The study of LGBTQ+ issues extends to multiple branches of knowledge. At times this may create challenges for researchers looking for books in the library's collection.
If you are interested in browsing the library stacks for titles related to LGBTQ+ issues or topics, one place to start may be the HQ1-HQ79 call number range on the lower level of the McNichols Campus Library. However, books related to LGBTQ+ topics may be found throughout the collection and are definitely not limited to the HQ call number range.
(See the Search the Catalog for a Book box on the right side of this page for tips on how to search the online catalog for something more specific.)
Browsing the collection online is also possible through the library catalog. Once you find a book you are interested in, scroll to the bottom of the catalog record to "Virtual Browse." Virtual Browse is an electronic view of what you can expect to find on the physical shelf next to and around the title you are looking for.
If you have questions about LGBTQ+-related interdisciplinary research, please contact the librarian listed on the Welcome page of this guide or email edesk@udmercy.edu.
For eBooks, visit the Downloading eBooks tutorial for information on how to access the Library's collection of electronic books. Access requires logging in using your Blackboard username and password.
Lesbian storyteller Ivan E. Coyote’s first book for queer youth includes ... stories about embracing and celebrating difference and feeling comfortable in one's own skin, no matter what the circumstance.
** Single user ebook.
This is both a personal book that offers an account of the author's own trans* identity and a deeply engaged study of trans* collegians that reveals the complexities of trans* identities, and how these students navigate the trans* oppression present throughout society and their institutions, create community and resilience, and establish meaning and control in a world that assumes binary genders.
Making Out in the Mainstream is the first full-length study of LGBT media activism, revealing the daily struggle to reconcile economic and professional pressures with conflicting personal, organizational, and political priorities.
At once a witness to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration of race, class, and masculinity.
...enters into the most current conversations on the state of gender and sexuality, especially debates surrounding negativity, anti-relationalism, assimilation, and neoliberalism... provides a framework for understanding these debates in the context of a distinctly gothic cultural mode...
... focuses on the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of health, and considers both risk and resiliency factors for the Black LGBT population.
Martin uses the image of a two-way bridge to enable LGBT Catholics and the Church to come together in a call to end the "us" versus "them" mentality.
This clinical guide fills that gap by providing mental health practitioners with an affirmative approach that emphasizes a collaborative partnership guided by client-driven goals.
From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged.
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Looking for a book in the Library? Search the Library Catalog for books and eBooks. Enter keywords, authors, titles, subjects or other terms to find what you are looking for. Note that you can also find articles and audio visual materials in the Catalog. To limit your results, select Library Catalog (Excludes Articles) from the drop down menu to the right of the search window.
Consider using the Advanced Search option to limit or expand your search further.
The terms and variations of terms you use to search can make all the difference in determining search results. As a potential starting point, here are a few possible keywords to use in LGBTQ research. In addition to keyword searching, these terms may also be used for subject searches in the catalog. Note that the links below provide results to subject searches for titles in numerous formats (books, articles, etc.).
For more subject search term possibilities, Emory Libraries has an extensive list of LGBTQ+-related Library of Congress subject headings on topics ranging from Art & Architecture to Psychology to Youth & Education.
gay and lesbian studies
gay liberation movement
homophobia
lesbianism
bisexuality
transgender people
sexual orientation
Can't find what you are looking for in our Library? The Library offers interlibrary loan services to University of Detroit Mercy students, faculty, and staff.
This form allows you to request the title from another Library. Our staff will process your request and let you know when the title arrives at the Library, usually within 7-14 days.
