Librarian
Getting Started
These databases are all good starting points for finding books and scholarly materials on gender and sexuality. For searching help, see the strategies for searching page or use the links in the box to the left to contact your librarian.
- Scout This link opens in a new windowThe University of Alabama's discovery service, searching content from hundreds of electronic databases, print resources from our library catalog, ebooks, videos, news and more.
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowGenderWatch is a full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women's lives, including family, childbirth, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles.
- LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new windowProvides abstracts and citations to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender literature published worldwide. Citations represent periodical articles, books, newspapers, newsletters, case studies, speeches, and other formats. Also includes full text for GLBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers, as well as numerous full text books.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowImages of the full text of many scholarly titles in a range of subject areas, including literature, biological sciences, economics, finance, and statistics. Search the archive or pull up a specific article.
- Project MUSE This link opens in a new windowProject MUSE provides full-text access scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences. The database is a collaboration between Johns Hopkins University and other university presses and not-for-profit publishers. Also included are the UPCC collections in Asian and Pacific Studies, and Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction.
Browsing the Shelves
Most materials specifically focused on women, gender, and sexuality are in the HQ range, which you'll find on floor 3 in Gorgas. The list below breaks down the most relevant areas of the HQ range, along with some other ranges that you may want to browse and their locations. However, keep in mind that materials with information on women and gender are often categorized in other sections. For example, if you're interested in studying Frida Kahlo, works about her will be shelved under painting, in the ND range.
Gorgas Library
Lower Level
- BF 692-692.5 - Psychology, sex and gender
Floor 3
- HB 72 - Economics and social justice
- HD 6053-6223 - Women and work
- HQ 12-449 - Sexual life
- HQ 75-76.9 - Bisexual, gay, and lesbian studies
- HQ 503-1064 - Marriage and the family
- HQ 1075-1075.5 - Sex roles
- HQ 1101-2030.7 - Women and feminism
- HQ 1121-1150 - Women's history
- HV 6626 - Domestic abuse
- KF 4758 - Legislation and women's rights
Floor 4
- P 94.5 W65 - Women in the media
- PN 471-494 - Women writers and women in literature
- RA 564.83-564.9 - Health and gender, health and sexuality
- RC 451-451.5 - Mental health and gender, mental health and sexuality
McLure Library (materials on education)
- LC 212-212.93 – Discrimination and education, sex differences and education, right to education
- LC 1200-1203 – inclusive education
- LC 1390 – Education of men and boys
- LC 1401-2572 – Education of women and girls
- LC 2574 2576 – LGBT people in education
- LD 7020-7251 – Women’s Colleges