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Contact info
For Library research help, please contact Moninder Lalli, Librarian for Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies by email moninder_lalli@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian.
Research process
Start Your Research Here - This page gives you an overview of the research process, or in other words how to find materials for your essay.
Definitions and theories
Use encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks to obtain definitions and overviews of a topic and also to identify key authors.
- A-Z of gender and sexuality : from Ace to Ze
- Blackwell companion to social inequalities
- Encyclopedia of Sexuality and Gender
- Encyclopedia of women and gender: sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender
- Global encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history
- Greenwood encyclopedia of LGBT issues worldwide
- International encyclopedia of men and masculinities
- Oxford handbook of identity development
- Routledge handbook of sexuality, health and rights
- Routledge research companion to geographies of sex and sexualities
- Rowman & Littlefield handbook of transgender studies
- Sage encyclopedia of LGBTQ studies
- Sage handbook of feminist theory
- Transgender : a Reference Handbook
For more, try the side tab, Background information
Find books
Library Catalogue search guide
Search the SFU Library Catalogue: Advanced keyword
To find a specific book
Use "Browse by title"
Examples of keyword combinations for some of the research topics
You can limit the result to "books" by using "Resource type" of "Books
- (gender OR LGBT* OR gay OR lesbian* OR transgender* OR queer* OR sexual identity) AND Title contains (autobiograph* OR narrat* OR stories)
- (gender OR LGBT* OR gay OR lesbian* OR transgender* OR queer* OR sexual identity) AND Title contains (autobiograph*)
- gender AND identity
- gender AND identity AND (indigen* OR aborig*)
- gender AND (binary OR nonbinary)
- gender AND (social justice OR equal* OR equit*)
- (lgbt* OR gay OR lesbian* OR transgender*) AND (reproductive choice* OR parenthood)
- (lgbt* OR gay OR lesbian* OR transgender*) AND (safe* OR crime*)
Combine different concepts using AND
Combine same concepts using OR
Use quotation marks to search for a phrase
Use brackets for synonyms
Use asterisk (*) for different endings of words
Use pull-down menu and select, "Source Types" as "Books"
Note: For Catalogue Search, when combining concepts, use CAPITAL letters ( "OR", "AND")
Selected books
Course books
- Gender outlaws : the next generation [print]
- Global currents in gender and feminisms : Canadian and international perspectives
- Trans studies : the challenge to hetero/homo normativities
Other
- Autobiography and questions of gender
- Embodying Difference: Critical Phenomenology and Narratives of Disability, Race, and Sexuality
- Gender norms & intersectionality : connecting race, class & gender
- Nonbinary gender identities : history, culture, resources
- Redoing Gender: How Nonbinary Gender Contributes Toward Social Change
- Story of Sexual Identity: Narrative Perspectives on the Gay and Lesbian Life Course
- Young queer America : real stories and faces of LGBTQ+ youth
- What even is gender?
- Writing Desire: Sixty Years of Gay Autobiography
- Writing gender writing self : memory, memoir and autobiography
- Written by the body : gender expansiveness and indigenous non-cis masculinities
Browse books in the Library Catalogue using subject headings
Catalogue Search / Browse then change "Title" to "Subject" and enter your subject term
- Gay Liberation Movement Canada
- Gay Rights -- Canada
- Gay Rights United States
- Gender and sexuality
- Gender identity
- Gender role
- Heterosexism
- Queer Theory
- Transgender People
Find journal articles
Search for journal articles on your topic using the databases, below. From within the database, use the "Get@SFU" link to find it or to initiate an inter-library loan request.
- Women's Studies International - for issues related to gender, sexuality and women's studies
- Sociological Abstracts - for social issues
- Social Sciences Full Text - Multi-disciplinary, social sciences database
Presentation skills and writing help
See the Student Learning Commons for expert and friendly help with academic writing, learning, and study strategies.
- Resources on developing your participation skills
- Resources to help you improve your presentation skills
Library guides
- Library Research Tutorials. Animated tutorials on search techniques for finding books and journal articles.
- Annotated bibliographies
- Evaluating sources
- How to find journal articles
- Library Catalogue search guide
- What is a scholarly (or peer-reviewed) journal?
- What is plagiarism? Guide to common forms of plagiarism and how to avoid them
Writing help
See the Student Learning Commons for expert and friendly help with academic writing, learning, and study strategies.