Journal articles are usually comprised of original research that is focused on a very narrow aspect of a topic. These articles are written by scholars in a given field and are very authoritative and reliable. Journal articles are published more quickly than books, offering more current information.
SLUth Search Plus searches about 100 library databases, including America: History & Life, JSTOR, Project Muse, and the SLU Libraries Catalog.
Why search an individual library database if it's available in SLUth Search Plus? Advanced search functionality! This is especially important for America: History & Life. See "Search by Historical Period" tab above.
Search the world's scholarly literature on the history of the United States and Canada.
America: History & Life gives you the option to search for journal articles ABOUT a specific historical period. This option is available on the main search screen.
Note: Your search may return articles that are about a BROADER time period than you've specified, but the articles will definitely include the historical period you're interested in.
If you're not finding results, try searching for similar terms.
You can use an asterisk * to truncate search terms
Example: search "herb*" as a keyword:
Searching for specific subjects only returns results where the majority of the text is about that subject. This can help bring back only truly relevant results, but subject terms are chosen from a set list of approved terms, which makes guessing what those terms might be hard. A good practice is to look at the subject terms used in other results that fit your research topic and reuse those, or pick and choose from those to create your search.
Materials in the library are arranged in Library of Congress call number order (which is basically subject order). History periodicals can be found in the D's (located on Lewis Annex Level 4), E's, and F's (located on the 2nd floor of Pius Library).
