Research Guides @ Fordham: American History: Find Articles

Databases for Academic Articles

Below are selected databases for American Studies.

America: History & Life
Index to history of U.S. and Canada comprising nearly 2,000 journals since 1910.
U.S. History (Gale In Context)
Includes scholarly content on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. history.
Salem History
Salem Press Reference Series online including The Reference Shelf, The Decades-Fifties through Nineties, Great Events, Great Lives, Milestone Documents, Encyclopedia of American Immigration.

Multidisciplinary databases have broad coverage for a wide range of topics and are another great option for history articles. Below are selected databases.

Academic Search Complete
Comprehensive multi-disciplinary full text database with thousands of periodicals and other publications.
Arts & Humanities Database
On ProQuest's platform. Full text of almost 500 scholarly peer-reviewed journals and selected trade and consumer titles relevant to applied arts and cultural studies.
Humanities International Index
Comprehensive database covering over 2000 journals, books and other important reference sources.
JSTOR & ARTSTOR (WITH AI RESEARCH TOOL - BETA)
Hundreds of academic journals in full text from v.1: n.1. Primary source materials include 19th Century British Pamphlets, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, and World Heritage Sites: Africa. All Open Content, Journal Collections, and Reports are available to Fordham users. Artstor database of visual media is now accessible from the JSTOR platform.
NOTE: Basic and advanced searching defaults to "read and download" content we subscribe to. Browsing defaults to "all content." Look for the Access Level limiter on the lower left side to change settings. Access excludes ebooks, Thematic Collections and Global Plants (part of Primary Sources).Fordham does not subscribe to the Constellate text/data analytics service. Users can download full datasets with up to 25,000 items. CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION.
JSTOR Subscribed Collections with Access:
Arts & Sciences I through XV, Ireland, Life Sciences, Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa, World Heritage Sites: Africa, Business IV, Hebrew Journals, Lives of Literature, Public Health, Security Studies, Sustainability, Global Plants,19th Century British Pamphlets.
ARTSTOR notes:
To go directly to Collections, use the Browse function dropdown (upper right corner) or filtering on the left side after doing a search.
Project MUSE - Premium Collection
Full text of hundreds of journals including current issues. Additional features available with the creation of a personal account. NOTE: We do not have access to all content in this database, and there is no access to non-OA books. Limit your search by selecting 'Only content I have access to' in the facets pane on the left. This database applies non-standard use of Boolean operators. Consult a Fordham Librarian for search support.

Dissertations in History

Directory of HISTORY Dissertations
List of thousands of dissertations that were completed or are currently in progress at 200 academic departments in Canada and the U.S. compiled by American Historical Association.

American History: Find Articles

Databases for Academic Articles

Dissertations in History

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