LGBTIQA+ Library Guide: Overview

VU at the Midsumma March 2021 (Connell, L. 2021)

Welcome

Executive Director, Institute for Health & Sport Prof Alex Parker is the Executive Sponsor of the Pride Network and is a strong advocate towards LGBTIQA+ inclusion at Victoria University. For further information about the Pride Network, please email  pridenetwork@vu.edu.au .

Students are invited to get in touch with  VUSU's LGBTIQA+ Officers .

Search strategies for LGBTIQ+ Research

  • Think carefully about your keywords including synonyms as well as broader and narrower terms:
    • Take a look at the advice for Subject searching on the Books page of this guide, as well as the Glossary
    • Find out more about keywords on the Finding Resources library guide
    • Continue to update your keywords list with those used by authors in the most useful resources you find
  • Once you have collated your keywords, use AND, OR and NOT, as well as truncation and wildcards to build robust search strategies:
  • There are a broad range of academic resources that will be relevant to LGBTIQ+ research - think outside the box!
    • For example, if you are interested in the financial circumstances of young LGBTIQ+ people consider using Business and Economics databases as well as Social Science and Humanities databases
  • There have been significant historical changes in the language and the expression of ideas relating to LGBTIQ+ people and their experiences. This evolution continues today. Be mindful that these changes in language will be reflected in the research literature:
    • Please be aware that historical terms and ideas about LQBTIQ+ people and issues may be outdated and considered inappropriate to our modern values, but will still persist in older academic resources. Please practice self-care while engaging in research that might involve difficult topics or language.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Ancestors, Elders and families of the Kulin Nation (Melbourne campuses), the Eora Nation (Sydney campus) and the Yulara/Yugarapul and Turrbal Nation (Brisbane campus) who are the traditional owners of University land. As we share our own knowledge practices within the University, may we pay respect to the deep knowledge embedded within the Aboriginal community and recognise their ownership of Country.

We acknowledge that the land on which we meet, learn, and share knowledge is a place of age-old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal, and that the Traditional Owners living culture and practices have a unique role in the life of this region. Learn more from our Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit.

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