Electronic Resources

Subject Resources: American Studies

= USC users only     = Multiple sources

Databases
	20th Century African-American Poetry 10,000 poems by 70 African-American modern and contemporary poets. Part of the Literature Online collection.
	Accessible Archives Archival 18th- and 19th century Northeast newspaper resources.
			varies (18th- and 19th-century)
	African American Newspapers: The 19th Century Covers African-American newspapers from the 19th century.
			19th century; varies by title
	America: History and Life Covers the history of the United States and Canada
			1964-
	American Poetry (1600-1900) Poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early twentieth century
	ArchivesUSA Primary source materials from nearly 4,800 US manuscript repositories.
	Arts & Humanities Citation Index Citation database for arts & humanties
		ISI	1975 to present
	Arts & Humanities Search Records referencing many of the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
		First Search (OCLC)	1980 to the present
	Bibliography of Native North Americans The Bibliography of Native North Americans contains citations to literature about native peoples of North America published from the sixteenth century to the present
	Canadian Poetry Full text of more than 12,000 poems by Canadian poets
	Chicano Database A major bibliographic database for topics in the humanities and social and behavioral sciences on Mexican-Americans and Chicano and Latino Studies
			1967 to the present
	Digital National Security Archive Full text U.S. government documents related to particular international issues or crisis.
	Early American Fiction 1789-1850 Images and text for a collection of early American fiction 1789-1850.
	Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800 Resource for information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America
	Ethnic NewsWatch Full-text newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press.
		Proquest	1990 to the present
	Expanded Academic ASAP Articles from more than 1,500 scholarly, trade and general-interest publications, many in full-text.
			1980 -- present
	HarpWeek Electronically reproduced and enhanced pages of Harper's Weekly from The Civil War Era and Reconstruction I and II (1857-1874).
			1857 -- 1912
	History Resource Center US Provides access to over 4,000 historical documents, articles from more than 30 reference titles, and over 110 full-text journals covering themes, events, individuals and periods in U.S. history from pre-Colonial times to the present.
	HOMER Catalog of the Information Services Division's library materials (all libraries except Health Sciences Libraries and Law Library catalogs)
	Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama, and Fiction
	LEXIS-NEXIS Academic Universe Full text business, financial, legal, medical, biographical, government and domestic and international newspaper resources.
			varies
	Literature Online (LION) A fully searchable library of over 300,000 works of English and American literature.
	NetLibrary Collection of full-text electronic books.
	NewsBank Retrospective Full-text newspaper resource for contemporary American history (1971-1991).
			1971-1991
	Noticias en Espanol Full text Spanish language news articles relevant to Hispanics, Chicanos and Latinos in the U.S.
			1992 to the present
	Pennsylvania Gazette 1728-1800 Full-text of prominent 18th century newspaper.
			1728-1800
	Pennsylvania Newspaper Record: Delaware County 1819-1870 Documents the industrialization of predominantly agrarian culture.
			1819-1870
	Polling the Nations Database of public opinion polls.
			1986 to the present.
	Poole's Plus:The Digital Index of the Nineteenth Century American popular periodicals and government information in the 19th century.
			1790s-1918
	ProQuest Access databases of resources for arts, business, humanities, social sciences, science and newspaper resources.
			varies
	Social Sciences Citation Index Citation database for the social sciences
			1965 to present
	Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) Web of Science is part of ISI's Web of Knowledge which also includes Arts & Humanties and Social Sciences citation databases.
			1900-present
eJournals
	African American Review Official publication of MLA's Black American Literature and Culture division.
		JSTOR	v. 26 - 35 (1992 - 2001)
	American Behavioral Scientist Focuses on cross-disciplinary problems and research in the social sciences.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 41, no. 1 (1997) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 42 (1999) -- present
	American Historical Review Oldest scholarly journal of history in the United States
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 104 (1895 - 1999)
	American Imago Explores the role of psychoanalysis in contemporary cultural and social theory.
		Project Muse	v. 52, no. 1 (1995)-present
	American Indian Quarterly A peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary journal of the anthropology, history, literatures, religions, and arts of Native Americans.
		Project Muse	Vol. 24, no. 3 (2000)-- present
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 23 (1974 - 1999)
	American Jewish History Official publication of the American Jewish Historical Society.
		Project Muse	v. 84, no. 1 (1996)-present
	American Journal of International Law Scholarly articles on international law and reviews of contemporary developments.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 98 (1907 - 2004)
	American Journal of Physical Anthropology Publication of significant original articles of human evolution and variation
		Wiley Interscience See More Info for access information.	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Jan/Mar. 1918)-v. 29, no. 4 (Dec. 1942) & v. 1, no. 1 (Mar. 1943)-present
	American Journal of Political Science Covers all areas of the field of political science.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 43 (1999) -- 2005
		JSTOR	v. 17 - 47 (1973 - 2003)
	American Literary History Quarterly journal published by Oxford University Press
		Project Muse	v. 12 - (2000 - )
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 11 (1989 - 1999)
	American Literature Covers all periods and genres of American literature.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 76 (1929 - 2004)
		Project Muse	v. 71 - 76 (1999 - 2004)
	American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography
		Project Muse	v. 13 (2003) -- present
	American Political Science Review Research from all fields of political science.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 95 (1906 - 2001)
	American Quarterly Interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of American culture.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 46 (1949 - 2004)
		Project Muse	v. 48 (1996) -- present
	American Sociological Review Official journal of the American Sociological Association.
		JSTOR	Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 1936)-v. 68, no. 6 (Dec. 2003)
	The Americas
		Project Muse	v. 57 (2000) -- present
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 58 (1944 - 2001)
	Black American Literature Forum Early publication of MLA's Black American Literature and Culture division.
		JSTOR	v. 10 - 25 (1976 - 1991)
	Boundary 2 Literature and culture from a political and historical viewpoint. Duke Universtiy Press
		Project Muse	v. 1 - 31 (1972 - 2004)
	Canadian Review of American Studies
		Project Muse	v. 34, no. 1 (2004)-- present
	Civil War History Civil War History is the foremost scholarly journal of the sectional conflict in the United States.
		Project Muse	Vol. 46, no. 4 (2000) through current issue
	Early American Literature Scholarship on American literature from its inception through the early national period, about 1830
		Project Muse	v.3 (2000) -- present
	ELH Studies conditions affecting major works in English and American literature.
		Project Muse	v. 60 (1993) -- present
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 71 (1934 - 2004)
	Emily Dickinson Journal Dickinson and her relation to American poetry and women's literature.
		Project Muse	v. 7, no. 1 (1998)--present
	English Studies Published in the Netherlands, it covers English and American Literature and Culture.
			v. 81, no. 1 (2000) -- present
	Gringo Gazette North (Baja California, Mexico)
	Henry James Review Contemporary scholarly, critical, and theoretical work on Henry James.
		Project Muse	v. 16, no. 1 (1995)--present
	Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences Theoretical and methodological issues in the behavioral sciences related to Hispanic, Chicano or Latino populations in the U.S.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 21, no. 1 (1999)-- 2004
	JAC Online Provides abstracts for JAC: A Journal of Composition Theory.
			1.1 (1980)--16.3 (1996), full-text v. 17.1 (1997)--present, abstracts only
	Journal of American History Leading journal in the field of American history.
		JSTOR	v. 51 - 86 (1964 - 1999)
	Journal of American Studies Journal of art, literature and popular culture.
		Cambridge University Press	v. 31, no. 1 (1997) -- present
	Journal of Black Studies Scholarship on the Black experience.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 32 (1970 - 2001)
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 29, no. 3 (1999) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 29, no. 3 (1999)-- present
	Journal of Cold War Studies The Journal of Cold War Studies features peer-reviewed articles based on archival research in the former Communist world and in Western countries.
			v. 1, no. 1 (1999) -- present
		Project Muse	v. 1 (1999) -- present
	Journal of Southern History
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 65 (1935 - 1999)
	Journal of the Early Republic Early United States history and culture
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 21 (1981 - 2001)
		Project Muse	v. 25 (2005) -- present
	MELUS Scholarly journal dedicated to multi-ethnic literature in English
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 26 (1974 - 2001)
	Midwest Journal of Political Science
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 16 (1957 - 1972)
	Mississippi Valley Historical Review Continued as The Journal of American History.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 50 (1914 - 1964)
	Negro American Literature Forum
			v. 1 - 10 (1967 - 1976)
	New England Quarterly The New England Quarterly, founded in 1928, is best described by its subtitle, A Historical Review of New England Life and Letters.
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 74 (1928 - 2001) (has a 3 year moving wall)
	Oral History Review Articles, book and film reviews, and bibliographies deal with the authentication of human experience and research findings in oral history.
		Caliber	v. 28, no. 1 (2001) -- present
	Reading Research Quarterly
		JSTOR	v. 1 - 34 (1965 - 1999)
	Resources for American Literary Study Traditional scholarship on American literature of all periods.
		Project Muse
	Reviews in American History Reviews of recent publications in American history.
		Project Muse	v. 1, no. 1 (1973)--present
		JSTOR	Vols. 1 - 32 (1973 - 2004)
	Southern Literary Journal Explores the literary and intellectual life of the American South.
		Project Muse	Vol. 33 (2000/01) through current issue
	Steinbeck Studies Scholarship on the life and work of John Steinbeck
		Project Muse	v. 15, no. 1 (2004) -- present
	SubStance Major interdisciplinary journal with an appeal to a general audience.
		Project Muse	v. 28, no. 2 (1999)--present
	Youth & Society Cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural journal on youth in society.
		First Search (OCLC)	v. 30, no. 1 (1999) -- 2004
		Sage	v. 30, no. 3 (1999)-- present
eBooks
	Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-being by Race and Hispanic Origin
	Literary History of the American West Spnsored by the Western Literature Association
			Published in 1986
	NetLibrary Collection Collection of full-text electronic books.
	World Almanac Reports the most recent year's general statistics, facts, and significant events
			current
Web Sites
	American Memory Multimedia collections of digitized documents, photographs, recorded sound, moving pictures, and text.
	American Radicalism Collection Resources on radicalism in America
	Clamor Publico, El Entire run (1855 to1859) of 233 issues of this Spanish language newspaper
			1855-1859
	Diccionario de Spanglish Includes examples of usage and translations in English and Spanish.
	Parallel Histories: Spain, the United States, and the American Frontier Includes some 55,000 images from the rare book, manuscript, map, and print collections of the Library of Congress and the National Library of Spain--Columbus' 1493 letter and other manuscripts of explorations, voyages and discoveries in the New World.
	Tomas Rivera Policy Institute