Use this guide to find key resources for American Studies research.
Start with University of Sussex's Library Search – It searches across all subjects and includes the university’s collections and subscriptions.
For deeper research, explore the subject-specific databases and tools listed here. The best resource to use depends on your topic, the type of sources you need, and your stage in the research process.
This page highlights the key academic research databases recommended for American Studies. See other pages for further resources including primary sources, periodicals, news and statistics.
An index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present, providing full text access to articles. 1,700 journals from 1964 to present with citations and links to book and media reviews.
Scopus is a multidisciplinary abstract and citation database, which provides access to academic journals, books, conference proceedings, and patents from 1788–present.
Advanced Features: citation analysis, author profiles, journal metrics; data export and analysis, search alerts.
A multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of academic journal articles, books and conference proceedings covering all subjects, dating back to 1900. Web of Science consists of multiple different databases including the Science Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Features: citation analysis, researcher profiles, journal metrics, search alerts.