MHC Library Guides: History: Articles

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Finding Articles

For scholarly sources on general topics, search in a database related to your topic.

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Canadian Periodical Index (CPI.Q.) This link opens in a new window
Provides access to Canadian periodicals including, newspapers, biographies, and magazines. Features a bilingual interface (English/French). Subject coverage includes current events, biographies, health, technology, arts, history and business information. Coverage from 1988
CBCA Complete This link opens in a new window
Canadian content from a broad range of Canadian sources related to business, education, and current affairs, among other subjects. Features scholarly journals, trade publications, magazines, reports, radio and television transcripts, news, and more.
This is your best source for Canadian information related to Education.
Gale in Context: World History This link opens in a new window
Provides historical research materials including multicultural primary sources, scholarly articles, images, and maps. Covers major events in world history, such as the Crusades, the two World Wars, Communism in China, and the end of colonization in Africa and India.
Peel's Prairie Provinces This link opens in a new window
An open access database focused on the culture and history of the Canadian prairie provinces. Materials offered consist of digitized books, newspapers, articles, postcards, and maps. It also contains materials in French, Ukrainian, and numerous other languages. Most coverage dates from 1945-1950 for digitized books, and 1871-2013 for newspaper issues.
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Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
This database will be of use to individuals that are "interested in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought."
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
A multidisciplinary database that provides access to scholarly content in the humanities and science. Subject coverage includes ethnic studies, art and architecture, creative writing, film, history, education, science, technology, mathematics, and more. Features the journal Shakespeare Quarterly.
Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Provides scholarly articles and abstracts from most major academic publishers. If you can't access the full text, contact the Library for help. Google Scholar also includes court opinions and patents.

Scholarly Sources

Most research papers require the use of scholarly (academic) journal articles.

A scholarly journal article:

is written by an identifiable author(s) with appropriate credentials (the author is an expert in the field)
includes a reference list/bibliography/works cited page
provides an in-depth treatment of the topic (at least 5-7 pages long, up to 20+ pages)
is academic and aimed at researchers (not the general public)
does not usually include photos or advertising
may be identified in library databases as "scholarly", "peer-reviewed", or "research articles"

Magazines, newspapers, and reference-type websites such as Wikipedia are not considered scholarly.

Most library databases include a search feature to limit results to "Scholarly/Peer-Reviewed" articles.