Primary sources on social, political, health, and legal issues affecting LGBTQ communities around the world, such as the gay rights movement, activism, and the HIV/AIDS crisis. Includes newsletters, organizational papers, government documents, manuscripts, pamphlets, and other primary sources from the Lesbian Herstory Educational Foundation, Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, GLBT Historical Society, New York Public Library, and elsewhere.

Books, periodicals, and archival materials that document LGBT political, social, and cultural movements from the early twentieth century to present, as well memoirs, biographies, fiction and other creative works about the LGBT experience.

Online encyclopedias in many subject areas.

Overview of a contentious American social or political issues. 1923 to present.

Historical collections from the Library of Congress. The Women's History collection contains 7 collections of photographs, pamphlets, scrapbooks, diaries, and more. Good coverage of the Suffrage Movement.

Free database providing access to primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, etc.) that document American women's history.

From the History Research Guide; use the examples to perform subject searching in Barton or MIT's WorldCat.

From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The narratives are part of a collection documenting the American South. The collection also contains images and can be searched by subject.

Oldest US collection of women's history manuscripts and archives; letters, diaries, organization records, photographs, and more.

From Harvard University. A digital exploration of women's impact on the economic life of the United States between 1800 and the Great Depression.

Full-text collection of early women’s writing in English, published by the Brown University Women Writers Project. It includes full transcriptions of texts published between 1526 and 1850, focusing on materials that are rare or inaccessible.

Over 100 diaries written by British and American women who documented their travels to places around the globe, including India, the West Indies, countries in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as around the United States.

Compiled by the Library of Congress.

Free database providing access to primary sources (photos, letters, diaries, etc.) that document American women's history.

Story of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

United Nations site on gender equality and women empowerment.

National activist and advocacy organization for people born with intersex conditions.

AMSA is an independent organization that provides a forum for teachers, researchers, students and practitioners to exchange information and to gain support for work on men and masculinities.

A collaboration among faculty, graduate students, media producers, artists, and librarians promoting research on gender, new media, science, and technology.

The Feminist Majority Foundation is a non-profit organization in the United States dedicated to Women's Equality, Reproductive Health and Non-Violence.

A lively discussion list for scholars and anyone interested in women's history.

Publications and news from a leading US think tank focusing primarily on domestic women’s issues.

An award-winning nonprofit news service covering issues of particular concern to women and providing women's perspectives on public policy.

A network of leading research, policy and advocacy centers committed to advance the rights and opportunities for women and girls.

A searchable database providing access to over 8,400 records pertaining to feminist theory, feminist literary criticism and gender studies focusing on English and American literature. Also includes reading lists/bibliographies for selected areas in the field.

An excellent site with links to other sites, journals, teaching resources, and more.

Compiled by the Women's Studies Section of the American Library Association.

Includes a frequently-updated set of more than 700 links to sites about women's studies and/or women's issues. Arranged by 16 topical subsections, such as Activism, Arts and Humanities, Health, Cyberculture and Internet Information, Science and Technology, Sexuality and Sexual Orientation, Women of Color, and more.

Resources in activism, art, media, feminist theory, history, literature, music, sports, development, and general interest.