Research Guides: History: Journal Articles

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between Scholarly and Popular Articles?

What does "peer-review" mean?

How do I find a specific journal?

General Databases

I recommend starting your article search with one of these top databases:

America: History & Life with Full Text
Provides historical and cultural coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from journals published worldwide.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
JSTOR
Images of the full text of many scholarly titles in a range of subject areas, including literature, biological sciences, economics, finance, and statistics. Search the archive or pull up a specific article.
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely available scholarly search engine that allows you to search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles – from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

This is a freely accessible site. Contents may change without warning.

Scout
Search many article databases at the same time.

Databases by Theme

Religious History

ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials

Economic History

Business Source Premier

Military History

Air University Library's Index to Military Periodicals

Literature and Publishing

MLA International Bibliography

Art, Architecture, Icons, Relics, Performances

Art & Architecture Complete

History of Science

ScienceDirect

Environmental History

GreenFILE

Special Section: European History Databases

Historical Abstracts--the premier database for secondary sources in world history. Offers many specialized and local journals that you won't find in JSTOR or other databases.
ABSEES Online-over 36,000 records covering articles, books, book chapters, book reviews, dissertations, and selected government publications on East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union published in the United States and Canada.
Bibliography of British and Irish History--historical writing dealing with the British Isles, and with the British Empire and Commonwealth, during all periods for which written documentation is available - from 55BC to the present.
Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft--German language index of (primarily) German language periodicals. Covers all aspects of German language and literature.
Bibliography of Linguistic Literature / Bibliographie Linguistischer Literatur (BLL)--general linguistics and related disciplines, as well as for English, German, and Romance linguistics. Other languages are covered to a lesser extent.
DigiZeitschriften--full-text collection of core German research journals in a wide range of subjects: arts, humanities, social sciences, law, mathematics, and science. The database includes extensive back files, but no recent issues.
Iter-includes literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
Brepolis Medieval Bibliographies-a cluster of databases for medieval studies. International Medieval Bibliography Online - a leading bibliography of the Middle Ages. Interdisciplinary coverage of the European Middle Ages (c. 400-1500 A.D.) Some coverage of the Middle East and North Africa (c. 400-1500 A.D.).