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HIST 035A: Antisemitism (SC)

History 035A: Antisemitism Theory and Politics (McGeever) Spring 2025

Finding Scholarly Sources: The Basics

Find books and book chapters:

• Search Tripod, the TriCo library catalog: https://tripod.swarthmore.edu
• Includes ebooks and print/paper books

Find journal articles:

• Try using history databases, Historical Abstracts or America: History and Life
• Also useful: JSTOR, Project Muse, ABSEES (Eastern European topics)

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Find scholarly journal articles: starting points

Historical Abstracts
Provides abstracts of journal articles, books, book reviews and dissertations that cover world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the U.S. and Canada which are covered in "America: History and Life"). Includes publications from 1953-present.
Swarthmore has access to the full text.
America: History and Life
Use this database to find scholarly journal articles on United States and Canadian history. (For articles on non-US history topics, search the Historical Abstracts database instead.)

More Resources for Scholarly Articles

JSTOR
Access to millions of journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in most academic disciplines. For journals, coverage is from first issue through three to five years ago.
Project Muse journals
Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
ABSEES: American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies
Offers a bibliography of American titles in Slavic and Eastern European Studies. Currently covers 1990-present.