American History: Getting started

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Provides references to articles published since 1964 that deal with the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

Citations of newspaper and periodical articles covering a broad range of subjects, including arts, business, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.

An archive of core, scholarly journals from a variety of subject areas. Coverage begins with the very first issue through all but recent years.

Search the New York Times (1851 - 2015), Wall Street Journal (1889 - 2001), Washington Post (1877- 2002), and the L.A Times (1881 - 1995) Historical Newspaper databases and more.

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Google Scholar searches for scholarly materials in journals, books, and other sources. Will also display Bucknell's full-text access if Library Link is enabled.

Provides full text to nearly 200 scholarly journals in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.