Earlham Libraries Home: HIST/AAAS 379- America at Mid-Passage: Scholarly Articles

Finding Known Articles

Locate a bibliographic citation. Look at the list of sources in subject encyclopedias and bibliographies.
Determine if the source is a book or an article in a journal. Some clues
Does it have volume and/or issue numbers? Does the date include a month? Then it's most likely from a journal.
Is a publisher and/or place of publication included in the citation? Then it is probably from a book.
Check to see if we have local access to the item or can obtain through interlibrary loan.
- Book: Search the Library Catalog -- It will tell you if Earlham or any other libraries own the item.
- Journals: Search "Find It @ Earlham Libraries" . It can determine if we have access to a journal.
What if we don't own it? Request it from another through interlibrary loan. Log into Tipasa to create the request or use the Interlibrary Loan links in WorldCat and article databases. Interlibrary Loan is free for students!

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
The most comprehensive resource for finding articles on US and Canadian history. Citations (and some full text) from more than 1,700 journals in over 40 languages back to 1964.

In the limits you can narrow your search results to articles covering specific ranges of years.
Can also limit by language.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text. Coverage prior to 1990 is sparse.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s. Current 3-5 years usually unavailable.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Modern Language Association's index to international journal and books on literature, linguistics, languages, folklore, and film studies, 1926 to present.