Quick Links: Databases for History
To find scholarly journal articles and book reviews written by historians, start with these two databases. Note that both include articles discussing international relations between the US and other countries, but the results don't usually overap (i.e. try searching both).
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Historical AbstractsWorld history topics, including international relations between the US and other countries.
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America: History and LifeUS and Canadian history topics, including international relations between the US and other countries. America, History & Life includes articles, book reviews, and dissertations published from 1954 - present.
Finding Scholarly Books
Start your search for scholarly books on Tripod. ---
Here's an example of a search you might start with.
Once you're on the search results page, click More Catalog Results to view a list that you can narrow down by a variety of criteria, such as source type (books, videos). ---
If you see a book that looks good, click the link to view the full record. ---
Use the full record to find other relevant books. To do this, click on any of the Subjects, which link to lists of other books on the topic. From the example book:
Finding Books Beyond Tripod
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Borrowing Beyond the Tri-CoRequest items that are not available in Tripod through E-ZBorrow or Interlibrary Loan. Note that E-Z Borrow is the first place to look for books not in Tripod. It usually takes just three days for E-Z Borrow books to arrive. Books not in E-Z Borrow can come from Interlibrary Loan (ILL) which may take as little as four or five days to arrive.
For journal articles not available in the three colleges, use the Article Delivery form. In around 3 days you will receive a digital copy of the requested articles in your email.
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WorldCatA catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries.