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Overview Articles on Historical Topics, People, and Events

Gale eBooks
Encyclopedia articles from a variety of subject encyclopedias such as the Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History, the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, the Encyclopedia of Civil Rights in America, and many more.
Can be linked to Google or Microsoft account to quickly save entries.
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CQ Researcher
Reports on "current and controversial issues" using material from news articles and books. Reports go back to the 1920s so you can use them to find perspectives from earlier times.
Date Coverage: 1991-date

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Search Guide: http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/static.php?page=faq

Academic Articles by Historians and Legal Scholars (past and present)

JSTOR
Scholarly journal articles. In the Advanced Search you can limit your search results by broad subject and you can check more than one. Suggestion: always include History but possibly also others, depending on the topic.
Free account can be created for personalization.
Date Coverage: Varies by title
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Search Guide: https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004701828-Search-Help-Resources-Overview
HeinOnline
Articles from law reviews and other sources of interest to lawyers.
Also includes a number of treaty guides and indexes, including Treaties in Force.
Date Coverage: 1925-date
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Scopus
Articles and some books and book chapters, mostly from the current century. Useful to sort search results by number of times cited. Use FindIt@MU to locate full text of articles/books found here.
Date Coverage: 1970-present; selected access back to 1823

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Newspaper Articles (20th Century)

ProQuest Historical Newspapers
Searchable full-image of the Chicago Defender (1909-2010), Chicago Tribune (1849-1999), Los Angeles Times (1881-2000), St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1874-2003), New York Times (1851-2020), Wall Street Journal (1889-2012) and the Washington Post (1877-2007).

Discover@MU - Books and Articles

Discover@MU is the search in the blue box on the library homepage. In this search, you will find scholarly articles, books, and sometimes encyclopedia articles ("Research Starters"). You can limit your search results to ONLY books, or ONLY peer-reviewed articles, or by date, or other paremeters, on the left side of the results page.

HIST 1200 - Du Plessis: Home

Overview Articles on Historical Topics, People, and Events

Academic Articles by Historians and Legal Scholars (past and present)

Newspaper Articles (20th Century)

Discover@MU - Books and Articles