Articles A rticles usually provide the most current and detailed information on your topic. Articles appear in periodicals, magazines, journals, and newspapers. Magazine articles are useful for brief, general, introductory information. Journal articles from scholarly or professional journals provide more scholarly or technical information. These articles are usually written by scholars in a particular field.
Newspaper articles are good sources for current, general information.
T o find references to current periodical articles, first consult one or more of the electronic periodical indexes listed below. The index may NOT indicate whether CSUF Library owns the article or articles listed. Some full-text journals may be available electronically. Electronic Periodical Indexes and Some Full Text Resources Subject Scope History America History and Life Covers the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Contains citations from historical journals from major countries, state and local history journals.