Looking Queer: Body Image in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities contains research, firsthand accounts, poetry, theory, and journalistic essays that address and outline the special needs of sexual minorities when dealing with eating disorders and appearance obsession. Looking Queer will give members of these communities hope, insight, and information into body image issues, helping you to accept and to love your body. In addition, scholars, health care professionals, and body image activists will not only learn about queer experiences and identity and how they affect individuals, but will also understand how some of the issues involved affect society as a whole. Dismantling the myth that body image issues affect only heterosexual women, Looking Queer explores body issues based on gender, race, class, age, and disability. Furthermore, this groundbreaking book attests to the struggles, pain, and triumph of queer people in an open and comprehensive manner. More than 60 contributors provide their knowledge and personal experiences in dealing with body image issues exclusive to the gay and transgender communities, including: 
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<li>exploring and breaking down the categories of gender and sexuality that are found in many body image issues </li>
<li>finding ways to heal yourself and your community </li>
<li>discovering what it means to “look like a dyke” or to “look gay” </li>
<li>fearing fat as a sign of femininity </li>
<li>determining what race has to do with the gay ideal </li>
<li>discussing the stereotyped ”double negative”--being a fat lesbian </li>
<li>learning strategies of resistance to societal ideals </li>
<li>critiquing ”the culture of desire” within gay men’s communities that emphasizes looks above everything elseRevealing new and complex dimensions to body image issues, Looking Queer not only discusses the struggles and hardships of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, but looks at the processes that can lead to acceptance of oneself. Written by both men and women, the topics and research in Looking Queer offer insight into the lives of people you can relate to, enabling you to learn from their experiences so you, too, can find joy and happiness in accepting your body.Visit Dawn Atkin’s website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/</li>
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Looking Queer: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay, and Transgender Communities (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)

Reference

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An introductory text on various aspects of reference services―that requires your students to think! An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries is a comprehensive textbook that presents compelling case studies and thought-provoking essays that teach the principles of reference services. Eighteen authorities from private and public academic libraries around the United States offer unique perspectives and solid information in an active learning format that requires students to think and learn. The book provides a stimulating starting point for those learning about planning, managing, and evaluating reference services. An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries is a valuable teaching resource that helps college teachers to move beyond traditional passive learning to more effective active learning. Each chapter’s interest-sparking activities and questions challenge students to dynamically search out solutions to specific problems. The text takes a broad, informative―and at times amusing―look at the foundations of reference services, using the uniquely creative activities and questions to make difficult topics such as virtual reference services, relational reference, academic portfolios, and reference cost calculators easy to learn. The book is thoroughly referenced, and many chapters include charts and special activities to help spark student engagement in the learning process. Over thirty tables and figures make complex information easy to access and understand. An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries includes discussions on: 
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<li>virtual information literacy tutorials 
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<li>the minimal and maximal models of reference functions―and the smooth transition to the triage model 
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<li>marketing strategies to attract male faculty 
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<li>the reference desk as impediment to accessibility 
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<li>relational reference 
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<li>virtual reference―including instant messaging and software issues 
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<li>guidance, assistance, and instruction of students 
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<li>reference assistance, outreach, and instructions 
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<li>maintaining high quality service―while maximizing the time of reference librarians 
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<li>collection development policies 
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<li>evaluating reference costs 
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<li>diversity 
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<li>librarians ranking on level with faculty positions 
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<li>the importance―and development―of teaching portfolios 
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<li>unusual library patrons 
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<li>and more!</li>
</ul>An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries is a stimulating teaching resource that is perfect for library school students, entry-level academic librarians, library support staff, mid-career librarians new to academic libraries, and library school faculty.

An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries (Haworth Series in Introductory Information Science Textbooks)

An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries is a comprehensive textbook that presents compelling case studies and thought-provoking essays that teach the principles of reference services. Eighteen authorities from private and public academic libraries around the United States offer unique perspectives and solid information in an active learning format that requires students to think and learn. The book provides a stimulating starting point for those learning about planning, managing, and evaluating reference services. Each chapter is thoroughly referenced, and many have charts and activities to help spark student engagement in the learning process. Over 30 tables and figures make complex information easy to access and understand.

An Introduction to Reference Services in Academic Libraries

Connor, MLS Elizabeth

Here is the basic resource for therapists who work with homosexual clients. Written by professionals for professionals, A Guide to Psychotherapy With Gay and Lesbian Clients is an excellent compilation of data and sound suggestions for understanding the unique issues and concerns facing gay men and lesbians.

Homosexuality and Psychotherapy: A Practitioner's Handbook of Affirmative Models (Research on Homosexuality, No. 4)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Mental Health

Lesbian Sex Scandals: Sexual Practices, Identities, and Politics

Lesbian Sex Scandals takes a look at controversies in lesbian communities over sexual practices, identity, and feminist politics. Feminist politics have often been at the heart of lesbian community and identity; yet, the blending of sexual identity and politics has led to contradictions and conflicts within lesbian communities over sexual behavior. Some leading lesbian theorists have articulated a view of lesbian identity that stands on feminist politics, rather than on the desire for sexual relationships with women; others have felt that this approach denies the history of specifically lesbian sexuality. And, while having sex with a woman may not define who is a lesbian, certainly sexual practices have been at the heart of the controversies over who is not a lesbian. Lesbian Sex Scandals will help you understand these conflicts and suggests ways of redefining sexual identity and community. The contributors to Lesbian Sex Scandals address important, real issues of sexual practice and sexual politics. These 14 scholars represent a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, philosophy, English, psychology, theology, performance studies, communications, critical studies, and women’s studies. Specifically, they explore debates around: 
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<li>S &amp; M </li>
<li>transsexuality </li>
<li>Butch/Femme relationships </li>
<li>sex with men </li>
<li>bisexuality </li>
<li>pornography </li>
<li>safe sex </li>
<li>penetrative sex acts </li>
<li>queer theoryLesbian Sex Scandals will help you recognize the importance of embracing the diversity of sexuality, pleasure, and desire as a core value of lesbianism. You will also see how adopting a “universalizing” approach, which emphasizes the importance of sexual freedom across the spectrum of identity, will give lesbians a larger and stronger community base from which to challenge oppression.Visit Dawn Atkin's website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~dawn_atkins/</li>
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Psychology & Counseling

Looking Queer

Dawn Atkins

Winner of the Women in Psychology Jewish Caucus Award for 2000!Jewish Mothers Tell Their Stories: Acts of Love and Courage contains touching and personal essays written by contemporary Jewish mothers from different parts of the globe. Their stories reveal the choices that Jewish mothers make in our post-Holocaust, non-Jewish world--the many ways of being Jewish, the acts of loving, of preserving and celebrating Jewish traditions and spirituality, and of transmitting them to their children and families. The firsthand stories in this compelling book raises questions and provides you with insight into a variety of topics, including: The 'Jewish mother’stereotype and its impact on real Jewish mothers ethnic/historical connections between mothers and daughters moving acts of love, courage, and sacrifice in response to illness, war, or conflicting ideologies motherhood as a catalyst for personal evolutions of Jewish identity and values Orthodox to secular expressions of spirituality The impact of the 'Jewish motherhood imperative’ positive experiences of conversion and interfaith families conveying Jewish history and tradition in a Christian worldJewish Mothers Tell Their Stories will draw you into an appreciation of the cultural, ethnic, and spiritual aspects of mothering. This remarkable collection explores the different meanings of today's concept of “Jewish mother” and “Jewish family.”

Jewish Mothers Tell Their Stories: Acts of Love & Courage

Parenting & Relationships

Rachel Josefowitz with Ellen Cole & Susan Steinberg-Oren editors Siegel

Family Relationships

Social work in health care: A handbook for practice  Part II

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Social Sciences

Introduction to Serials Work for Library Technicians

Scott Millard

Marketing Management: Text and Cases

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Robert Stevens & Bruce Wrenn David Loudon

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