Research Guides: American Literature: Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Finding Journal Articles with EbscoHost

EbscoHost is a database of newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, many full-text.

Choose MLA International Bibliography and other databases relevant to your research Academic Search Complete, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Education Research Complete, for example.

Choose the Full Text box to retrieve articles available online.
Choose the Peer-Reviewed (Scholarly) box to retrieve peer-reviewed articles

EbscoHost This link opens in a new window
All EBSCOhost databases, cross-searchable, providing coverage for journal articles and other information in academic disciplines. Databases included are described on the database selection page. Many include links to full text of the articles indexed.

Other Databases

America History and Life This link opens in a new window
Covers North American (US and Canadian) history from prehistory to the present, providing references to journal articles, books, dissertations and reviews. America: History and Life covers over 2,000 journals published worldwide, including all key English-language historical journals and selected historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals.
Web of Science This link opens in a new window
Provides indexing for current and retrospective multidisciplinary information from high impact research journals from around the world.
Oxford African American Studies Center (5 users)(Discontinued) This link opens in a new window
A collection of scholarship, including 8,000 articles and primary source documents, focusing on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture.
NOTE: CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE ONE USER AT A TIME.

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Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
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Find it @ WVU
Have a citation and need to find an article. a book, dissertation, or patent? Use Citation Linker @ WVU. Just enter the citation information into the form.