Research Guides: ENVS/ICPR 205: Queer Ecologies: Occupying Space and Time in Disorderly Bodies (HC): Relevant Books

Identifying Relevant Books

Use Tripod to look for relevant books owned by Haverford, Swarthmore, and Bryn Mawr.

The following suggested subject searches are only a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic not listed below, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Library Catalog to find relevant titles and then using the subject headings assigned to those items to find more.

(lgbt OR queer OR gay OR lesbian*) philadelphia* [Keyword Search]
"gay bar*" [Keyword Search]

gentrif* AND philadelphia* [Keyword Search with newest titles first]
move AND philadelphia [Subject Search with newest titles first]

(protest OR protests OR protester* OR resistan* OR popular) AND philadelphia [Subject Search ]

Beyond the Tri-College Collections

While the Tri-College libraries have a great deal of material for students to use in reading and research, you will often encounter titles which are not available. Take advantage of the services below to have the scholarship you need sent to Haverford for your use.

WorldCat
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An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tricollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 400 million records for titles owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan. Use the Find It button in individual WorldCat records to place your requests.

Borrowing Beyond the Tri-Co
Request items that are not available in Tripod through E-ZBorrow or Interlibrary Loan. Note that E-Z Borrow is the first place to look for books not in Tripod. It usually takes just three days for E-Z Borrow books to arrive. Books not in E-Z Borrow can come from Interlibrary Loan (ILL) which may take as little as four or five days to arrive.

For journal articles not available in the three colleges, use the Article Delivery form. In as little as 2 days you will receive a digital copy of the requested articles in your email.

Commemorating LGBTQ Protest

Ann Northrup, Close up of a scene from the Pride and Progress mural (Source: flickr)

Dissertations

Dissertations & Theses
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ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of over 2.7 million titles many of which are available for download.

Doctoral students go through an exhaustive literature search when writing their dissertations. They also tend to work on new questions, sometimes ones that have received very little attention from scholars before. You can often obtain these dissertations and benefit from all the bibliographic treasures and new ideas.

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses is a collection of scholarly research in the Humanities and Social Sciences that consists of over 2.7 million titles many of which are available for download.

Doctoral students go through an exhaustive literature search when writing their dissertations. They also tend to work on new questions, sometimes ones that have received very little attention from scholars before. You can often obtain these dissertations and benefit from all the bibliographic treasures and new ideas.

Relevant dissertations include:
"Do you live on Spruce Street or are you straight?" The boundaries of Philadelphia's Gayborhood and the production of queer identities.
Manley, Lauren E.. City University of New York, 2014.

Tales of the gayborhood: Mediating Philadelphia's gay urban spaces
Lee, Byron. Temple University, 2014.

In the margins or the mainstream? Gay and lesbian narratives about urban space, place, and community in everyday life.
Schermond, Daniel T.. Temple University, 2014.
Among other questions, the author "asked what places in Philadelphia held meaning for gays and lesbians with regard to their sexual identities and sense of community."

Queering Significance What Preservationists Can Learn From How LGBTQ+ Philadelphians Ascribe Significance to History Sites.
Duquette, Derek. Temple University, 2018.

Old attitudes and new beginnings: The Philadelphia police and MOVE: 1972-1992.
Bentley, Bryan. Temple University, 2014.