Find Articles

Use the databases listed here to identify articles on your topic or subject. In many cases, you can access the full-text of the articles.

If you can't directly retrieve the full-text, select the blue Find It button under the article citation or check Journals by Title to see if we have access from another source or if the journal is print only and not online at all.

As a last resort, consider placing a request via InterLibrary Loan.

History Databases

America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index to scholarly literature on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. It provides access to articles, books, and dissertations published since 1964.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR offers a high-quality, multidisciplinary archive to support scholarship and teaching. It includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work. The entire corpus is full-text searchable, offers search term highlighting, includes high-quality images, and is interlinked by millions of citations and references.

Project Muse
Full-text access to about 400 journals, covering a variety of subjects, including history.

Academic Search Premier This link opens in a new window
Includes full-text coverage in biology, chemistry, economics, engineering, physics, political science, psychology, religion & theology, as well as other subject areas.

Anatomy of a Scholarly Article

Use this link for an explanation of the parts of a scholarly journal article.

https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/tutorials/scholarly-articles/

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Find Journals by Title

Journals by Title
Use this link to verify our print, electronic, or microform access to a specific journal, magazine, or newspaper title.

Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan (USNA only)
Use this link to submit a request for an article not available in Nimitz Library either electronically or in print.

You must register yourself the first time you use this service.

USNA faculty may request Local Article Delivery Service (LADS) from the same link.