The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian,Gay,Bisexual,Transgender,and Queer Internet Research
Find the facts, figures, and connections you need on the Internet!\ This powerful reference tool is the most comprehensive, reliable guide to Internet resources for the LBGTQ community. More than just a guide to useful Web sites, it also evaluates LGBTQ mailing lists, message boards, search engines, and portals.\ The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research provides background information as well as useful URLs. It covers the history and...
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Find the facts, figures, and connections you need on the Internet!This powerful reference tool is the most comprehensive, reliable guide to Internet resources for the LBGTQ community. More than just a guide to useful Web sites, it also evaluates LGBTQ mailing lists, message boards, search engines, and portals. The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research provides background information as well as useful URLs. It covers the history and objectives of major sites. The in-depth interviews with leaders of the queer Internet include discussions with Barry Harrison, Director of Queer Arts Resources, and Sister Mary Elizabeth, founder of AEGiS. The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research includes resources for a variety of academic disciplines, including: the humanities the social sciences law labor studies media studies transgender and intersex studies and more!Edited by Alan L. Ellis, co-chair of the institute's board of directors, The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research is an indispensable tool for researchers, community leaders, and scholars. Publishers Weekly In The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research, editors Alan Ellis, Liz Highley, Kevin Schaub and Melissa White offer an invaluable resource for academic, social and political research. Observing that pursuing information on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) issues is still somewhat difficult today, the editors provide two chapters on Internet research practices and tools (including a discussion of determining the credibility of electronic information), and then several more based on different professional fields including Queer Studies, Human Sexuality Studies, Social and Biological Sciences, Law and Philosophy, etc. Each of these later chapters lists numerous Internet sites and some non-Web resources. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
About the EditorsixContributorsxiForewordxiiiPrefacexviiChapter 1.Introduction1Using This Guide2A Note on Comprehensiveness3Chapter 2.Conducting Research on the Internet5Search Engines and Directories6Non-Web Resources11Credibility16Citations18Chapter 3.Major LGBTQ Internet Research Tools23Major LGBTQ Portals23Online Directories and Other Web Sites25Online Database of Journal Articles28Major LGBTQ Non-Web Resources28Interview: Mark Elderkin and Rhona Berenstein30Interview: Megan Smith34Interview: Roger Klorese and Will Doherty44Chapter 4.Queer Studies49Queer Studies Resources50Non-Web Resources54Chapter 5.Bisexual Studies55Bisexual Studies Resources55Non-Web Resources58Chapter 6.Transgender and Intersex Studies61Transgender and Intersex Studies Resources61Non-Web Resources65Interview: Gwendolyn Ann Smith66Chapter 7.Human Sexuality Studies71General Sites72BDSM/Leather/Fetish Resources75Polyamory Resources77Sexual Health and Education Sites78Sex Work Resources79Non-Web Resources80Chapter 8.Liberal Arts and the Humanities83History83Ethnic Studies87Religious Studies89Non-Web Resources98Chapter 9.Social and Biological Sciences101General Sites101Anthropology102Political Science103Psychology105Sociology108Biological Sciences109Non-Web Resources110Interview: Ellen D. B. Riggle110Chapter 10.Arts and Education115Arts115Education117Interview: Barry Harrison117Chapter 11.Law and Philosophy127Law127Philosophy129Chapter 12.Health and Medicine131General LGBTQ Health Issues131Gay Men's Health Issues133Lesbian Health Issues134Bisexual Health Issues136Transgender and Intersex Health Issues137HIV/AIDS Sites138General Consumer Health Sites140Researching the Medical Literature142Non-Web Resources142Interview: Sister Mary Elizabeth143Chapter 13.Business, Labor Studies, and Economics147General Sites147Labor Studies and Workplace Issues148Domestic Partnership and Workplace Nondiscrimination Issues149Economics150Non-Web Resources151Chapter 14.Community Resources153LGBTQ Community-Based Resources153Non-Web Resources156Interview: Kevin Schaub156Chapter 15.Media and News161Media Resources161Non-Web Resources163Chapter 16.The Queer Internet: One Student's Experience165Index169
\ Publishers WeeklyIn The Harvey Milk Institute Guide to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Internet Research, editors Alan Ellis, Liz Highley, Kevin Schaub and Melissa White offer an invaluable resource for academic, social and political research. Observing that pursuing information on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) issues is still somewhat difficult today, the editors provide two chapters on Internet research practices and tools (including a discussion of determining the credibility of electronic information), and then several more based on different professional fields including Queer Studies, Human Sexuality Studies, Social and Biological Sciences, Law and Philosophy, etc. Each of these later chapters lists numerous Internet sites and some non-Web resources. (Nov.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \
