LibGuides: History Resources (Ybor City): Online Databases

A note about scholarly articles

Many, if not most, of the articles you will use in your research will be found in online library databases. Many of these articles are scholarly sources.

Anatomy of a scholarly article

Not Everything Online is On the Web

A Yavapai College student explains the benefits of using library databases for research over searching the web.

Article Databases

History Reference Center (EBSCO)
U.S. History (Gale)
World History (Gale)
Academic OneFile (Gale)
Multidisciplinary database with access to several scholarly history journals. Limit your search to full text and peer reviewed.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Multidisciplinary database with several scholarly history journals. Limit your search to Full Text and Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) Journals.
Humanities Source (EBSCO)
Scholarly sources relating to the humanities, such as culture, language, art, music, theatre, literature, philosophy, and more. Funding source: Statewide allocation. Here is a tutorial.
JSTOR
Entirely scholarly database. In Advanced Search under "Narrow by Discipline and/or Publication Title" select History.
Sage Journals
Scholarly Journal database. In Advanced Search under Search Within choose Select from a list of disciplines and check history.
Search tips
From the homepage, try or more of the following methods
:
1. Use the search bar for a title, keyword, author, or subject.
2. Or, use the link, Browse Journals by Discipline, narrowing down the discipline and subject for a list of journals.
3. Or, click Explore Discipline Hubs
  to find a specific discipline and all materials that fall under it.
Discipline pages include Search Within Discipline Journals; sub-topic journals;open access journals; books, videos, and podcasts; and more.

Video Databases

American History in Video (Alexander Street Press)
History from the colonial period through the 21st Century in documentaries, newsreels, public affairs videos, and archival footage. Funded by FLVC group license. Here is a tutorial.
Films on Demand (Infobase Publishing)
Academic Video Online (Alexander Street Press)

Reference Databases

Biography (Gale)
biographical reference database covering people in literature, science, multicultural studies, business, entertainment, politics, sports, government, history, current events and the arts
Defining Moments in U.S. History (Lincoln Library)
History Reference Center (EBSCO)
A mix of reference book and encyclopedia entries, academic journals, and magazines.
New York Times - Historical (ProQuest)
U.S. History (Gale)
History (Salem Press)

History (Very Short Introductions)

Journal Search (Publication Finder)

You can also browse Journal Search by discipline:

History Resources (Ybor City): Online Databases

Online Article Databases

A note about scholarly articles

Not Everything Online is On the Web

Article Databases

Search tips

From the homepage, try or more of the following methods

Video Databases

Reference Databases

Journal Search (Publication Finder)

Find journals & magazines by title or ISSN