Locating Journal Articles

Locating articles within the journal literature and collections can be challenging. A wide variety of indexing and abstracting resources in different formats can be used to locate articles in periodicals, collected works, and newspapers.

Electronic Resources

Electronic Resources are often easier to use, but may be limited in scope to more recent materials. For more historical materials you may need to consult print resources, especially retrospective indexes. Please note that these electronic resources are only accessible from within the Humanities & Social Sciences Library. You can find dedicated computers, displaying the Selected Electronic Resources screen, located in the Rose Main Reading Room, as well as in many of the divisions throughout the Library.

Historical Abstracts (1954 – present)
Index to journal articles in world history (except for the Americas) since 1450.

ATLA Religion Index (1949 – present)
Index to articles and multi-author works in the field of religion, including the medieval period; print format also available.

Philosopher’s Index (1949 – present)
Index to articles and monographs in philosophy; print format also available.

ABES, Annotated Bibliography for English Studies
Covers secondary studies in English language and literature.

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (1920 – 1997)
Includes monographs, articles, collections of essays, and critical editions of major literary works.

Periodical Abstracts II
Contains articles from over 1800 newspapers and periodicals covering the arts, business, humanities, health, social sciences, sciences. Many include full-text online.

JSTOR
JSTOR is a searchable, digitized archive -- from the first date of publication to the last three to five years -- of major scholarly journals in the fields of Asian studies, ecology, economics, education, finance, history, mathematics, philosophy, political science, population studies, and sociology.

Project Muse
A full-text database of the recent issues of more than 200 journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Project Muse journals can be browsed by individual issues or searched as a group or by selected titles.