Research Guides: History (United States): Articles

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The following databases are the best starting point for research related to the topic of United States history:

American Antiquarian Society Historical Periodicals Collections This link opens in a new window Includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals held by American Antiquarian Society, the premier library documenting the life of America's people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Chronicling America This link opens in a new window This website provides access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Full-text archive of leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select books and other materials.
Newsstream: US News Sources This link opens in a new window U.S. Newsstream enables users to search the most recent premium U.S. news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full-text format.
New York Times, Historical (1851-2019) This link opens in a new window Articles from the New York Times during 1851-2019.

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If you didn't find everything you were looking for in the three recommended databases, do some searching in these additional databases or peruse the A-Z List:

MegaFile This link opens in a new window MegaFILE is comprised of EBSCO’s Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier and Regional Business News databases.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Full-text articles in humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.

History (United States): Articles

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United States History Journals