Research Guides: Exploring Black LGBTQ Studies in the Schomburg Center's Archive: More Schomburg and NYPL Resources

NYPL Research Guides

These Research Guides have been created by New York Public Library Librarians. Use them to discover more resources concerning LGBT studies.

Black Feminism Introductory Research Guide

Stonewall 50: A Guide Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots and LGBT History

Periodical Collection

At the Schomburg Center researchers can find a vast collection of periodicals that document the global Black experience with popular and rare titles published in the U.S. and abroad.

Search the Schomburg/ NYPL Periodical Collection using the follow subject headings to find results dealing with LGBT studies:

Subject: African American gays -- Periodicals.

Subject: African American lesbians -- Periodicals.

Popular Databases

Below is a short list of databases accessible with an active New York Public Library card. Within these databases you can search for people, keywords, or subject terms.

Archives of Sexuality and Gender
Contains 51 digitized archival collections exploring LGBTQ history and culture since 1940. Includes three collections held by NYPL: The Mattachine Society of New York Records, 1951-1976; Gay Activists Alliance, 1970-1983; and ACT UP: The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Other collections originate from institutions like the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Historical Society. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
LGBT Life with Full Text
LGBT Life provides complete indexing and abstracting of content related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender studies in over 230 journals, magazines, and newspapers. LGBT Life also provides full text from a number of important sources including monographs and publications such as The Advocate, New York Blade, and Out. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
History Makers
The History Makers database is a video collection of oral histories documenting African American life, history and culture. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Alternative Press Index
The Alternative Press Index indexes more than 300 alternative, radical, and left publications that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
This database is only accessible at the following NYPL locations: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building; New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center; Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture; Thomas Yoseloff Business Center; All Branch Libraries
Independent Voices
Independent Voices is a growing digital collection of the magazines, journals, and newspapers of the alternative and small press archives of participating libraries. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society
Covers a variety of contemporary debated subjects to explore different viewpoints and develop critical thinking skills. Material is divided into an alphabetical list of subjects (Topics) and concepts divided into categories (Perspectives), supported with articles, images, speeches, and other documentation. A good companion to Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. **Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**
America: History and Life with Full Text
Indexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With full-text coverage of hundreds of journals and books, and selective indexing for journals dating back nearly 60 years.**Patrons should read the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy of this resource before searching.**

Other NYPL Resources

The Manuscripts and Archives Division holds over 100 collections pertaining to the history of gay men and lesbians, and to the history of the AIDS and HIV epidemic. View a list of those collections here.

Listen to New Yorkers tell their stories through the NYC Trans Oral History Project.