Here's a list of some of the databases that we subscribe to that may be of interest to researchers of LGBT Studies. For more comprehensive lists, visit our A-Z Database lists for Primary Sources (History) and Primary Sources (Literature).
Access guaranteed through May 2027
Archives of Sexuality and Gender provides primary sources for the historical study of sex, sexuality, and gender with material dating back to the sixteenth century,
Defining Gender, 1450-1910 is an online collection that contains images and documents relating to Gender Studies. The sources come from libraries and archives throughout the world, including many from the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England.
Gender: Identity and Social Change covers gender history, women’s suffrage, the feminist movement and the men’s movement, and includes pamphlets, speeches, newsletters, newspaper clippings and more.
Queer Pasts is a collection of queer history and culture primary source exhibits that address LGBT topics as well as other sexual and gender formations that are queer. Particular focus is given to perspectives from people of color, trans people and people with disabilities.