Critical Studies

Decker Library uses Library of Congress Classification, click here to understand the call numbers. 

Click here for a tutorial on how to read Library of Congress call numbers.  

Most of the books related to Gender Studies are found in the HQ call number areas of the library. Sexuality is found in the range of HQ12-449.   Homosexuality in Film and Cinema (motion pictures) can be found in the call number range of PN1995.9 .H55

You can search using Library of Congress Subject Headings. To do so, use the drop down boxes at the  top of the catalog, and change the All Fields to Subject. Then in the search box enter a subject heading term. 

LGBTQIA

African American gays
African American lesbians
Bears (Gay culture)
Bisexuality
Bisexuality in motion pictures
Bisexuals
Civil unions
Coming Out (Sexual orientation)
Female impersonators (use for Drag Queens)
Female-to-male transexuals
Gay artists
Gay erotica
Gay men
Gay rights
Gender identity in art
Homophobia
Homosexuality
Homosexuality and art
Homosexuality in art
Intersexuality
Lesbian artists
Lesbian erotic art
Lesbianism in art
Lesbians
Lesbians in art
Male impersonators
Mass media and gays
Queer theory
Same-sex marriage law and legislation
Sex change
Sexual orientation
Stonewall Riot, New York, N.Y., 1969
Transgender
Transsexualism
Transsexuals
Transvestism
Transvestism in art

Women's studies

African American Women -- Social Reformer
Birth Control -- United States
Body Image
Feminism
Feminist Theory
Gay Liberation Movement
Men -- United States
Motherhood -- United States
Sanger, Margaret
Sex Differences (Psychology)
Sex Discrimination Against Women -- Law And Legislation -- United States
Sex Role -- United States
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
Women Authors
Women -- Crimes Against -- United States
Women -- Economic Conditions
Women -- Health and Hygiene
Women -- History
Women Immigrants -- United States
Women and Literature -- United States -- History
Women in Mass Media
Women -- New York (State)
Women Political Activists
Women -- Psychology
Women -- United States -- Social Conditions
Women -- Violence Against -- United States
Women's Rights -- United States
Women's Studies
Work and Family -- United States

Use this to search for materials not available at Decker Library.