Research Guides: HST 496/713A: Sport, Leisure, and Recreation in American History (Dr. Demas): Find Articles

Find Article Newspaper, Magazine & Journal Articles

There are many online resources relating to the study of history during the 20th century. This list of resources, while by no means exhaustive, provides a basic starting point for your research.

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Articles from scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. NOTE: In many cases, articles from the last 3-5 years are NOT available due to publisher copyright restrictions.
America: History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984 (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Offers a broad range of subject coverage in the humanities and social sciences with high-quality indexing of more than 1,300,000 articles in nearly 1,100 periodicals, dating as far back as 1907, as well as citations of over 240,000 book reviews.
New York Times, 1851-2017 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) This link opens in a new window
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Search the complete text of the New York Times from 1851 to 2017 for PDF images of original articles which include photographs and drawings
SPORTDiscus (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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Articles about recreation, exercise physiology, sports medicine, coaching, physical fitness, the psychology, history and sociology of sport, training, and conditioning.
Sociology (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to the full-text of more than 275 journals in sociology and social work. This collection provides full-text coverage of many core titles included in Sociological Abstracts and Social Services Abstracts.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
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This database indexes publications in music from all over the world, including articles, books, catalogues, dissertations and other publications. Coverage from 1967 to the present.