Finding Articles in Scholarly Journals and Essays/Chapters in Books
For academic research, it is often important to use peer reviewed (or refereed) journals rather than popular magazines. Peer-review is the process by which a journal article is evaluated by experts in the field. An example of a peer-reviewed journal is Past and Present. An example of a popular magazine is People.
All of the following databases are listed on the web site alphabetically by title under the tab Databases. Databases are categorized under Browse by Discipline.
History
- Historical Abstracts with Full TextIndexes international scholarly literature on world history between 1450 and the present, excluding the U.S. and Canada.
Gender Studies
- GenderWatch This link opens in a new windowSelected full text of publications that cover women's and gender issues.
Multiple Subjects, Including History
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new windowIndexes popular magazines and scholarly journals across the disciplines from 1980 to the present.
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) This link opens in a new windowProvides full text of scholarly journals across the disciplines.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides access to the full text of journals in many subject areas but excludes coverage for the last 3-5 years.
- Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes full text of journals that span 200 years in the humanities and social sciences.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new windowProvides full text of journal articles in the social sciences and humanities.
