Academic Guides: SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Research Starter: Collections

Collection Breakdown

The Walden University Library contains a large, diverse collection of books, journals, and other materials related to SOGI issues. Scroll down to view the collection, which has been broken down into subject areas and material types.

Note: The materials listed below are by no means an exhaustive representation of the SOGI-related materials found in the Walden University Library. Presented below is a curated list of resources designed to highlight aspects of our collection that relate directly to SOGI issues.

Don't forget to check out our search tips for accessing materials within our collection!

LGBT database

The Walden University Library offers access to LGBTQ+ Source, which is an impressive collection of both scholarly and popular publications related to LGBTQ+ issues. Check it out below!

LGBTQ+ Source
Contains abstracts and full text articles focused on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues. Includes over 120 of the most important and historically significant LGBT journals, magazines and regional newspapers and more than 150 monographs/books.

Multi-Database Search Tool

Our multi-database search tool is a great tool for performing a search across a large portion of our general collection. You can use Thoreau to explore and discover articles on a variety of SOGI-related topics.

Library Search (formerly Thoreau)
This is a tool that searches across many of the Library databases. It is not able to search every database, but it does search enough of our resources to be a useful tool for quick, simple searches.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health: Data and statistics including "Sexual Orientation and Health Among U.S. Adults," a special topic covered in the National Health Interview Survey.
Medline Plus: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Health: News, statistics and research, clinical trials, and journal articles.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM): The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People - Building a Better Foundation for Understanding: A 2011 report from the Institute of Medicine (now the Health and Medicine Division) assessing research gaps and opportunities involving LGBT health issues.
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO): Focuses research on the health challenges of sexual and gender minorities, newly designated as a health disparity population by the NIH director in 2016. Research efforts outlined in “NIH 2016-2020 Strategic Plan to Advance Research on the Health and Well-being of Sexual and Gender Minorities.”
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Health & Well-being for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans: Reports on LGBT health including "Advancing LGBT Health and Well-being Annual Reports" and links to reports published by other federal government agencies.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP): Healthy People 2020: Science-based, 10-year national objectives for health promotion and disease prevention. Topics include data on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health.

U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office for Civil Rights (OCR: Policy guidance, OCR case resolutions, court filings (statements of interest and amicus curiae briefs), and links to other federal government resources involving LGBTQ students.

Policy & law

Walden Dissertations

Lived experiences of attorneys who represent transgender clients in prison placement

Faculty Publications

Bella Abzug, queer rights, and disrupting the status quo

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): Advancing LGBTI Inclusive Development: Includes research and reports such as “LGBT Vision for Action” and country reports on being LGBT in Asia, emerging economies/countries, and Europe/Eurasia
U.S. Census: Same-Sex Couples: Characteristics tables, same-sex working papers, and same-sex publications.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R): Reports, case studies, and data sets on fair housing and discrimination. Search same-sex, LGBT, or other search terms in the main search box or search individual topic areas using the main menu.
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), LGBT Working Group: Press releases, publications, enforcement documents, and other LGBT related-resources involving the civil right of LGBT individuals.
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP): A handful of current reports involving LGBT youth in the juvenile justice system. Click Search (top right menu), enter search terms in the Keyword search box (such as LGBT or transgender), and check all the Resources to the right of the search box.
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL): LGBT Policy: Note: The DOL report Advancing LGBT Workplace Rights U.S. Department of Labor (2016) is no longer available on the DOL website; it can be accessed via Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR).
U.S. Department of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Annual country reports (beginning in 2013) with a section on human rights abuses involving sexual orientation and gender identity.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Behavioral Health Equity - Lesbian Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender: Behavioral health resources and training for practitioners, national survey reports, and information on agency and federal initiatives.

SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Research Starter:
Collections

Collection Breakdown

LGBT database

Multi-Database Search Tool

Health & medicine

Walden Dissertations

Journals

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Government Documents

Education

Walden Dissertations

Journals

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Government Documents

Policy & law

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Faculty Publications

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Government Documents

Counseling, psychology, & social work

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Office of Student Disability Services

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