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Credo Reference Academic Core (This link opens in a new window)
A 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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A 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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Discipline-Specific Background Sources:
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Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States
Call Number: Online and Stacks Upper Level PS153.S39 E53 2009Publication Date: 2009 -
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature
Call Number: Stacks Upper Level PN471 .S58 2006Publication Date: 2006 -
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The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers
Call Number: Stacks Upper Level PS508.N3 P596 2017ISBN: 9780143105992Publication Date: 2017 -
The SAGE Encyclopedia of LGBTQ Studies
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Call Number: OnlineISBN: 9781483371306Publication Date: 2016
Use Additional Online Resources
Fairfield University & Greater Connecticut LGBTQ Organizations
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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 LGBTQ Organizations
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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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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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The Trevor ProjectThe Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning) young people.
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