Scholarly History Journal Articles
Use these databases to search for scholarly History journal articles (secondary sources)
- America: History & Life This link opens in a new windowAmerica: History and Life is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present
- Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new windowBest database for world history. Lists scholarly articles from history journals. Allows you to search by journal name. Each article is summarized. Covers the history of civilization (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present.
Advice about English Translations of Articles from Non-English Speaking Countries
Finding English translations of newspaper and magazine articles can be challenging. Some web pages devoted to research on a historical topic provide English translations of a few selected articles but you must be aware of the criteria that the web page uses to choose the articles they provide. Many books that are collections of primary sources also translate a few articles, but again, be aware that you are getting only a small selection of the possible articles in existence. See the tab on Primary Sources for more advice.
International Newspaper & Magazine Articles
- The Guardian and The ObserverThe Guardian/Observer Digital Archive can be used as an index if the articles are not full text. Just note the article title, date, and page numbers, and request it via IDS.
- Irish TimesCan be used as an Index if the articles are not full text. Just make note of the article title, date, and page number and request it via IDS.
- London GazetteSelected full text articles from 1666 to the present. Official Newspaper of Record in recording and disseminating official, regulatory and legal information in the United Kingdom.
- The Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowFirst published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
- World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean This link opens in a new windowAn archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. Also provides access to reference, periodicals, multimedia, reports, studies, journals, newspapers, and statistical data.
20th and 21st Century Newspaper & Magazine Articles (Primary Sources)
- Alternative Press Index This link opens in a new windowIndexes 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals that report and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic, political and social change. Covers 1991 to present.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- Digital South Asia Library This link opens in a new windowThe Digital South Asia Library provides digital materials for reference and research on South Asia, including books and journals, full-text dictionaries, bibliographies, images, maps, and statistical information from the colonial period through the present.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new windowComprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 - 1982. Reflects the history of 20th century America.
- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowBased on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere.
- The Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowFirst published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new windowBrings together articles, books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. ”Teaching Tools” has 21 comprehensive lesson plans with over 100 lesson ideas and six Document-Based Question units.
- World News Archive - African Newspapers This link opens in a new windowPart of the World Newspaper Archive, more than 70 newspapers published between 1800 and 1922 in Sub-Saharan Africa offer an unrivaled viewpoint into a time of drastic change. A wide range of colonial era viewpoints is chronicled in titles from Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe and other locales.
- World News Archive - Latin American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2 This link opens in a new windowLatin American Newspapers, Series 1 & 2—part of CRL's World Newspaper Archive—feature nearly 300 historical Latin American newspapers. Titles from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and elsewhere offer unprecedented coverage of the people, issues, and events that shaped this vital region between 1805 and 1922.
- World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean This link opens in a new windowWorld Scholar: Latin America and the Caribbean provides a portal with access to reference, periodicals, multimedia, reports, studies, journals, newspapers, and statistical data. An archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. The archive and portal serve as both integrated and standalone resources.
- CrisisFull text of W.E.B. DuBois' NAACP newspaper via Googlebooks.
- New York Historic NewspapersThe New York Historic Newspapers project exists to digitize and make freely available for research significant runs of historic newspapers for every county in the state.
Pre-18th Century Newspapers & Magazine Articles (Primary Sources)
- The Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowFirst published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new windowBrings together articles, books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. ”Teaching Tools” has 21 comprehensive lesson plans with over 100 lesson ideas and six Document-Based Question units.
There were newspapers and broadsheets published before 1700; most of them can be found reprinted in books or online. Do a search in IDS Search using your topic and terms like documents, sources, publications, articles, periodicals, newspapers. Try GoogleBooks as well.
18th and 19th Century Newspaper & Magazine Articles (Primary Sources)
- 18th Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowSearch and view digital images of books and their contents published during the 18th Century. With full-text searching of millions of pages, researchers have new methods of access to critical information in the fields of history, literature, religion, law, fine arts, science and more.
- 19th Century US Newspapers Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowDigital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers. For each issue, the newspaper is captured from cover-to-cover, providing access to every article, advertisement and illustration.
- American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collection This link opens in a new windowComprised of over 10 million pages, this collection contains approximately 7600 distinct periodical titles, all published between 1691 and 1877. The collection touches on a range of subject areas, including, but not limited to: science, technology, medicine, Native American and African American populations, law, politics, government, music, the arts, literature, language, publishing, agriculture, business and industry, advertising and marketing, religion, philosophy, social movements, military matters, and leisure activities.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new windowThis site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
- Readers' Guide Retrospective This link opens in a new windowComprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States from 1890 - 1982. Reflects the history of 20th century America.
- Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 This link opens in a new windowBased on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere.
- Slavery And Anti-Slavery: A Transnational Archive This link opens in a new windowThe largest and most ambitious project of its kind, this collection is devoted to the scholarly study and understanding of slavery from a multinational perspective. An unprecedented collection developed under the guidance of a board of scholars, it offers never before available research opportunities and endless teaching possibilities.
- The Times Digital Archive This link opens in a new windowFirst published in 1785, The Times of London is widely considered to be the world's 'newspaper of record'. The Times Digital Archive allows users to search over 200 years of this invaluable historical source.
- Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 This link opens in a new windowBrings together articles, books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. ”Teaching Tools” has 21 comprehensive lesson plans with over 100 lesson ideas and six Document-Based Question units.
- World Scholar: Latin America And The Caribbean This link opens in a new windowAn archive of digitized primary documents focus on the history of Latin America and the Caribbean back to the early 1800s through the contemporary period sourced from collections in the U.S. and abroad. Also provides access to reference, periodicals, multimedia, reports, studies, journals, newspapers, and statistical data.
- Harper's Magazine ArchiveHarper's Magazine has been a popular American periodical since 1850. Selected articles are available full text at this web site.
- HEARTH: Home Economics Archive Research Tradition HistoryHEARTH offers free Internet access to the full text of thirteen journal runs and over 1,500 books: Journals include Good Housekeeping and Harper's Bazaar (1867-1900).
- Making of AmericaMaking of America (MoA) is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The collection contains books and journal articles across the subject areas of education, psychology, American history, sociology, religion, and science and technology.
- Newspapers in Microform (full text from the Library of Congress)This book lists newspapers that were being published in towns and cities across the US in the 19th and 20th centuries. You can order these newspapers on microfilm via the IDS office.
- New York Historic NewspapersThe New York Historic Newspapers project exists to digitize and make freely available for research significant runs of historic newspapers for every county in the state.
- Poole's Index to Periodical Literature (Full text from GoogleBooks)This lists articles in 19th century periodicals by subject. You can use IDS to request copies of articles.
