Research Guides: American Studies: Start Here

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Welcome to the American Studies research guide! Use this resource to find articles, books, and more.

Good Places to Start

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
This database is the definitive index of scholarship covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, with an index of 1,700 journals and a breadth from prehistory to present. From EBSCO.
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1770-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
Spanning from 1907-1984, this source offers a broad range of subject coverage in the humanities and social sciences with high-quality indexing of more than 1,300,000 articles in nearly 1,100 periodicals.

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