Criss Library has many databases in which you can find scholarly articles, book reviews, and review essays. These eight databases provide the best coverage of articles published in research journals in History:
Provides broad coverage of most academic areas including business, social sciences, humanities, general academic, general science, and in the scholarly and general periodical literature. Contains indexing and abstracts for more than 13,000 journals, with full text for more than 9,000 of those titles.
Provides abstracts and citations for articles published in over 2,000 periodicals which address the history of the United States and Canada. The database also indexes books, book reviews, and Ph.D. dissertations.
The library's JSTOR account includes access to all fifteen Arts & Sciences Collections and the several topical collections such as Ireland, Life Sciences, Security Studies, and Sustainability. These encompass an archive of over 2,300 journals in classical studies, ecology, economics, history, language and literature, mathematics, music, the history and study of art and architecture, cultural studies, film, folklore, performing arts, philosophy, political science, sociology, and religion.
This database offers online access to articles published in 320 periodicals focused primarily on military concerns, and the database also incorporates reports issued by government agencies such as the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office
Full-text journals in the arts, humanities, history and social sciences
SAGE Journals provides access to article published in 1,200 research journals extending back to 1996.
Taylor & Francis Online offers articles published in over 2,100 research journals extending back to 1997.
Provides access to articles published in 1,500 research journals extending back to 1996.
You may also find these databases useful depending on the subject you are researching:
The Philosopher’s Index is the most comprehensive guide to articles and books published since 1940 that address the many fields and topics of philosophy.
The American Theological Library Association compiles the ATLA Religion Database, which contains articles published in over 230 research journals and periodicals in Religious Studies. In addition, the database indexes book chapters and book reviews, thus extending its comprehensive coverage of the literature.
This database includes more than 921,000 records with coverage spanning from 1972 and earlier to the present.
Includes bibliographic records covering essential areas related to urban studies, including urban affairs, community development, urban history, and other areas of key relevance to the discipline.
Provides online access to the published decisions of the federal courts and the appellate courts of all 50 states. Also includes federal and state codes and regulations and articles published in over 700 law review journals.
Search over 6,000 news sources across the United States and over 2,500 from around the world. Time coverage extends back 35 years for some sources, and the database is updated every day. Archival files Include the Omaha World Herald back to 1885.
The Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) has published Nebraska History since 1918. The original title was Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days, published as volumes 1-17 (1918-1936), and the library has copies on Microfilm at the call number F661 .N22. Beginning with volume 18 (1937), the title was shortened to Nebraska History, and the library has copies on Microfilm extending from volumes 18-28 (1937- 1947), also at the call number F661 .N22.
From volume 25 (1944) to the present, the library has a largely complete set of original paper copies shelved in Periodicals at the call number F661 .N22. Several of the paper volumes are duplicated in the Nebraska Documents collection at the call number H6000 P001-.
Digital scans of Nebraska History are available from the NSHS website.