LibGuides: HIS2070: Doing History: Articles, Journals & Databases

How to Search Databases Demo Video (8 min.)

This eight-minute video covers how to search databases available through Ryan Library.

Google Scholar

Use Google Scholar to access citations to and some full-text of academic articles. Use Interlibrary Loan to request the full article, if needed. NOTE: You will have access to many more full-text articles when searching Google Scholar while on campus at PLNU. When off campus, you will have access to fewer full-text articles. If you would like a librarian to search for a full-text article for you from campus, send an email with the article's citation to RefLib@pointloma.edu.

Library Databases on History

Recommended Databases (NOTE: All databases require a PLNU login.)

Academic Search Premier This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles.
JSTOR This multi-disciplinary database offers full-text access to journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. With more than a thousand academic journals and over 1 million images, letters, and other primary sources, JSTOR is one of the world's most trusted sources for academic content.
Newspaper Source Newspaper Source provides cover-to-cover full text for more than 40 (U.S.) & international newspapers. The database also contains selective full text for 389 regional (U.S.) newspapers. In addition, full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided.
Films on Demand Includes online segments and full length films.
Nexis Uni Features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources. You can limit to newspapers.

Additional databases recommended for History students include:

OmniFile Full Text Mega This multi-disciplinary database contains a wealth of essential material for learning and detailed research in a single, easily-searched database. With the full text of articles from over 2,500 publications, and indexing and abstracts from nearly 3,600 publications, this database provides invaluable support for research in all core undergraduate subjects and for cross-disciplinary work.
Social Sciences Full Text This standard resource covers every area of the Social Sciences, including addiction studies, anthropology, corrections, criminal justice, gender studies, geography, law. mass media, minority studies, political science, psychology and social work. It provides indexing and abstracting for 625 periodicals as far back as 1983, nearly 400 of which are peer reviewed. Full-text content of over 200 journals is available back to 1995.

(Hint: Since these are EBSCO databases, you can search the three databases above, along with Academic Search Premier and ATLA, at the same time by clicking on "Choose Databases" once you are inside one of the databases. Check the box of the names of the databases you would like to search simultaneously. Or search all EBSCO databases simultaneously by using the Articles tab on the Library's homepage.)

Cambridge Histories Online This unique historical reference compendium allows access to the renowned texts of the Cambridge Histories series from Cambridge University Press. With access to over 350 volumes of up to date and authoritative scholarly content, Cambridge Histories Online is an invaluable resource, for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty alike.

Quick Search for Journals and Articles

Click on the Articles tab (not WorldCat) above to find scholarly articles on your topic.

Find books, media, select articles and more:

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Journals and Magazines

Foreign Affairs: Covers topics related to American foreign policy and global affairs and is published by the Council on Foreign Relations

Ryan Library has this magazine in print and online:

Print:

Lower Level (titles are organized alphabetically): v. 14 (1936) - v. 97 (2018), v. 18 is missing

Online:

Academic Search Premier database: 1922 - present (click on "search within this publication" and add "AND" plus your keyword; limit by publication date); ex:
Foreign Affairs website: keyword search your topic and limit by publication date, region, category, author, or topic

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