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Contains scholarly journals, trade publications, and magazines from across the disciplines and from popular culture. Much of the content is available in full text. An ELM Database. - America: History & Life This link opens in a new window
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Contains information about scholarly articles on the history and culture of the U. S. and Canada. (For World History, use Historical Abstracts) - Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
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The primary place to find scholarship on world history. (For U.S. and Canadian History, use America: History and Life). Covers publications from 1955 - present. - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to more than 12 million journal articles, books, images, and primary sources in 75 disciplines. Most journals are included from their first issue until 5 years ago.
Terrae incognitae: Journal of the Society for the History of DiscoveriesCall Number: ONLINETerrae Incognitae is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal published for the Society for the History of Discoveries. The aim is to examine the history and impact of geographic exploration and cross-cultural interaction around the globe prior to the modern era.
Peer-Reviewed Journals
- The Mariner's Mirror (1911-present)This journal contains research into matters relating to seafaring and shipbuilding in all ages among all nations, into the language and customs of the sea, and into other subjects of nautical interest.
- International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (1972-present)IJNA addresses the theory and practice of archaeology and related academic disciplines, such as cultural geography, history, ethnography, oceanography and anthropology, which investigate human associations with water and waterborne craft of all periods throughout the world, on seas and inland waters. NOTE: Our access starts in 1997.
- International journal of maritime history (1989-present)The IJMH publishes studies of a multidisciplinary nature on a broad range of maritime historical themes, including shipping, shipbuilding, seafaring, ports, resorts and other coastal communities, sea-borne trade, fishing, environment and the culture of the sea.
- The Northern mariner : journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society (1991-present)The Northern Mariner is devoted to the study of maritime affairs and the inland waterways of the nations that touch the seas of the northern hemisphere.
Sample search terms
- Ocean travel - History
- Transatlantic voyages
- Voyages and travels
- [subject] + TRAVELS
Starting places for primary sources
- Life at Sea This link opens in a new window
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Focus on the individual experiences and personal narratives of seafarers. From journals and memoirs to ships’ logs and court records, the lives of ordinary seamen, merchants, whalers and pirates can be explored. - AM Explorer This link opens in a new window
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Primary sources from the 15th-21st centuries, including the social sciences, humanities, global history, popular culture, history of media, gender and sexuality, trade history, borders and migrations, and war and conflict. - Gale Primary Sources This link opens in a new window
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Search across newspapers and digitized collections of primary sources from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, including ECCO: Eighteenth Century Collections Online, NCCO: Nineteenth Century Collections Online, The Making of the Modern World, The Times of London, The Illustrated London News, the Times Literary Supplement, The Economist, and many more. Covers 1604 - present (varying by source).
