HIS: History Research Guide: Historical Abstracts

This database covers  the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life).  It provides indexing of more than 2,300 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.

Advanced Search Guided Style Tutorial

Limiting Your Historical Abstracts or America: History and Life Search by Event Date  (University of New Brunswick video). 

Use database limit options to narrow searcgh results quickly to meet the requirements of your assignment. The Historical Period limit will retrieve results about a specific time period. The Language limit allows you to select or exclude articles by languages.