Research Guides: History of the U.S. and the Middle East: Articles

Journal Articles

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.

Find Journal Articles

SLUth Search Plus searches about 50 library databases, including America: History & Life, Historical Abstracts, 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 and Historical Abstracts. See "Search by Historical Period" tab above.

America: History & Life
1895-present. Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history of the United States and Canada...more.
Historical Abstracts
1863-present. Covers the world's scholarly literature on the history of the world, except the United States and Canada, from the 15th century to the present....more.
JSTOR
This primarily archival journal resource and current scholarship program journals provide access to full-text of approximately 1200 unique (does NOT count previous titles for same periodical) journal titles (as of September 2019). These titles are contained in 10 collections: Arts & Sciences I through VIII, the Life Sciences Collection, and 19th Century British Pamphlets....more.
Project MUSE
Premium collection provides full-text access to 600+ current, scholarly journals from over 200 university and not-for-profit presses primarily in the areas of humanities and social sciences with some in science, technology, and mathematics.....more.

America: History & Life and Historical Abstracts give you the option to search for journal articles ABOUT a specific historical period. This option is available on the main search screen.

Example Keyword Search: "industrial revolution"
Historical Period: 1840-1860

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.