For Modern History, 1450-present, except for the U.S. and Canada. Scholarship represented dates from 1954-present, with abstracts included for many citations. 1990 to the present. Use for topics treating Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. This database, while it includes theology and history of religions, is useful for history courses when conducting research in social aspects of religion, state policy toward religions, or identity group relations involve religion in society.
Many citations have abstracts.
Coverage is from 1949 to the present. This is helpful for finding humanities and social science literature from long ago. Users will need to check for holdings of cited articles in Tripod. This is a good online source for citations to scholarly book reviews. Coverage is from 1770-1990, with a few titles covered through 1993.