A search term can be used in combination with another search term to improve the relevance of your search results in databases, the Library's Discover and Catalog searches, and even in Google and other search engines.
To find materials about the artistic and cultural aspects of the LGBTQ community, here are some research starters.
Examples:
Searches the following databases simultaneously: Art & Architecture Complete, Art Index Retrospective, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, and Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson).
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources, with a broad variety of coverage in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, spanning more than 50 disciplines. Collections on JSTOR include the complete archival records of thousands of journal titles.
Note: As of August 1st, 2024, ARTSTOR is fully incorporated into JSTOR.
Naxos offers thousands of tracks of jazz, film music, world music, and classic and contemporary rock, with customizable playlists supported. Recordings are searchable by genre, label, instrument, composer, or performer.
Naxos Spoken Word Library consists of hundreds of audiobooks, with subjects ranging from literary classics, biographies, and histories to philosophy, religion, and children's stories.
This searches the following databases simultaneously: Art & Architecture Complete, Art Index Retrospective, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Humanities Full Text and RILM Abstracts of Music Literature with Full Text
Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity
Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture
Gaydar Culture: Gay Men, Technology and Embodiment in the Digital Age
Global Gay: How Gay Culture Is Changing the World
LGBTQ Digital Cultures: A Global Perspective by 
Outlooks: Lesbian and Gay Sexualities and Visual Cultures
Queer Popular Culture: Literature, Media, Film, and Television
A Queer Romance: Lesbians, Gay Men, and Popular Culture
Books and articles not found in UTD Library collections can be requested at no charge through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
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