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History Research Guide

Welcome to the History Research Guide!

Use the tabs on the left of this page to find different resources all related to history research.

Best Bets for Research

The following are great introductory databases that are specific to history. Use them to look for journal articles to get a jump start on your history research!

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Search articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada.
America: History and Life is the index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,700 journals from 1964 to present, this database is an important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. The database also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Search world history (from 1450) articles.
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. History and social science researchers have used Historical Abstracts to discover significant and groundbreaking work for more than 50 years.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Search and read full-text articles from all major academic areas of study. Also view digitized documents from Defiance College's Archives in a subset of JSTOR, at: https://www.jstor.org/site/defiance/
Titles included in this collection are available from their first volume and issue. However, the most recent volumes published within the past 3 to 5 years are not available. Use the Journal Finder to access the current years for most JSTOR titles.

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