Describes results of a nationwide survey of elementary and secondary school library media centers that examined their holdings on AIDS, child abuse, family violence, homosexuality, and incest. Topics discussed include accessibility through subject headings, whether the topics are covered in the curriculum, and how difficult it is to find…

This paper reports on a study in which a select bibliography of gay fiction was compiled and checked against the catalogs of the public libraries in Franklin County, Ohio, in order to determine the collection extent and whether catalog subject access is provided for these works. Results show that the percentage of checklist titles held by each…