Gender and Sexuality Studies

This guide gives an overview of resources and materials available at NYU Libraries (and beyond!) for research and instruction in gender and sexuality studies. Use the menu in the sidebar to navigate this guide.

Ready to jump in? Here are the top 4 things to know about starting your research in gender and sexuality studies:

1. Scholarly articles are indexed by two core databases:

• GenderWatch
• LGBTQ+ Source

2. Background information and broad overviews of a topic can be found in reference works, such as:

• International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality
• International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences

3. Manage all materials you find from various sources using a bibliographic management tool like RefWorks or Zotero to save, organize, and format all your citations.

4. Ask me when you get stuck or have a question! I'm here to help with your research needs--just email me at jill.conte@nyu.edu.

Scholars of gender and sexuality studies are situated across schools, departments, and other academic structures at NYU.  Below is a selection of programs where there is a large concentration and/or explicit focus.

This guide is a gateway into gender and sexuality studies more broadly. For resources on specific topics or related disciplines, please browse the guides is this list or check out our other research guides.

• Anarchist Collections in the Tamiment Library
• Asian/Pacific/American Studies
• Caribbean Studies
• Data Sources
• Downtown Collection at the Fales Library
• Latin American Studies
• Latinx/e Studies
• Library Resources for Transgender Topics (from the University of Minnesota Libraries)
• Mass Incarceration
• Riot Grrrl Collection at the Fales Library
• Sociology
• South Asia Gender and Sexuality
• South Asian Immigrants and Gender and Sexuality
• Women's, Gender, and Queer History at Tamiment Library

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