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Peer-reviewed articles are:

written by experts in the field
assessed for validity and scholarly rigor by other experts in the field (peer review)
published in scholarly journals

Library databases are:

online, searchable collections of publications
may include peer-reviewed articles, newspaper articles, magazine articles, e-books, primary sources, and more
may include full-text publications or bibliographic citations
may be narrowly focused on a specific field or broadly include material from a variety of disciplines
are often accessible by subscription only, through your library

LibrarySearch
Middlebury Library's search engine. It searches everything we own or have access to, including books, articles, films, reference materials, primary sources and more. (go/LibrarySearch/)

LGBT Magazine Archive This link opens in a new window
The archives of 26 leading but previously hard-to-find magazines. The complete backfile of The Advocate is made available digitally. The oldest surviving continuously published US title of its type (having launched in 1967), it is the periodical of record for information about the LGBT community; it has charted the key developments in LGBT history and culture for over 50 years. As one of the very few LGBT titles to pre-date the 1969 Stonewall riots, it spans the history of the gay rights movement. LGBT Magazine Archive also includes the principal UK titles, notably Gay News and its successor publication Gay Times.
GenderWatch This link opens in a new window
Popular and academic articles from 1970 onward relating to gender studies, LGBT studies, men's studies, women's studies, and more.

Gender Studies Collection
"Periodical collection supporting significant aspects of gender in culture and society."

Politics, Social Activism and Community Support: Selected Gay and Lesbian Periodicals and Newsletters This link opens in a new window
1947 - 2004. Features more than 200 newsletter and periodical titles. Strong in newsletters from organizations that began their work during the formative years of the gay and lesbian movement.

The Advocate (Los Angeles, CA)
National news and lifestyle magazine for the nation's gay and lesbian community.
Press Reader (section for LGBT publications)
90-day archive of full-color, full-page, scanned images of over 5000 publications from many countries in many languages.

Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
"a digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals... produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century."

LGBT Collection (Independent Voices)
"The LGBT collection contains 25 publications that chronicle the birth of the Gay and Lesbian movements in the United States." Part of the Independent Voices open access collection of publications on JSTOR.

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Articles and more on the study of language including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Major modern language index for literary criticism, linguistics, film and folklore. 1926-current.
Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context) This link opens in a new window
Opposing Viewpoints covers current controversies and hot topics. It features viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazine, academic journal, and newspaper articles, primary source documents, statistics, images and podcasts, and links to Websites.
SocINDEX This link opens in a new window
Sociology research database encompassing the broad spectrum of sociological study.
Readers' Guide Retrospective: 1890-1982 (H.W. Wilson) This link opens in a new window
Indexes articles in approx. 375 leading general magazines (mainly popular literature). Available in print as Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature. Includes book, film, and television reviews.
Print volumes: Davis Family Library Reference AI3 .S6 (1900 - present)

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
Research early to order books and articles through ILL. Books often arrive within a week; articles within 1-2 days. go/ill/