spanish.

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