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Library Research Guides

Core Resources

America: History & Life
Selective indexing includes over a thousand journals dating back to 1964. Focus is on the history and life of the United States and Canada.
Women's Studies International
This database includes nearly 800 essential sources in women's and gender studies including journals, newspapers, newsletters, bulletins, books, book chapters, proceedings, reports, theses, dissertations, NGO studies, websites and web documents and grey literature.
Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. Pulled from nearly 2,000 serial publications are abstracts from a variety of sources including journal articles, conference papers, books, dissertations, and conference papers.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
Bibliographic and citation information for journal articles in the arts and humanities from 1975-present.
ATLA Religion Database
Journal articles, essays, papers, and some books on topics such as biblical studies, world religions, church history, and religion in social issues. Index with links to full text in many cases. Covers publications from 1949-present.
Historical Abstracts
Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada), focusing on the 15th century forward.
MLA International Bibliography
Literary Criticism Index (1920s - present)

Clicking the MHLinks button for an article will help you locate the full text.

If available online: click direct link to go to the full text article online
If available in print: double check the years the library owns, find the article in print alphabetically by title (recent journals are in the reading room, older journals are on floor 2)
If neither option is available at MHC: click "request via Illiad" to have it delivered electronically through inter-library loan.

Refworks is an online citation manager for collecting, organizing, and citing sources.

Version 3 - New accounts and accounts created after Fall 2016

Version 2 - accounts created before Fall 2016