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This page will help you get started looking for articles on queer subjects. Below, you'll find:
Search Tips
Look below for a selected list of databases particularly useful for searching LGBTQ+ topics.
Search the Library Catalog to find books, ebooks, and videos available at the COD Library. 
Use "AND" to link concepts together, and get narrower, more specific results.
"Oscar Wilde AND literary criticism" will get you books that analyze Wilde's works, rather than the works themselves, because any results will need to have both terms in them.
Use "OR" to make searches broader, especially if you're looking for something that might be sorted under more than one term.
"Bisexual women OR lesbians" will get you results for women attracted to women using either of those terms.
Use quotation marks around a phrase to search for that exact phrase, not each word separately.
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Use "NOT" to exclude items that are not relevant to your search. This is particularly useful for
"Asexual NOT plants" will look for results about asexuality, while excluding the way the word is also used when discussing plant life.
Recommended Databases
Below is a list of databases especially useful for searching LGBTQ+ subjects.
When off-campus, you will need to log in. Students can use their MyAccess information (like logging into COD email and Blackboard courses). District Residents can use their library card number and PIN (like logging into your library account).
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Complete provides both popular and scholarly journal coverage and video clips for nearly all academic areas of study including: social sciences, humanities, education, technology, engineering, physics, chemistry, language & linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences and ethnic studies. Academic Search Complete is a great starting point for most general research.
- Chicago Tribune (1849-Present)
Provides indexing and full-text coverage of the Chicago Tribune from 1989-present.
- Daily Herald (7/2/1997 - Present)
Provides full-text access to the Daily Herald. Coverage: 1997-present.
- New York Times Digital Edition
The New York Times Digital Edition includes access to the Newspaper, the Magazine, the Book Review, the Learning Network for Educators, and a variety of newsletter selections, as well as a variety of images and videos created for the newspaper.
Create an account with your COD email to access this resource. - SocINDEX with Full Text
SocINDEX with Full-Text is a comprehensive sociology research database. The database features records with subject headings from a sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. This database also includes full-text eBooks, monographs and conference papers.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000
Women and Social Movements database is organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000. It brings together primary source documents, books, images, scholarly essays, book reviews, website reviews, and teaching tools, all documenting the multiplicity of women's activism in public life.
Other Online Journal and Article Resources
Open Access Journals Directory (free full-text journal articles, no login required)
Policybot. This is a database of over 18,000 public policy reports and documents, most of them full-text & free online.
Explanation of Scholarly Journals
Explanation of the Difference between Journals and Magazines.
