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World War II
Databases
See all SHU History Databases or start with these:
- Historical Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing)(A&I) This link opens in a new windowFeatures thousands of annotated references and bibliographic citations on a wide-range of people, places, and specific events which had an impact on shaping world history.
- America: History & Life (EBSCO Publishing)(A&I) This link opens in a new windowFocuses on the history and life of the United States and Canada. Selective indexing includes over a thousand journals dating back over 55 years.
* Use Advanced Search in Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life to search by era or date range. Scroll down to lower right corner.
- JSTOR - All library subscriptions This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is database that contains scholarly articles from many disciplines and subject areas. Much of its content is available in full-text (although full-text of recent articles may not be available for a year or more).
- Project Muse Collection This link opens in a new windowProject Muse provides the full-text of over 300 major university press journals including Johns Hopkins, Ohio State University, Michigan State University, and many others.
Finding Journal Articles
If you know the journal title you are looking for, start here. Always check with your professor (in any course) for their recommended titles. For war propaganda research, you may want to start with:
The Journal of American History
The American Historical Review
Journal of African American History