• Try searching a subject-specific database such as Historical Abstracts.
• Databases such as JSTOR and Project Muse can also be useful for finding articles.
Find scholarly journal articles: starting points
Historical Abstracts
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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.
More Resources for Scholarly Articles & Books
JSTOR
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Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.
Project Muse journals
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Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
Index Islamicus
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Searches for journal articles, book chapters, and reviews relating to the Middle East and North Africa (including scholarly research focused on Islam).