History Research Guide
Article Databases
Search these databases individually to find magazine and journal articles for History topics. See the table below to find out which database has popular History publications.
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new windowA comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
- Oxford University Press Journals This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 300 journals covering a broad range of topics in Allied Health & Medicine, Arts & Humanities, Science & Mathematics, and Social Sciences.
- HeinOnline This link opens in a new windowIncludes over 2,400 law-related periodicals and thousands of government documents. including the Congressional Record, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and treaties, constitutions, case law, U.S. Presidents, and more.
- OneSearch This link opens in a new windowThis research tool searches the library's resources, including books, ebooks, magazines, journals and newspapers in one powerful search.
- Past & Present This link opens in a new windowThis journal offers scholarly and original articles on historical, social and cultural change in all parts of the world.
- Journal of Women's History This link opens in a new windowThe first journal devoted exclusively to the international field of women’s history.
- Bay City Times (Newsbank) This link opens in a new windowAccess to Bay City Times from 2004-present.
- Bay City Times Historical (Library of Michigan)Coverage of the Bay City Times from 1889 - present. Users must have a (free) Library of Michigan card to access this site. Cards can be requested online through Library of Michigan.
- Saginaw News Historical Archive (Library of Michigan)Explore Saginaw history through local news, events and people with the Saginaw News. Collection covers from 1881-2018. Users must have a (free) Library of Michigan card to access this site. Cards can be requested online through Library of Michigan.
Popular History Journal Database List
| Publication Name | Dates Available | Database |
|---|---|---|
| American Historical Review |
Full text from 1975 (12 month embargo) |
Academic Search Complete JSTOR |
| American Journal of Legal History | Full Text 1957-2016 | Hein Online |
| Current History | Indexed from 1894 | Academic Search Complete |
| Contemporary European History | Indexed from 1992-2013 | JSTOR |
| English Historical Review | Indexed from 1990 | Academic Search Complete |
| Historical Journal | Indexed from 1992 | Academic Search Complete |
| History Today | Full Text from 1975 | Academic Search Complete |
| Journal of African American History |
Academic Search Complete JSTOR |
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| Journal of American History |
Full Text from 2003 (12-month embargo) |
Academic Search Complete JSTOR In Print in the Library |
| Journal of Interdisciplinary History | Full Text from 1990 (12 month embargo) | Academic Search Complete |
| Journal of Medieval History | Indexed from 2002 | Academic Search Complete |
| Journal of Social History | Full Text from 1974 (12 month embargo) | Academic Search Complete |
| Journal of Women's History | Full Text from 1989 | Project Muse |
| Journal of World History | Full Text from 2001 | Academic Search Complete |
| Michigan Historical Review |
JSTOR Project Muse |
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| Past & Present | Full Text from 1996 | Oxford University Press |
| Speculum |
JSTOR Academic Search Complete |