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.
Identifying Articles
Use the databases below to identify articles and essays on your topic.
- Use the
buttons within the databases below to see if Smith has the article you need either in electronic or print format - If you identify an article from another source, use the Journal Locator (see box on left)
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text [EBSCO] 1956+ This link opens in a new windowThe major articles database for modern history (1450+), excluding U.S. and Canada.
- Academic Search Ultimate [EBSCO] This link opens in a new windowScholarly and news publications, in the social sciences, humanities, and sciences.
- Africa Bibliography [Cambridge] 1984+ This link opens in a new windowLists books & articles on Africa, in the social & environmental sciences, development studies, etc.
- Africa.BibIndex to Africana periodical literature, African women and women travelers, explorers and missionaries to Africa 1763-2003.
- EconLit with Full Text [EBSCO] 1969+ This link opens in a new windowThe major database for economics.
- Gender Studies Database [EBSCO] 1972+ with some earlier coverage This link opens in a new windowCombines Women's Studies International and Men's Studies Database, with added coverage on sexual diversity issues; includes a wide array of scholarly and popular sources.
- International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) [ProQuest] 1951+ This link opens in a new windowCovers economics, political science, sociology, and anthropology.
- Project Muse (Current issues) This link opens in a new window"Deep" searching of the full text of scholarly articles; coverage limited to the last 5-10 years. sclinks from other databases will lead you to Project Muse.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new window"Deep" searching of the full text of scholarly articles. Meant as a backfile; excludes articles from the most recent 2 to 5 years. from other databases will lead you to JSTOR.
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