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Multidisciplinary encyclopedias:
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Credo Reference Academic Core This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of subject encyclopedias, dictionaries, atlases, and reference handbooks. Also included are short reference videos and high-resolution images. Useful background information source.
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Oxford Reference Online: Premium This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive collection of scholarly encyclopedias and dictionaries published by Oxford University Press. A useful background information source for starting your research. Simultaneous user limit: 5.
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Britannica Academic This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, an interactive world atlas, a world data analyst tool, images, timelines, videos, and primary sources.
Discipline specific sources:
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Encyclopedia of Feminist LiteratureCall Number: Stacks Upper Level PN471 .S58 2006Publication Date: 2006 -
The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women WritersCall Number: Stacks Upper Level PS508.N3 P596 2017ISBN: 9780143105992Publication Date: 2017 -
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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9780415920889Publication Date: 2000 -
Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United StatesCall Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level PS153.S39 E53 2009Publication Date: 2009 -
Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered History in AmericaCall Number: Stacks Upper Level HQ76.3 .U5 E53 2004Publication Date: 2003 -
The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies by Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781483371306Publication Date: 2016
Campus, Local & National LGBTQ Organizations
Fairfield University & Greater Connecticut
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Alliance (LGBTQ student organization)Fairfield University
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Campus DiversityFairfield University
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Triangle Community CenterServing the LGBTQ community of Southwestern CT
National Organizations
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Human Rights CampaignThe largest LGBTQ lobby group in the U.S.
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It Gets BetterOnline support network for young people looking for support dealing with bullying.
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National LGBT Health Education CenterProvides educational programming and consultation for health care organizations throughout the nation and the world with the goal of eliminating health disparities among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people.
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PFLAGParents, Families & Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer persons
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American Men's Studies AssociationAMSA provides a forum for teachers, researchers, students, and practitioners to exchange information and to gain support for work on men and masculinities
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AMA Manual of Style, 11th ed.Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level R119 .A533 2020ISBN: 9780190246556Click the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our AMA Citation Guide. -
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA), 7th ed.Call Number: Reference Main Level BF76.7 .P83 2020ISBN: 9781433832161Click the title above to view the manual. For help with this style, check out our APA Citation Guide. -
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The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed.Call Number: Online and Reference Main Level Z253 .U69 2017ISBN: 9780226287058Click the title above to view the manual. Our Citation Guides can help with Chicago Notes-Bibliography style or Chicago Author-Date style. -
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