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Libraries and Learning Skills

Modern History

This is a subject guide for the BA Modern History and for students working on projects concerning the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Why are journals important?

Academic journals are scholarly periodicals (i.e. publications which come out on a regular schedule) which contain articles on specific subjects.

They are important in academic research for a number of reasons:

  • they are an important forum by which historical research is published,
  • they can explore a narrow historical topic or problem in depth,
  • they contain current or recent research findings,
  • they normally go through a process called peer-review, which means that research findings are checked by other subject experts

Library Website - journals

Image of the Library search box

Use the Library website to search across multiple databases:

Choose from the different search options:

Find books and articles - search by keywords to find books, some eBooks and journal articles across multiple electronic databases.

Advanced search - this is the recommended Library search option to use when searching for journal articles as it provides more options to build your search and refine your search results.  Search by keywords to find books, some eBooks, journal articles and other sources across multiple electronic databases. 

You may also want to search some of the databases individually.  These can provide different search options and not all of the database content is available through the Library website search.

Electronic Journals

Use the Electronic Journals to check whether the full text of a journal is available electronically - this is useful if you are looking for a specific article.  N.B. Search for the journal title rather than the article title.

Browzine

Browzine is another way to search the library's journal collections--if you prefer getting information in a visual format, you may want to start here.

BrowZine Search Box

Search e-journals

Inter-library loans

Inter-library loans are requests for items not held in our collections to be obtained via other libraries. The inter library loan service is open to staff, postgraduate researchers, postgraduate taught students, and final year undergraduate dissertation students.  For more details and to make requests go to the Library's Inter-library loans page.

Subjects: Modern History