Library Guides: HISTORY: Subject Guide: Find Articles

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In this section, you'll find:

Core databases to search for articles
More databases with broader or narrower scopes to try
Selected scholarly journals from the field of history

Core Databases

Start with these core resources

These are your go-to databases for historical research.

JSTOR
JSTOR provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines, and is especially strong in the humanities and social sciences. JSTOR's coverage often goes back to the first volume and issue of many journals, but it may not have the most recent issues.
Gale OneFile: U.S. History
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. Updated daily, this library resource offers balanced coverage of events in U.S. history and scholarly work being established in the field.
Gale OneFile: World History
Provides access to scholarly journals and magazines useful to both novice historians as well as advanced academic researchers. The database offers balanced coverage of events in world history and scholarly work being established in the field.

More Databases

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These databases either focus on particular topics or aspects of historical research, or have a broader scope than the databases above.

U.S. History in Context
Designed to support U.S. history studies and provides an overview of our nation's past, covering the most-studied events, decades, conflicts, wars, political and cultural movements, and people.
World History in Context
Designed to provide an overview of world history covering the most-studied events, cultures, civilizations, religions, people, and more.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary database - designed to cover many of the academic disciplines offered at colleges and universities. Offers over 4,700 full text journals.

*Content Made Available Though ND State Library*
Gale OneFile: War & Terrorism
Authoritative periodical content addressing both historic and contemporary topics in the fields of war and terrorism.
Gale OneFile: Military & Intelligence
Access to scholarly journals, magazines, and reports covering all aspects of the past and present military affairs. Contains hand-selected content supporting key subject areas such as, governmental policies, the socioeconomic effects of war, the structure of the armed forces, and more.
Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies
Explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community. This collection includes more than 2.7 million articles from 150 journals, updated daily.
Ancestry Library Edition
Family history research tool with records from around the world.
*Access only available on-campus*
Gale in Context: Biography
Contextual information on the world's most influential people. Over 650,000 biographical entries cover a range of historically significant figures and present-day newsmakers.
A to Z Maps Online
This collection of world, continent, country, and state maps contains over 145,000 current maps.

Selected History Journals

American Historical Review
Full-text Online: 1975-Present (12 Month Delay)
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Full-text Online: 1998-Present (12 Month Delay)
History & Theory
Full-text Online: 1975-Present (12 Month Delay)
Journal of American History
Full-text Online: 2003-Present (12 Month Delay)
History Teacher
Full-text Online: 2001-Present
Journal of World History
Full-text Online: 2000-Present (12 Month Delay)
Rethinking History
Full-text Online: 1998-Present (18 Month Delay)

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In This Section

In this section, you'll find:

Core Databases

Start with these core resources

More Databases

Try these next

Selected History Journals

Google Scholar

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