Recommended Journals
These journals are recommended by Dr. Browning.
Most links are to a catalog record. From there, choose the link with appropriate dates of coverage for your research.
- Chronicles of Oklahoma1921-2019
To see article titles and summaries after that date see this search in the America: History and Life Database. Recent issues in paper on 4th floor, west at call number F 691 .C55. - Environmental History ReviewThe predecessor to Environmental History.
- Environment and HistoryMost recent six years not available.
- Journal of the WestIn paper, Western History Collections and storage, call number: F 591 .J65. Article titles and summaries listed here.
Find Journal Articles and More
Besides looking directly in recommended journals, try searching databases for journal articles (and sometimes books and other materials).
- Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)Multidisciplinary database. References to or full text of journal and magazine articles, major newspaper articles, book reviews, and more.
- America: History and Life (Ebsco)U.S. and Canadian topics, prehistory to the present. References to or full text of journal articles, books, book reviews, dissertations, etc.
- Bibliography of Asian Studies (Ebsco)East, Southeast, and South Asia, with special focus on the humanities and social sciences. References to or full text of western-language journal and review articles, conference proceedings, chapters in edited volumes, and Festschriften .
- Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America (Ebsco)Formerly Bibliography of Native North Americans (BNNA). Native North American history, life, and culture. References to or full text of journal articles, books, essays, conference papers, dissertations, U.S. government documents.
- Discover Advanced SearchDiscover searches across many OU Libraries resources and platforms to find journal articles, books, ebooks, newspaper articles and more.
- Google ScholarGoogle Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
When off campus, be sure to access Google Scholar settings > library links > type in University of Oklahoma. - GreenFILE (Ebsco)All aspects of human impact to the environment. References to or full text of journal and magazine articles, books, book reviews, and reports.
- History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (Ebsco)References to or full text of journal articles, conference proceedings, books, book reviews, dissertations, and more.
- JSTORIncludes the full text and complete archives of core scholarly journals in many disciplines, some dating from the 1600s. Current issues may not be available.
- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global (was Dissertation Abstracts)Can be helpful for obscure topics. Look at the bibliographies! Mainly doctoral dissertations, with most being full text. Note that many universities have started archiving dissertations locally rather than through this database. Try a Google search on the topic or author to see if you can locate the dissertation.
- SocINDEX (Ebsco)Sociology and other social and behavioral sciences. References to or full text of journal and magazine articles, reviews, trade publications, dissertation, books, and conference papers.
- Web of Science (Clarivate)Multidisciplinary database. Includes a "cited reference" search. (A type of search that allows you to find articles that cite a previously published work.)
Where's the Full Text?
- Some databases have the full text of journals. If not, follow these instructions to figure out if the library has the journal elsewhere, or call the Research Help Desk at 405-325-4142 for assistance.
- What if the library does not have a journal issue that you need? We can still get it for you via our interlibrary loan service. It's free! And articles often come electronically within a few days. For more information see the interlibrary loan page.