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HIST 1107: Pirates, Smugglers, Merchants, and Trade: Exploring Early America's Economy (Spring 2009)  Tags: pirates piracy history  

A guide to research strategies and information resources in the Cornell University Library
Last update: Sep 22nd, 2009 URL: http://guides.library.cornell.edu/his1107  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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How to find articles

The Steps

Find a database by browsing the list here or on the library home page's Database Names by name or subject

Click on the link to get into the database

Search the database for articles

 

How to Get an Article

Not all articles are available full text.

 
If an article isn't available full text through a database..

Use Get it! Cornell to jump into the Library Catalog to search for the journal by title (not the article title)

 Once you locate the journal in the Library Catalog (online or print), then determine if we have the volume/year you need

If you cannot locate the article, ask a Librarian!

 

 

 
 

Essentials

  • America History and Life (AHL)  
      
    Articles, books, dissertations on United States and Canadian history from pre-history to the 21st century.
  • JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive  
      
    Excludes 3-5 years most recent articles. ALL JSTOR journals included in America History and Life/Historical Abstracts.
  • Project Muse  
      
    Supplements JStor with recent issues.
  • EBSCO Academic Search Premier  
      
    Multidisciplinary and multi-genre--scholarly journals, scholarly journals, magazines, reports, newspapers. Lots of full text.
  • Proquest Research Library  
      
    Multidisciplinary, multi-genre--scholarly articles, newspaper and magazine articles. Lots of full text.
 

How to Identify Scholarly Journal Articles

Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of scholarly research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand.

Watch this video to learn how to identify scholarly journal articles.


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