Research Guides: History: Finding Articles

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Databases

Academic Search Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database containing journal, magazine and newspaper articles. (Full text)
America: History and Life [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Complete bibliographic database to over 2,000 journals covering the United States and Canada prehistory to the present. Also includes 6,000+ citations of book and media reviews, and citations of abstracts of dissertations. (Full text)
American History in Video This link opens in a new window
American History in Video collects hours of commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries for student and researcher use. Over 8,000 videos are included in this collection. (Videos)
Films on Demand This link opens in a new window
Films on Demand is the leading source of high-quality streaming video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content. Access to over 35,000 films on a wide variety of subjects. (Videos)
Harpweek - The Civil War Era, Reconstruction I, Reconstruction II: 1857-1877 This link opens in a new window
Access to the content and pages of Harper's Weekly. The Civil War Era section covers issues published from 1857-1865; Reconstruction I covers issues published from 1866-1871; Reconstruction II covers issues published from 1872-1877. Indexing that matches 19th century words, phrases and images with today's terminology as well as digital images of every page of the magazine. (Full text)
History Reference Center [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
History Reference Center offers full text from books, encyclopedias, periodicals, historical documents and biographies of historical figures. Includes historical photos and maps and historical video. (Full text)
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Digital archive of full text core journals in humanities, social sciences and sciences. It contains the entire run of over 500 hundred important scholarly journals, from the first volume up to the volumes published 3-5 years ago. (Full text)
MasterFILE Premier [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive general database includes journal, magazine, and newspaper articles covering a wide variety of topics. (Full-text)
Military & Government Collection [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window
Provides access to literature pertaining to all branches of the military and government. (Full-text)
Oxford Reference This link opens in a new window
Contains dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press. Includes both core academic subject, language, and quotation dictionaries as well as encyclopedias on a wide variety of subjects. (Full-text)