Research Guides: Modern Germany: Journal Articles

Off Campus Access

Most of the research databases and electronic journals listed in this guide have access restrictions that require that you be a current Washington University student, faculty member, or staff member. See this page for help.

Journal article databases

Use these databases to find secondary sources that inform your primary sources.

Subject-specific databases

Historical Abstracts (1955- )
Historical Abstracts covers world history from 1450 to the present (excluding the US and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (1975- )
HSTM integrates 4 bibliographies: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science, Current Bibliography in the History of Technology, the Bibliografia Italiana di Storia della Scienza and the Wellcome Library. (5 concurrent users allowed)
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES) (1939- )
Covers cultural studies in East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Annual Bulletin of Historical Literature

Multidisciplinary databases

Academic Search Complete
Google Scholar
JSTOR
Includes the complete back runs of many scholarly journals, from whenever each title began publication to a point 3 to 5 years ago.
Project Muse
Includes many scholarly journals from the most recent 3-5 years.
Web of Science (1970- )
Don't let the name mislead you. The Web of Science includes the Arts and Humanities Citation Index and the Social Sciences Citation Index.
Scopus
Very useful for science related topics.

Older print scholarly journal indexes

Older print general periodical indexes

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature (1900- ) [print]
General interest periodical index; mostly American but some British.
International Index to Periodical Literature (1907-55) [print]
Similar to Readers' Guide (above), but the periodicals are more scholarly.