UVM Libraries Research Guides: HST 280/ GSWS280: Queer Lives: LGBT History (Spring 2022): Finding Books & More

Catalogs

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
WorldCat is a library catalog that lists materials in libraries throughout the world. Terminology that works for searching the UVM Library Catalog will work in WorldCat. Place requests for materials through Inter-Library Loan.
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CATQuest This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to a wide variety of research materials from the UVM Libraries. Use it to locate books, articles, government publications, films, music, images, archival materials, and more.

Center for Research Libraries
Huge collection of unique resources that can be borrowed through Inter-Library Loan.
See their Research Guide to Women's and Gender Studies

Hathi Trust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
This resource provides access to millions of digitized titles that are in the public domain. Use it to locate historic or primary source materials from around the world. Use is open to everyone but UVM affiliates can log in to download texts for offline use.

Using Library Catalogs to Locate Primary Sources

Reprinted primary source materials (in paper and on microfilm) can be loacted using the UVM Library Catalog (and other Library Catalogs).

Library Catalogs (such as the UVM Library Catalog or WorldCat) use predefined terms to describe primary sources. Among the most commonly used terms are:

Correspondence
Description and Travel
Diaries
Documents
Interviews
Letters
Personal Narratives
Sources

Subject Headings

Library Catalogs (such as the UVM Library Catalog or WorldCat) use predefined terms (called Subject Headings) to describe books and other materials. Often subject headings are made up of a string of conecpts but you can use the individual concepts as search terms.

Examples of Subject Headings that you might find useful for locating materials for this class include:

homosexuals -- history

Transgender people--Identity

transexualism

Lesbians --Great Britain --History --Sources

Homosexuality -- Germany -- Berlin