Databases and Journals
Finding Journal Articles
- British History Online This link opens in a new windowCreated by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, the BHO contains some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isle, including the Calendar of State Papers. It provides digital access to over 1,250 digitized volumes with a primary focus is on the period between 1300 and 1800..
- Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new windowLogin required Covers 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 much more. This database provides indexing of historical articles from more than 1,800 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955 and access to the full text of more than 349 journals and more than 120 books.
- Web of Science This link opens in a new windowLogin required Web of Science (a.k.a. Web of Knowledge): Provides citations covering over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings for over 120,000 conferences.
- Periodicals Archive Online (PAO) This link opens in a new windowLogin required Provides access to the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences.
British History Journals (Selected Titles)
- English Historical Review (EHR)Deals not only with British history, but with almost all aspects of European and world history since the classical era.
- The Historical JournalArticles on all aspects of British, European, and world history since the fifteenth century.
- Huntington Library QuarterlyThe official publication of the Huntington Library published by the University of California Press. It includes articles on the literature, history, and art of sixteenth to eighteenth centuries Britain and America.
- The Journal of British StudiesThis journal has been recognized as "North America's premier publication for the study of British history and civilization."
- Parliamentary History"provides a forum for current research and general interest articles covering the history of parliamentary institutions in the British Isles (including the Scottish and Irish Parliaments) from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century."
- Past and PresentArticles range over all periods of history, it has a strong focus on 17th-century British history.
- Victorian StudiesFirst published in 1956, this journal is "devoted to the study of English culture of the Victorian period."
Find out if USC has a Specific Journal
If you are looking for a specific journal, select Journals on the Libraries homepage:
If you have the exact title of the journal, search for the title and on the Results page, select "Sort by: Title":
If we have online access to this publication you'll see one or more results, with the dates available and the name of the database or publisher linking you to the journal. If we have the journal in print or on microfilm you will see location information under the "Availability" section of the item record.