History of Science Searching & Research Guide

• See tabs at left for help searching for available journals using Discover Local and more.
• You can also search for journals using this Journal Search Page
• For additional tips see Finding Journals (by History Librarian Laurie Scrivener)

NOTE: If you want articles over a wide range of periodicals, you should try topic searching in DATABASES (See "Find Articles" tab at left).

USING JOURNALS FOR RESEARCH

• Journals can be used in research as primary sources (when looking for original historical materials) or as secondary sources (when looking for recent scholarship)
• Browsing journals by issues and/or tables of content is a good way to get familiar with their scope.

AVAILABLE FORMATS/AUDIENCE

• Journals may be available to you in print, in microform, or in digitized versions 
• Journals may be scholarly or may be directed to a more general audience

You can search for journals using the Journal Search Page on the OU Libraries web site.

EXAMPLE SEARCH (natural history)