History
This Research Guide will assist students with History classes locate research materials through the Delta College Library
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Focused Database Searching
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.
Where are History Journals?
| 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 |