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History 115 (Martin): Overview of Historical Abstracts

Where Are the Women? Women in African Nationalism

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Covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) focusing on the 15th century forward. Indexes more than 2,300 journals in over 40 languages back to 1955. For history information on the U.S. and Canada use America: History and Life.

Database Overview

Database provider: EBSCOhost
Database name: Historical Abstracts
Subject: World history, except U.S. & Canada
Source types
- scholarly articles, books, dissertations, conference proceedings, magazines, newspapers, etc.
Historical time period covered: 15th century forward
Sources date back to: 1955
Helpful limiters to use to narrow results:
- peer reviewed
- historical period
- source type
- publication
- subject
- language

How to Find Sources through Historical Abstracts