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Be sure to try your topic in more than one database.
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If the full text of the article, is not available, click to check if OSU subscribes to the journal or to place an interlibrary loan request (ILL).

America: History and Life with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
America: History & Life with Full Text is the definitive index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With indexing for 1,800 journals, full-text for 200 journals, and 80 ebooks this database is the most important bibliographic reference tool for students and scholars of U.S. and Canadian history. Strong English-language journal coverage is balanced by an international perspective on topics and events, including abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Historical Abstracts with Full Text (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts with Full Text is an exceptional resource that covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more - essential for libraries supporting upper-division and graduate research. This authoritative database provides indexing of more than 2,500 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1863, 380 full-text journals, and 140 full-text ebooks. For Canadian and United States history, use the America: History and Life database.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archival collection of journal articles that includes over 140 titles in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. It does not provide access to the most current issues of the journals. JSTOR's agreements with publishers include a gap between the most recently published issue and the date of the most recent issues available in JSTOR ranging, in most cases, from 2 to 5 years. OSU Libraries subscribes to Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Ecology & Botany and the Health & General Science Collections. Full Text: Dates vary by journal
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Launched in 1995 by the Johns Hopkins University Press in collaboration with the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at John Hopkins University, Project MUSE is an interdisciplinary collection of high quality, peer reviewed journals.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Uses the Google search engine to search for scholarly materials from around the world such as peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports. Google Scholar searches a variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities. Some articles are available in full-text through links to OSU's journal subscriptions.
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new window
Academic Search Premier provides full text for nearly 4,600 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,500 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage spans virtually every area of academic study and offers information dating as far back as 1975. This database is updated daily on EBSCOhost.
Full-text and abstract/index: 1975-present

War and Terrorism

INIS This link opens in a new window
INIS provides a comprehensive information reference service for literature on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. To do this, INIS processes most of the world's scientific and technical literature that falls within its subject scope and maintains a database which currently contains over 2.2 million bibliographic references, making it the world's most comprehensive information source on the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology. INIS includes the Nuclear Science Abstracts database, with coverage from 1948-1974.
War and Terrorism (Gale OneFile) This link opens in a new window
Researchers accessing the more than 1.7 million articles in Gale OneFile: War and Terrorism will gain valuable insight into conflicts and their causes, impact, and perception on a global scale. This definitive collection for analysts, risk management professionals, and students of military science, history, and social science is comprised of more than 200 subject-appropriate, full-text periodicals that are updated daily.

Finding Books

Use 1Search to find books located at OSU Libraries. While OSU is under remote instruction, OSU Libraries is purchasing and borrowing books as we can.

Tip! Use the date limits in 1Search and elsewhere to see if there are materials published during the time you are studying.

Google Books: Use the advanced search and limit by publication date, full view, and public domain to find primary sources.

WorldCat This link opens in a new window
Index to over 30 million records cataloged by most North American and European libraries. Materials indexed include books, journals, conferences, films, videos, recordings, musical scores, computer software, maps and manuscripts. Materials date back to the 11th century.

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Alternative Press Index
Alternative Press Index (API) indexes journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals. API covers theories and practices of socialism and revolution along with the topics of Ecology, Democracy and Anarchism, Feminism and Organized Labor, Indigenous Peoples and Gays/Lesbians. Use 360 Link to Full Text to request articles.
Coverage Dates: 1991 - present

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
Nexis Uni User Guide

Nexis Uni™ features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources from LexisNexis (including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790) with an intuitive interface that offers quick discovery across all content types, personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents.

Newspaper Source
Full text to U.S. and international newspaper and magazine articles of over 140 U.S. and international newspapers.
Coverage Dates: 1984 - present

New York Times This link opens in a new window
To Register or Renew Your Free Access Head to Our New York Times LibGuide

Oregon State University Libraries and Press’ New York Times online subscription provides access to domestic and international news, educational videos, podcasts, blogs, interactive multimedia, and much more. Unlimited access provided for content newer than 1980 and older than 1923. (Access to content within the date range 1923-1980 is limited to 5 articles per day.)
Oregonian (Historical and Current Collection) This link opens in a new window
Keep up to date with what's happening in Oregon. This database collects The Oregonian from 2017-2021. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Oregonian (1867-1987)
Research the history of Portland with issues of The Oregonian from 1867-1987. Study trends, issues, events, advertisements, companies and more through historical and current full newspaper pages, full-text articles and content only published online. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.

Washington Post Full text coverage from January 1, 2014 - Current; Index coverage from February 16, 1980 - Current

Oregon Index
The Oregon Index is a selective index to Oregon newspapers, and to Oregon items in selected other publications. The database does not contain full-text information.
Coverage Dates: 1974 - 2004
Wall Street Journal
Full-text of the Wall Street Journal from 1986.

America's News (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
Research diverse perspectives, topics and trends that align with curricular areas such as Political Science, English, Sociology, Humanities, Business, International Studies and more. Features reliable, credible information from a wide variety of local, regional and national news sources including the Oregonian. Available remotely 24/7 on any device.
America's News Magazines (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
Explore and stay informed on local and national topics, people and events in areas such as business, health, education, jobs and careers, political and social issues and more. Features a wide variety of credible, vetted news sources spanning the U.S., including Philadelphia Magazine. Also available remotely 24/7 on any device.
Oregon News Sources (Newsbank) This link opens in a new window
Access to selected local Oregon newspapers, college newspapers and blogs. Includes Albany Democrat-Herald, Argus Observer, Blue Mountain Eagle, Corvallis Gazette-Times, Curry Coastal Pilot, The Oregonian, Portland Examiner, Register-Guard, and many more.

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