America: History and Life

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Special Instructions

To view abstracts in an initial search, in Preferences set the Results List Display to Detailed.

Special Note

For a list of covered journals see http://www.ebscohost.com/titleLists/ahl-coverage.htm

Description

America: History and Life indexes the literature about the history of the United States and Canada.

Indexes over 1,700 scholarly journals some published in languages other than English. Regardless of an article’s language of publication, most article citations are accompanied by detailed English-language abstracts. Dissertations are also covered and book and media reviews are drawn from over 100 key journals. AHL is unique among indexes in its searchability by the period an article covers, not merely its date of publication. Further, history, from pre-history to the present, is broadly construed and searching may be fruitful for any concern with a historical dimension.

In 2006, America: History and Life began adding retrospective coverage for the most important historical journals in JSTOR. By project’s end, coverage for these journals will extend back to the late-19th century.

The feature CLIO Notes, accessible from a tab on the upper left, gives a detailed topical chronology within standard historical periods. Topics are described, questions for analysis are given, and links execute pertinent topical searches.