Research Guides: HISTORY 101: The Right to Vote in U.S. History (Masur): Finding Articles

Accessing Full Text

Some article databases provide full text while most only provide references to articles.
Look out for the purple "Find it @ NU" button among your database search results.

Interlibrary Loan

Use Interlibrary Loan to obtain articles that are not available in the Northwestern University Library system. Articles will be scanned and sent to you.

Videos: Developing Keywords and Searching with Keywords

Choosing Keywords
Searching with Keywords

Databases for Finding Articles on Topics in History & Political Science: A Selection

America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
America: History & Life is an index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. The database indexes journals from 1964 to the present and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews. Strong English-language journal coverage but also included are abstracts in English of articles published in more than 40 languages.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Citations with abstracts from more than 1,100 journals in political science and related disciplines. Coverage is international in scope, combining the former Political Science Abstracts and ABC POL SCI databases.

Multidisciplinary Databases

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
This multidisciplinary database provides access to articles from journals, magazines, and reference sources across all subject areas. Coverage is primarily from 1980 to the present, with some older content.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Digitized, full-text versions of core scholarly journals across disciplines.While coverage of these journals goes back to the first issue, for most journals the most recent issues will be for 3-5 years ago.