Earlham Libraries Home: INTD 486: Humanities Senior Research: Find Books and Articles

Good Databases for Humanities Research

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal articles, books, and primary sources in a wide variety of disciplines.
Full text of hundreds of scholarly journals in all disciplines dating back to the 1700s.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Modern Language Association's index of journals and books on literature, linguistics, language, folklore, and film.
Modern Language Association's index to international journal and books on literature, linguistics, languages, folklore, and film studies, 1926 to present.
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers in almost every subject area. A great starting point for any topic.
Comprehensive index to scholarly journals and general periodicals in all subject and interdisciplinary areas, including full text. Coverage prior to 1990 is sparse.

Google Scholar
Add Earlham College under "Library Links" (within Settings) to access content within library database subscriptions. Google Scholar can also be used for citation searching - look for the "Cited By" link beneath the description of the article/item.

Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Scholarly articles in the humanities and social sciences.
Full text of over 1200 scholarly journals in the humanities dating back to the 1990s.
Periodicals Archive Online This link opens in a new window
Journal articles and magazines in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage ends at 2000.
Full text of 425 journals and magazines covering all topics dating back to the 1800s. Coverage ends at 2000.

Earlham Libraries Catalog & Beyond This link opens in a new window
Catalog of books, media, and other materials available in the Earlham Libraries. Also searches libraries worldwide through WorldCat.