Question:
I am looking for a test that might be used by a psychologist, educator, psychiatrist, or other social scientist, to measure some aspect of personality, behavior, cognition, perception, and other "mental measurements." (like Intelligence, Personality, Neuropsychological Functioning, Behavior, Speech, etc). How do I find descriptions and reviews?

Selected Reference Resources

• Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia (Green Library Information Center & HASRC HQ75.H63 1998)
• Encyclopedia of Homosexuality (Green Library Information Center & Stacks HQ76.25.E53 1990)
• The queer encyclopedia of music, dance & musical theater
• Contemporary youth culture : an international encyclopedia
• Men and masculinities : a social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia

Searchworks Tips
Suggested keyword and subject terms in Searchworks

• self (see this book!:Concepts of the Self)
• Human body social aspects
• Role Playing
• sex role note you can limit by topics on the left, such as gender identity
• group identity
• Body marking
• gender performance
• sexuality performance
• gender theater

Additional Databases

• LGBT life with full text
• Anthropology Plus (try a sample search: gender and performance)

Selected Website(s)

• OH WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DIFFERENCE MAKES:
  GENDER IN THE VISUAL ARTS
• Gender and Sexuality Studies: weblinks from UCSB

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Live video of the arguments will be offered on the California Channel, both on television and online.

At Stanford, OutLaw will be hosting a live screening of the oral arguments in the Proposition 8 cases being argued this Thursday from 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. in the Law Lounge. The screening is open to Stanford community members only.

For background information, check out Stanford Libraries' collection of books, E-books, and videos on the topic of same-sex marriage.

Selected Reference Resources

• Completely Queer: The Gay and Lesbian Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia of contemporary LGBTQ literature of the United States
• Encyclopedia of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history in America/li>
• Encyclopedia of Homosexuality
• Gay Rights on Trial : A Reference Handbook
• Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History : From Antiquity to World War II
• Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History : From World War II to the Present Day
• Encyclopedia of gay and lesbian popular culture
• Encyclopedia of Lesbian and Gay Histories and Cultures
• St. James Press Gay & Lesbian Almanac
• Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit : Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Lore
• The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV
• Gays and Lesbians in Mainstream Cinema: Plots, Critiques, Casts and Credits for 272 Theatrical and Made-for-Television Hollywood Releases ( See also: The
  Ultimate Guide to Lesbian and Gay Film and Video) .
• Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia
• Sexuality and the Law: An Encyclopedia of Major Legal Cases

Sample Searchworks Subject Headings *limit your results by using the "topics" menu on the left column*

• Gays
• Gay Men
• Lesbians
• Homosexuality
• Bisexuality
• Coming out (Sexual orientation)

Additional Database for LGBTQ articles

Resources in Stanford's Special Collections:

• AIDS posters (from all over the world)
• Arturo Islas Literary Archive (Stanford Faculty)
• Dave Martin Photo Archive
• Flounders Gay Fiction Collection (3000+ titles)
• Lesbian Pulp Fiction Collection (126 records)
• Male Physique Magazine Collection (30 titles)
• Spain, Gay Ephemera (12 boxes)
• Stop AIDS Foundation-San Francisco (25 years of history)
• Transgender Booklets/Magazines

Adan's Printable Resource Page for Gay Studies