These databases have a high concentration of journals and articles about history. Much of their content is scholarly. They are excellent places to begin looking for secondary sources about a topic - articles and commentaries written by scholars and other writers in retrospect years, decades, or event centuries after the events they describe. To find primary sources, try the databases and resources listed on the Primary Sources page.
These databases are more general - that is, each covers multiple subjects - but do include some content relevant to the study of history. Most will help you discover scholarly journal articles on your topic, although Dissertations & Theses contains academic writing created by doctoral and master's candidates as a requirement of completing their degrees, and Academic Search Premier mixes academic content with articles from magazines and trade publications.
The University Libraries have current and back issues of several history journals in print. You can find them using OneSearch's advanced search feature.
To find back issues of these journals, type the word "history" in one of the search boxes and choose "subject terms" from the adjacent pull-down menu. Optionally, you can also type "united states" in a separate text box and choose "subject terms" from that pull-down menu as well. Below the text boxes, choose "journal/ejournal" from the "content type" filter. Run your search, and on the left side of the results page click "library location" and then "bound periodicals." Back issues of journals are shelved alphabetically (by journal title) on Bracken Library's second floor.
Recent printed issues of a few history journals are available in the Current Periodicals collection on Bracken's first floor. These can also be found via OneSearch's advanced search, by choosing "current periodicals" on the results page.