LibGuides: Humanities Program: Articles & Journals

Finding Scholarly Articles

Some suggested databases for finding scholarly articles. A full list can be found on the Library homepage under Search Databases.

JSTOR
All scholarly, all full text, up to a period averaging about 3-5 years prior to the present date. Multidisciplinary. Heavy on the humanities.
ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials PLUS
Covers books and over 650 international journals in religion and related fields--biblical studies, world religions, Church history, and religious perspectives on social issues.
Academic Search Premier
multi-disciplinary database with lots of full text. Contains both scholarly and popular material. Limit to peer reviewed, if that's what you need.

Getting the most out of JSTOR

JSTOR is a good place to find full text peer reviewed (AKA “scholarly,” “academic”) articles on a wide variety of subjects. Here is how to search it most effectively:

Click on the Advanced Search option from the initial search screen
Under Item Type, click on the "articles" box--this weeds out book reviews, letters, etc. from your results
Under Journal Filter, select 1 or 2 relevant subjects among those listed, such as "history" and "religion"