Good for: Searching scholarship about the history of the United States and Canada.
Contains: Citations to journal articles and books by historians and social scientists.
Dates covered: 1955 - current.
Good for: Finding peer-reviewed articles and book reviews about world history (excluding the United States and Canada).
Contains: Citations to journal articles and book reviews.
Dates covered: 1954-present.
Good for: Conducting academic research on all subjects.
Contains: Journal, magazine, and newspaper articles.
Good for: Finding out where reviews of a book were published.
Contains: Book abstracts and excerpts and citations of book reviews.
Dates covered: 1983-present.
Secondary sources. Journal articles written by historians published in scholarly journals.
Secondary sources. Collections of scholarly journals that include history journals along with journals from other academic disciplines.
Magazines, newsletters and other popular sources written for members of a community. Could be primary or secondary sources depending on how you use them.
Indexes that list citations for scholarship published on a topic. Use the UNLV Find Text button to find out if the full article is available online or request a PDF delivered to your email via ILLiad.
Good for: Conducting academic research.
Contains: Citations for journal articles and books.
Good for: Identifying how often a particular author has been cited in the work of peers or to discover the most influential scholarship on a topic.
Contains: Bibliographic information and cited references.
Dates covered: 1975-one week ago.
Good for: Researching Native American history, life, and culture.
Contains: Bibliography.
Dates covered: 1500s-present.
Good for: Finding works written about the Middle East and other main Muslim areas of Asia and Africa, plus Muslim minorities elsewhere.
Contains: Index of scholarship.
Dates covered: 1906-Present.
Good for: Finding scholarship on the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Contains: Index of secondary sources.
Dates covered: 400-1700.
Good for: Finding information on public policy, social policy, and the social sciences.
Contains: Index to literature.
Dates covered: 1972-present.
Good for: Finding articles in popular magazines published before 1983.
Contains: Index to articles.
Dates covered: 1890-1982.
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