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UCL Library Services subscribes to many electronic databases which provide access to a variety of resources. The most relevant ones for Gender and Sexuality studies are listed on this page and these include:
UCL Library provides access to many subject research databases for academic research. Deciding which one to search depends on the subject of your topic. It is hard to list on this page all databases that could be relevant to Gender and Sexuality Studies because the subject area is broad. Listed below are large, multidisciplinary databases relevant to the arts and humanities and the social sciences. Please contact the subject liaison librarian for further help on which other databases may be relevant to your research.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Ovid. Index of literature in psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to Scopus. Multi-disciplinary database containing references to journal articles, conference proceedings, trade publications, book series and web resources. Please use IE 8 or higher, Google Chrome or Firefox browsers.
See the LibrarySkills@UCL guide to EBSCOhost. Sociology research database, which features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. Containing full text for more than 860 journals dating back to 1908, 830 books and monographs, and over 16,800 conference papers.
A primary source is a first-hand expression or evidence of an event or experience. This evidence can be in the form of the written word, images, artefacts, film or sound recordings, and will have been created at some point during the lifetime of the person involved. Using primary sources in your research adds context and credibility to your argument. Primary sources will vary depending upon what is being studied.
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Access is to all six collections: Community and Identity in North America, International Perspectives on LGBTQ Activism & Culture, L'Enfer de la Bibliotheque National de France, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part 1, LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part 2 and Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents covering a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward--from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history.
This collection includes the immediate experiences of approximately 500 women, as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters spanning more than 300 years. Accessibility statement for ProQuest.
This collection of ephemera materials documents LGBTQ movements in several Eastern European countries. With the resurgence of conservative political activism in Eastern Europe, which embraces and emphasizes traditionalist social, sexual, and gender norms, LGBTQ persons and LGBTQ activism are largely rejected and repudiated for undermining national values and social cohesion. This collection of ephemera, (brochures, clothing items, booklets, flyers, etc.) offers important insights into LGBTQ activism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans in the past decade
Featuring, amongst other material, original manuscript and typescript papers from the Mass Observation organisation. The archive was developed to create an 'anthropology of ourselves' and study the everyday lives of ordinary people in Britain. Accessibility statement for Mass Observation Online.
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. This archive focuses on issues at the intersection of gender and class from the late-eighteenth century to the era of suffrage in the early-twentieth century, all through a transnational perspective. Accessibility statement for Nineteenth Century Collections Online.
Collection of primary source exhibits focusing on queer history and culture. The database uses “queer” in its broadest and most inclusive sense, to embrace topics that are gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender and to include work on sexual and gender formations that are queer but not necessarily LGBT
Focused on popular entertainment in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it is divided into 4 sections: Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic; Circuses, Sideshows and Freaks; Music Hall, Theatre and Popular Entertainment; Moving Pictures, Optical Entertainments and the Advent of Cinema. Accessibility statement for Victorian Popular Culture.
Offering a breadth of printed and manuscript sources and providing a multitude of perspectives on the changing roles of women in history. This collection includes the works and legacy of many notable and influential women, but also a chance to hear the voices of forgotten and ordinary women. Accessibility statement for Adam Matthew Explorer.
Women’s Voices and Life Writing, 1600-1968 brings together diaries and oral histories for the study of the lives and experiences of less well-known women, told through their own words. Featuring content from both regional and national archives across the UK and Ireland, users can explore the life course of hundreds of individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds. Accessibility statement for Adam Matthew Explorer.
To find other relevant, primary source archives that may not be listed on this page, please go to the A-Z database guide and filter the 'types' drop-down menu to 'primary sources'.
Providing access to 280 U.S. newspapers and chronicling a century and a half of the African American experience, this collection includes papers from more than 35 states and features many rare and historically significant 19th-century titles. Accessibility statement for African American Newspapers, Series 1: 1827-1998.
This database complements and expands on African American Newspapers, Series 1, 1827-1998 with more than 75 newly available newspapers all written for or by African Americans. The focus is on the lives of African Americans as individuals, an ethnic group and Americans. Accessibility statement for African American Newspapers, Series 2: 1835-1956.
This collection, originally archived by the British Library, features nearly 60 newspapers from across the African continent, all published before 1900.
Focuses on the evolution of the region across two centuries chronicled within more than 140 titles from 22 islands
Access for UCL students and staff only. UCL username and password required. Registration is required on first visit to enable off-site and ePaper access. UCL users also have access to the app
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
Digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century
This database provides more than 50 fully searchable Latin American newspapers published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Featuring titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela and elsewhere
The second series of digitized Latin American Newspapers expands the number of searchable titles available from this region. Providing issues from more than 250 additional titles, this online series includes newspapers published in English, Spanish and Portuguese from 20 countries, including some countries and cities not represented in the inaugural collection of Latin American Newspapers.
Access for UCL students and staff only. Database of news and company information (formerly provided as LexisNexis 'Executive').
Cross-search with other Gale/Cengage primary sources in Gale Primary Sources. Comprises the complete archive from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full colour
Searches ProQuest Newsstream and Historical Newspapers databases
This collection contains copies of three English language newspapers published in India during the period 1782-1908: The India Gazette (1782-1834); The Bengal Hurkaru and Chronicle (1822-1866); and The Bengal Times (1876-1908
Combining content from Sage books, journals, case studies, datasets and references works to help users explore methods concepts when designing research projects, conduct research, and write up findings. Access to all areas including Datasets and Doing Research Online. Some video contents is available - refine by 'Available to me'. Foundations content is now included. Please contact the E-Resources team to request instructor access. Accessibility statement for SAGE Research Methods.
