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Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Studies
- LGBT Life with Full Text
Covers gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues. Topics include civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, psychology, religion, sociology and more.
varies; some back to 1950s-current.
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Covers traditional academic, lifestyle and regional publications. Includes the full text of significant GLBT journals, magazines and newspapers as well as some books.
Full-text journals include The Advocate, Gay Parent Magazine, Girlfriends, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian & Gay Studies, James White Review, ISNA News, Ladder, Lesbian Tide, New York Blade, ONE, Tangents, Washington Blade, and many more.
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- Alternative Press Index (current)
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
1991-current.
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Alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change.
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Alternative Press Index Archive for material published between 1969-1990.
90% of the publications indexed in API are not indexed anywhere else. Some titles include: Cineaste, Environmental Action, Socialist Review, and Women's Review of Books.
Subjects covered by Alternative Press Index include:
- African-American Studies
- Alternative Organizations
- Anarchism
- Community Organizing
- Ecology
- Ethnic & Racial Studies
- Feminism
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Indigenous People's Rights
- Labor Studies
- Prisons
- Social Theory
- Socialism
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- Alternative Press Index Archive (1969-1990)
Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political & social change.
1969-1990.
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Alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines, which report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political, and social change. Covers 1969-1990.
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Alternative Press Index for material published after 1991.
90% of the publications indexed in API are not indexed anywhere else. Some titles include: Cineaste, Environmental Action, Socialist Review, and Women's Review of Books.
Subjects covered by Alternative Press Index include:
- African-American Studies
- Alternative Organizations
- Anarchism
- Community Organizing
- Ecology
- Ethnic & Racial Studies
- Feminism
- Gay/Lesbian Studies
- Indigenous People's Rights
- Labor Studies
- Prisons
- Social Theory
- Socialism
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- Women's Studies International (EBSCO)
Core topics in women's studies as well as current topics in feminist research. Includes sociology, history, political science, public policy, business, and education. Indexes journals, newspapers, newsletters, books, proceedings, and dissertations.
1972-current.
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Sources include: journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, important websites & web documents, and grey literature.
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- ERIC (via CSA)
Indexes scholarly journals and magazines in all areas of education, from early intervention (birth to age three), preschool, K-12 (public and private), and higher education. Includes bilingual, special, gifted, and computer education.
1966 to present.
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Some full-text available via UConn Links. Access via CSA interface. Search with Sociological Abstracts.
Also includes child development, classroom techniques, computer education, counseling and testing, administration, arts and music education, and library science. Indexes unpublished documents such as curriculum guides, dissertations, opinion papers, conference proceedings, program descriptions, standards, and tests.
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