Research Guides: History Guide: Journal Articles

Find a Specific Journal Article

It is easy to learn if the EMU Library has a specific journal article. Just type in the title of a journal article in the Esearch search box.

Finding Journal Articles in Esearch

Library Databases - BEST BETS

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Subjects: American History
Info type: scholarly articles, magazine articles, book & video info, dissertation info
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Subjects: World History (excludes U.S. and Canada)
Info type: scholarly articles, book info
Indexing of historical articles from more than 2,600 journals in over 40 languages; Access to the full text of more than 400 journals and 140 books; Coverage dates as far back as 1954, with some coverage for titles back to the early 20th century
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Archive of back issues for many journals, some academic ebooks, and research reports.
Subjects: Covers most subjects
Info type: scholarly journals, professional periodicals, ebooks.
Access Tips: Usually the most recent 3-5 years are not available in JSTOR. However, EMU may have a current subscription. Check the Journal Titles search.

Other Library Databases

Arts & Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Subjects: Covers most Arts and Humanities topics
Info type: scholarly articles, professional articles
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Large collection of journals published by universities and scholarly societies.
Subjects: Humanities & Social Studies--especially History, Literature, Political Science, Women's Studies, some Science and Mathematics
Info type: scholarly journals, literary magazines
Google Scholar with EMU Full Text This link opens in a new window
Search for scholarly materials on any topic
Info type: scholarly articles, books, research reports, theses, working papers, cited sources
Access Tips: Use link above to get access to EMU subscriptions with Findtext+ links.
If this link does not work and you receive an error message from Google then use this alternate link to Google Scholar and also set your Google Scholar preferences to show EMU library access links.
Search Instruction: Google Scholar Video

Other History Databases
See other history databases available at the EMU Library. NOTE: Access requires EMU login.
All EMU Library Databases
See all the databases available at the EMU Library. NOTE: Access to most databases requires an EMU login.

Journal Articles Not Available at EMU (Interlibrary Loan)

If the EMU Library doesn't have the article available online or in our print journals, you can request a copy for you through ILLiad, the Library's interlibrary loan service.

ILLiad (request a journal article)
Note: You will need to log in to make a request. The first time you log in, you will be prompted to create an account.
ILLiad Information
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