Curtis Laws Wilson Library

History and Political Science

Recommended Databases

These databases are collections of journals covering many subjects, including history and poltical science.

Academic Search Premier
A multi-disciplinary database providing information about articles in a variety of publications, many of which are available in full text
JSTOR
A scholarly journal archive containing full text article content back to the early twentieth century for some publications; does not include the most recent years for many of the journals
Project MUSE
Provides full-text articles from a variety of scholarly journals; includes access to the more recent issues of some titles archived in JSTOR

Finding Citing Sources

Both these databases allow users to see how often an article or other item has been cited in the literature and where it has been cited.

Scopus
Allows users to see how often and where materials have been cited, helping the researcher to find additional items

Search Summon

Summon allows you to search many sources (online journals, databases, and the library catalog) to find articles, books, and more with a single search. Because it does not cover all of the library's resources, searching individual databases may be necessary for a more complete search.