Limiting Searches in America History & Life
- America History and LifeProvides access to scholarly literature on the history and culture of the U.S. and Canada from prehistoric times to the present. Indexes and abstracts journal articles, book and media reviews, and dissertations.
How To Find Articles
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Useful Databases for this Course
- Academic Search CompleteAcademic Search Complete is a full-text interdisciplinary database that can filter to peer-reviewed and full-text literature. This is great resource for starting your research.
- Civil Rights in America: From Reconstruction to the Great SocietyReports, documents and other materials derived from the US Congressional Serial Set concerning civil rights, covering the years 1817-1994.
- CQ ResearcherFounded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy.
- Ethnic NewswatchProvides a rich collection of articles, editorials and reviews with a broad diversity of perspectives and viewpoints from the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic and minority press. 1984 - present.
- JSTORProvides access to the complete backfiles of more than 1,600 cross-disciplinary academic journals in digital format, some of which date from the 1800s. Over 46 million pages are now available.
- New York Times (1980 - present)Provides searchable full text.
- New York Times Historical (1851-2010)Provides full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue. Includes digital reproductions providing access to every page from every available issue.
- Political Science DatabaseProvides articles on international relations and political science. Coverage: 1984 - present