Journal Articles - History - 20th-Century U.S. History

Selected Scholarly Journals

The Journal of American History
One of the leading scholarly publications in the field of American history.

The American Historical Review
The journal of the American Historical Association covers all fields of history and is the leading scholarly historical publication in the U.S.

The Journal of Contemporary History.
International forum for the discussion and analysis of 20th century history: the people, periods, places and critical issues.

The Journal of Social History.
One of the leading publications in social history of all parts of the world.

Social Science History.
Interdisciplinary research in history and the social sciences.

Search for Journal Articles

These online databases contain many history journals:

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window

To find additional articles, do a search in these resources:

Arts and Humanities Citation Index This link opens in a new window
A multi-disciplinary index covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities. A subfile of the Web of Science database, it provides unique access to the bibliographic information and cited references of all items published in leading arts and humanities journals.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
If you are having trouble accessing Google Scholar from our website, you can try accessing the site directly. See our guide to adding OU Libraries' resources to Google Scholar.

I have a citation. How can I find the article?

Maybe you consulted the reference lists and bibliographies of books and journal articles that you found, and you identified articles on your topic. How do you figure out whether KL owns that journal article?

Suppose you find the following citation in the bibliography of a book:

B. J.Bernstein, "Truman and the A-bomb: Targeting Noncombatants, Using the Bomb, and his Defending the 'Decision,'" Journal of Military History 62 no. 3 (1998): 547-570.

Check to see if KL owns this journal (Journal of Military History) by searching the journal title in Library OneSearch.

If KL does not have this journal, you can order an electronic copy of the article through Interlibrary Loan.

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