American Studies: Find Articles

Databases & Indices

The sources below will lead you to secondary source research.

America: History and Life
Abstracts journal articles, book reviews, media reviews, and dissertations on all aspects of American and Canadian history. Sources in AHL are almost all in English and include state and local history journals as well as major history journals.
Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts
Abstracts of international literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Useful for scholarly and popular articles in many disciplines (history, sociology, politics, etc.) since about the 1990s.
Academic Search Complete provides abstracts for more than 9,300 scholarly and popular periodicals, with full-text for more than 5,300 of these.

Related Useful Indexes and Databaes

The discipline of American Studies integrates many fields of study. Below are other specialized indexes for scholarly articles in related academic discplines. Also check other subject guides (for example, Sociology, Political Science) for more resources.

International Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Politics world-wide. Pubic opinion. Some history of politics
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Historical as well as current society issues
This index contains more than 1,900,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociology-specific thesaurus. This database also contains abstracts for more than 815 core coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, the database provides data mined from more than 630 priority coverage journals as well as 2,840 selective coverage journals. This index replaces Sociological Abstracts.
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Psychology
Subject include: psychology, speech pathology and audiology, nursing, gerontology, social work, American studies, educational psychology, educational leadership, disability studies.
Art Full Text This link opens in a new window
Popular culture as well as traditional art.
Coverage is broad and includes art history, architecture, advertising, archaeology, crafts, fine arts, folk art, graphic arts, interior design, jewelry, film, and photography. This database also cites art reproductions used to illustrate articles or advertisements. full-text is available for selected journals starting from 1997. Abstracts available for articles published after 1994. Citations indexed from 1929-present. Art full-text continues Art Abstracts and Art Index.
Geobase (Engineering Village) This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive bibliographic references to important journals in fields including physical and human geography, ecology, and development studies.
EconLit This link opens in a new window
Scholarly journal and book sources covering economic development, forecasting, history, fiscal theory, finance, international, regional, and urban economics.
EconLit indexes scholarly journal articles, books, dissertations, and working papers throughout the field of Economics. Topics covered include economic development, forecasting, history, fiscal and monetary theory, business and public finance, healthcare economics, and international, regional, and urban economics.

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Subjects: American Studies, Area Studies, English, Global and Intercultural Studies, History, Political Science