Databases for History Articles
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America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts to history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
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Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts to more than 1,800 journals in 40 languages on world history from 1450 to the present; excludes the US and Canada.
Databases for Journal and Magazine Articles
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowMultidisciplinary index and full text source for scholarly journals and magazines.
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Education Research Complete This link opens in a new windowFull text journals on educational research in early childhood to higher education, educational specialties, multilingual education, health education and testing.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.
Search Tips
TIP: In "America: History & Life" and in "Historical Abstracts," you are able to limit your search both by when events took place and when they were written about.
Look for the filters "Published Date" and "Historical Period." The option to select "Peer Reviewed" is helpful, too!
Find the perfect article, but can't see the complete text? Click the "Check for Full Text @ JMU" button in the database to get access to the full article.