The library's databases page can be found on the library's website by clicking on Databases. It is organized two ways: by subject and alphabetical by title.
To browse through the databases by subject, click on drop-down menu. Many databases relevant to History 300 students can be found under "History".
History
To search for relevant articles, the following databases are great starting points:
- America: History and Life (no full–text)
Bibliographic index with abstracts for articles and reviews related to the history of North America. - Historical Abstracts (no full–text)
Bibliographic index with abstracts for articles and reviews related to world history. You may also want to check Academic Search Elite that contains some articles in full–text that are indexed in Historical Abstracts. - JSTOR (full–text)
Comprehensive runs of scholarly journals with 5–year moving wall. - Project Muse (full–text)
100+ journals related to history, art and literature, coverage of recent 3—4 years. - Essay and General Literature Index
This unique index cites articles/chapters contained in anthologies and books. - Contemporary Authors (full–text)
For biographies and bibliographies of historians.
| Suggestion: Know your historian! Knowing about a specific historian's education, research interests, and other works can help you understand the perspective or approach employed in writing the historical text. |
There are other databases that you will find useful:
- Oxford Journals
Full text journals from Oxford University Press, a major publisher of academic and research journals. - History E-Book Project
Full length electronic books in the field of history - Britannica Online
Electronic edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica. This site is good for fact–checking dates, chronologies, etc. Websites are included with the encyclopaedia entries.
The demonstration below uses Applied Science Full Text to show how a typical database search is conducted. When you use other databases, you will see variations in their search capabilities.
Kate Seifert * (909) 869-3100 * kwseifert@csupomona.edu *