Research Guides: Battle Analysis: Finding Articles

Finding Historical Articles (primary sources) - Articles by Historians (secondary sources) - Contemporary News Articles

Academic OneFile - Gale - 1980-present - (primary sources and contemporary news)
Use Advanced Search to improve your search.
Limit search results to magazines or newspapers (the default is Academic Journals).
Academic Search Elite - EBSCO - 1980-present - (primary sources and contemporary news)
To focus your search results on "news" click on either: Magazines or Newspapers
America History & Life - (secondary sources - American history)
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 1,700 journals from 1964 to present and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
Historical Abstracts - (secondary sources - world history)
Historical Abstracts indexes the literature about the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. The database indexes more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955, and also includes citations and links to book and media reviews.
JSTOR - (secondary sources - military history)
JSTOR provides access to articles from both military studies journals and history journals. To limit to a specific type of journal (e.g. military studies) check the box under "Journal Filter" at the bottom of the page prior to searching.
New York Times - 1851-present - (primary sources and contemporary news)
Articles from 1851 to the present.
Searches can be limited by date.
Results can be limited to articles, editorials, cartoons, advertisements.
Newspaper Archive - 1607-present - (primary sources and contemporary news)
Very good for local and regional U.S. and Iowa news. Coverage varies tremendously by year and location. To begin - click on the black "Search" option at the very top of the page. Limit by date and geographic location.
Nexis Uni - (primary history sources, contemporary news, legal publications)
Nexis Uni provides access to vast array of current and historical news articles dating back to 1980. Nexis Uni also provides access to legal publications such as laws, cases, and law reviews.
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature - 1802-1892 - (primary sources)
On the Magazine Finder website you will find:
1. Digitized subject indexes (HathiTrust) to magazines published from 1802-1881, 1882-1886, and 1887-1892
2. Abbreviation guides for the magazines listed in Poole's Index.
Poole's Index does NOT provide the article - just information about the article - you must take that information and locate the articles yourself. Use the Magazine Finder to find the article online or in print (Google - Rod Library Magazine Finder - or visit https://guides.lib.uni.edu/historical-magazines)..
Readers' Guide Retrospective - 1890-1982 - (primary sources)
Locates the names and locations of magazine articles published between 1890 and 1982 on your topic.
Readers' Guide does NOT provide the article - just information about the article - you must take that information and locate the articles yourself. Use the Magazine Finder to find the article online or in print (Google - Rod Library Magazine Finder - or use the Magazine Finder link below).
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature - 1982-present - (primary sources and contemporary news)
Locates the names and locations of magazine articles published after 1981 on your topic.
Reader's Guide does NOT provide the article - just information about the article - you must take that information and locate the articles yourself. Use the Magazine Finder to find the article online or in print (Google - Rod Library Magazine Finder - or use the Magazine Finder link below).

Magazine Finder - Finding Digitized Articles - or - Finding Locations of Print Magazines in Rod Library

"Magazine Finder" - Digitized Historical Magazines
For onine articles published pre-1926 Magazine Finder provides online access to your article via either an archive or a database.
For print articles (mostly published after 1925) Magazine Finder provides the call number to the volumes of the magazine found in the library basement (first floor of Rod Library). Specific instructions are available for finding magazine articles from various time periods: 1802-1890, 1890-1925, 1926-1982, and 1982-present.

(Note, Time, Life, Fortune and National Geographic have their own searchable archives below).