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ENG725: Mining Critical Theory Journals

Going directly to excellent sources

Where to Find ELH in Berry Library Databases

  • JSTOR carries the full-text of ELH from Volume 1, No. 1, in 1934 to Volume 81, No. 4, in 2014.
  • It does not carry issues of ELH within the past 6 years.
  • However, you can find these in Project MUSE, below.
  • Using both databases will provide  you with complete access.
  • Project MUSE carries full-text issues of ELH from Volume 60, No. 4, in 1993 to there present.

Additional Databases that Link to ELH

  • The most complete coverage is provided by:
    • Arts & Humanities Database (EBSCO) 
      • Has 12/01/2002 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year)
    • Proquest Central Database (Proquest)
      • Has 12/01/2002 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year)
      • Links to Project MUSE for full-text in early years
    • Research Library (Proquest)
      • Has 12/01/2002 - present (Full Text Delay: 1 year)
      • Links to Project MUSE for full-text in early years

 

Example #1: Searching JSTOR for an ELH Article

  • At the Berry Library home page (www.salemstate.edu/library), click "Browse Alphabetical List of Databases" and press "Go."

 

  • Select "JSTOR" in the list of popular databases or under the letter "J" in the alphabetical listing:

  • Upon opening JSTOR, go to "Advanced Search."
  • Enter your search term in the "Keyword" search box.
  • Scroll down the page to find the box to enter the journal title ELH.

 

  • There are 12 hits for this search;

Example #2: Searching Project MUSE for an ELH Article

  • At the Berry Library home page (www.salemstate.edu/library), click "Browse Alphabetical List of Databases" and press "Go."

  • Find "Project MUSE" in the list of popular databases and click it:

  • Upon entering the Johns Hopkins web site, enter ELH in the search box;

  • Confirm that this is the journal you want:

  • Important: Enter your search terms in the box that says "Search Within journal."

 

  • Browse the list of citations to full-text articles that appears:

Example #3: Browsing the ELH Web Site to Find Citations

  • At the ELH web site, click on "Access Journal Online: in the lower right corner of the page.
  • This is also where you can link to sample articles.

  • The complete table of contents, for all issues, opens.
  • I clicked on Fall 2020.

  • Opening the Fall 2020 issue shows me an article about Quaker women.
  • This interests me, so I click on the abstract.

  • The abstract opens:

  • I would like to read the entire article.
  • Since this is a very recent issue - Fall 2020 - I will go to Project MUSE to find it:

 

  • I find the Project MUSE database in the Alphabetical List of Databases on the Berry Library web page and click it.
  • I am connected to the Johns Hopkins web site. 
  • I search for ELH to find the journal.
  • I select ELH.
  • From here the table of contents looks just as it did when I browsed the web site.
  • The only difference is that now, since I have linked via the Berry Library web page, I can read the full-text of the article.