Research Guides: HIST 4369: Civil War & Reconstruction: Find Articles

History Librarian

Contact:

936-294-1520
kclaunch@shsu.edu
Library (NGL) Room 223G

Databases for Secondary Source Articles

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window U.S. and Canadian history, from prehistory to the present. Local, state, and international journals (mostly English-language). Links out to many full-text articles from other databases.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window Journals in many areas, such as History, African American Studies, Anthropology, etc. (Also historical pamphlets, 17th-19th centuries, most produced by Britain but pertaining to many countries and peoples. To search these, use Advanced Search and check "Pamphlets.")
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Journals in many subjects, ranging from the humanities to sciences.

Core Professional Journals

Browse or search these journals online, inside the Project Muse database. If you are off campus, log in when prompted using your SHSU username and password.

Selected Online Journals

Articles from Southern Cultures
Choose "Civil War" from the subject list for articles by Drew Gilpin Faust and many others. (Center for the Study of the American South at the Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Civil War at 150: Origins (April 2011 issue of the OAH Magazine of History)
Featuring articles on the origins of the Civil War. (Organization of American Historians)

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