{"id":1718,"date":"2018-02-28T17:58:32","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T17:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2018-03-06T14:17:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:17:21","slug":"5-recommended-library-resources-for-lgbt-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/spslibrarian\/2018\/02\/28\/5-recommended-library-resources-for-lgbt-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"5 recommended library resources for LGBT+ History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

February has seen the celebration of LGBT+ History Month<\/a> in the UK and you may have enjoyed one of the many fantastic events put on by the University’s Staff Pride Network<\/a> or the University’s\u00a0Students’ Association<\/a>. LGBT+ History Month may be near the end but I wanted to highlight just some of the library resources available to staff and students of the University that will allow you to study and research LGBT+ history further.<\/em><\/p>\n

1. Books, journals, articles, etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Main Library is co-hosting a ‘micro-exhibition’ with student groups Project Myopia<\/a> and LiberatEd<\/a> with a\u00a0pop-up book display on the ground floor this week. A LGBT+ History Month Resource List<\/strong><\/a> has also been put together to highlight the wide range of LGBT+ books available at the University Library. This is just a selection of titles available at the Library and you can use DiscoverEd<\/a> to find more.<\/p>\n

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You can also use DiscoverEd<\/strong><\/a> to search for and find a large range of journal articles and journals on LGBT+ related research. Or you can go further in your research by using some of the bibliographic databases<\/strong> <\/a>the Library has access to that will allow you to search for journal articles, abstracts, book reviews, book chapters, reports and proceedings, etc.<\/p>\n

2. What to watch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can use some of the Library’s moving image and video streaming databases to search for and view films, documentaries, news programmes, interviews, plays, TV programmes, etc.\"\"<\/a>Academic Video Online<\/a><\/strong> is a multidisciplinary collection of videos that allows you to analyse unique and valuable content from over 500 producers and distributors around the world. With 1000s of videos already available on the site, around 400 new titles are added to the site every month. The site is easy to search and browse but why not start by looking at all the videos grouped under the subject area LGBT Studies<\/a>, which includes documentaries, films, interviews and more.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Alternatively, why not try Box of Broadcasts (BoB)<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0where you can view or listen to previously recorded TV or radio programmes from over 60 stations, you can also record programmes yourself, create clips and create playlists. From documentaries such as Queer as Art<\/em>, Prejudice and Pride: The People’s History of LGBTQ Britain<\/em>, Stonewall Uprising<\/em>, Queerama<\/em>, I’m Coming Out<\/em> or Young, Trans and Looking for Love<\/em> to films such as Milk<\/em>, Breakfast on Pluto<\/em>, Carol<\/em>, Hedwig and the Angry Inch<\/em>, Beautiful Thing<\/em>, The Danish Girl<\/em>, Happy Together<\/em> or Cabaret<\/em> (and they are just a small number of the programmes available, search BoB<\/strong> for more).<\/p>\n

3. What did the papers say?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Library subscribes to a large number of online newspaper archives that will allow you to see what events were being reported on at the time and how they were being reported.\u00a0Read full text articles, compare how different newspapers were covering the same issues and stories, track coverage of relevant news stories.<\/p>\n

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From 29 June 1969 issue of New York Times. From ProQuest Historical Newspapers.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can search individual titles, such as the New York Times<\/strong><\/em><\/a>,\u00a0The Times<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, The Guardian and The Observer<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, The Scotsman<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, The Washington Post<\/strong><\/em><\/a> or cross-search a large range of titles, such as British Library Newspapers<\/strong><\/a> (that covers both local and national papers) or UK Press Online<\/strong><\/a> (which covers popular or tabloid press).<\/p>\n

All online newspaper archives available via the Library can be accessed from the Newspapers & Magazines database list<\/strong> <\/a>and magazines (or periodicals) can also be a rich resource for historical research. Why not try searching American Periodicals<\/strong><\/a>, British Periodicals<\/strong> <\/a>or an individual title’s archive, such as The Vogue Archive<\/em><\/strong><\/a> to see how magazines were talking about and reporting on LGBT+ rights and issues.<\/p>\n

Want to look at more recent coverage LGBT+ issues and stories?<\/em> <\/strong>The Library also subscribes to databases, such as Factiva<\/strong> and Nexis UK<\/strong>, that allow you to search and access the full text of a large number of UK and international newspapers from around the 1980s up to date. You can access these, the databases mentioned above and many other newspaper archives and magazine archives from Newspaper & Magazines Databases<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

4. What do the archives tell us?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Primary sources reflect the individual viewpoint of a participant or observer and they enable you to get as close as possible to what actually happened during an historical event or time period. Primary sources can include diaries, correspondence, historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, newspaper and magazine articles, statistical data, speeches, audio and video recordings, art objects, etc.<\/p>\n

Politics, Social Activism and Community Support: Selected Gay and Lesbian Periodicals and Newsletters<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Drag. N.d. Politics, Social Activism and Community Support: Selected Gay and Lesbian Periodicals and Newsletters from Archives Unbound.<\/p><\/div>\n

This collection of periodicals from Archives Unbound<\/a><\/strong> focuses on newsletters issued by gay and lesbian political and social activist organizations throughout the United States and on periodicals devoted to gay and lesbian political and social activist agendas – the “public” face of gay and lesbian activism. In addition, this collection includes serial literature on its “private” face, exploring the challenges and complexities of building gay and lesbian communities inside and outside of a “straight” world, the need for psychological reinforcement through support groups in an effort combat an often hostile environment, and the yearning for spiritual confirmation of one\u2019s identity and life choices. The collection is sourced from the\u00a0Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered (GLBT) Historical Society in San Francisco and covers the years 1947-2004.<\/p>\n

The above database is just one of 265 primary source collections available to you via Archives Unbound<\/strong><\/a>. It presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents covering\u00a0a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to 20th century political history.<\/p>\n

Also within Archives Unbound<\/strong> you may want to look at:<\/p>\n