Article Search Tips
Journal Locator
Search by journal title or citation for online and print journals.
Interlibrary Loan
Use Interlibrary Loan to request:
- Journal articles not owned by Smith; articles are supplied as PDFs and usually arrive in just a few days
- Books not owned by the Five Colleges
- Dissertations & masters' theses not owned by the Five Colleges
Articles & dissertations
- America: History & Life with Full Text [EBSCO] 1953+ This link opens in a new windowThe major database for US and Canadian history; lists articles, chapters, books, books reviews, and dissertations.
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text [EBSCO] 1956+ This link opens in a new windowCovers history after 1450, excluding U.S. and Canada; lists articles, books, book reviews, collections, and dissertations.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull-text backfiles of scholarly journals; excludes articles from the most recent two to five years. Covers history, among other disciplines. from other databases will lead you to JSTOR.
- Project Muse (Current issues) This link opens in a new windowFull-text, scholarly articles, complementing JSTOR by providing current issues (with two- to ten-year backfiles, depending on title). sclinks from other databases will lead you to Project Muse.
- Dissertations & Theses Global [ProQuest] (Full text 1997+, plus selected older dissertations; abstracts and citations 1861+) This link opens in a new windowLists dissertations and masters thesis from the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, and Europe.
- WorldCat (all dates) This link opens in a new windowUse WorldCat to search for books, theses, manuscript collections, etc. in academic and research libraries across the US and abroad.
