Database of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. With selective indexing for 1,700 journals from 1955 to present, America: History & Life with Full Text also provides full-text coverage of more than 200 journals and nearly 100 books.
1. Sign into your Interlibrary Loan Account using your ePanther ID and password.
2. Once logged into your account, select a request form from the menu in the upper left. Choose "Article or Other Copy" to request articles and book chapters
3A. If you know the DOI number of an article: Paste the full DOI into the top box in the Interlibrary loan article request form, and then click “Resolve DOI." This will auto-fill the form with the details for the item you’re requesting.
3B. If you do not know the DOI number: Copy and paste or manually enter it from the item's citation into the appropriate ILLiad request form. Fill out all the required fields (marked with a red asterisks). To be sure your request is filled efficiently and accurately:
4. Click on "Submit Request" at the bottom of the form. You will get an email notifying you when your interlibrary loan request is ready for download. In general, interlibrary loan requests take between 2-3 days for articles.
Writing reviews of books for scholarly journals is a common for historians to get published. Unfortunately, databases and search tools don't accurately label or filter these results. You'll need to review a source's length and cited sources to be sure you're looking at a full length article.
This video demonstrate how to use foot notes and reference lists to find additional sources related to your topic.
Although Google scholar isn't a good search tool for finding scholarly history sources, it does allow you to find sources that cite the same books, articles, and primary sources as you. This video demonstrates how to Use the "Cited By" feature to find additional sources.
LibKey Nomad is a browser extension that makes off-campus searching easier. While searching, you can quickly see which articles are available to you through UWM Libraries. LibKey Nomad works on publisher websites, PubMed, and even Wikipedia to connect you to scholarly resources. If UWM does not have the full text, LibKey Nomad will link you to Search@UW where you can make an InterLibrary Loan request.
LibKey Nomad connects you to resources while preserving your privacy. No personal account is needed, and LibKey Nomad does not track users or store your ID after you close your browser. When you click on a LibKey Nomad link, it will take you to UWM's ePanther login and then straight on to the full-text article. After you login once, you won't have to login again until you close your browser.
Check out the LibKey Nomad Technical FAQ or contact UWM's LibKey administrator, Lynne Jones.