Research Guides: HST 265: US History 1933 to 2016: Article Databases

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Subjects: American History, Area Studies, Ethnic Studies, History - General, Medieval Studies, Primary Sources, Psychology, Social Sciences - General, World History

Article Databases

FINDING SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ARTICLES

To locate ZSR holdings for a specific journal (or magazine or newspaper), search for the title in Find a Journal.

To search for articles on your topic, use the online databases listed below. Click on the PDF or linked full text to view the full article, or click on WFU Full Text Options to search our holdings for the article.

Remember, if we don't have a journal or article you need, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan!

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
America: History and Life provides abstracts and citations from reviews and dissertations about the history and culture of the United States and Canada from the earliest recorded times to the present. See Historical Abstracts for world history. Coverage: 1964-
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
A full-text database of archived issues of academic journals. Since JSTOR is a backfiles project, a typical coverage range is the beginning of a journal until three or five years ago. Supported in part by the Dail Endowment Fund. Coverage: Varies
HeinOnline Law Journal Library This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 2,000 law and law-related periodicals. Coverage is from the first issue published for all periodicals and goes through the most-currently published issues allowed based on contracts with publishers.
ProQuest Political Science Database This link opens in a new window
This link cross searches ProQuest Political Science Database, PAIS Index, and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts. Users can access hundreds of leading political science and international relations journals with full-text of many core titles. In addition, over a thousand recent full-text doctoral dissertations on political science topics are included, together with working papers, conference proceedings, country profiles, political news and other sources. Coverage: 1985-

FINDING PERIODICALS

To locate a particular periodical, search for the title in Find a Journal. You will see options for both print and electronic access, if available.

ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Contains ten newspapers back to their first issues: New York Times (1851-three years ago), Chicago Tribune (1849-1985), Wall Street Journal (1889-1989), Christian Science Monitor (1908-2002), Pittsburgh Courier (1950-2002), Washington Post (1877-1997), New York Amsterdam News (1922-2010), The Korea Times (1956-2016), The Irish Times and The Weekly Irish Times (1859-2020). More recent issues are available through other databases, such as ProQuest. Includes advertisements, illustrations, etc. as they were laid out on the original page. Coverage: 1849-three years ago
Nexis Uni (Formerly LexisNexis Academic) This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.