When you are in the Source, click on “Databases A-Z” to access the library’s online indexes and databases. Databases that you might find most useful for journal literature that might be considered primary sources are:
JSTOR - includes full text of scholarly journal articles back into early the nineteenth century.
Readers Guide Retrospective. - indexing to popular magazines, most of which are available in the bound periodicals on second floor, back to early 20th century.
The Making of America - courtesy of Cornell University. A free, online, fulltext collection of nineteenth century American monographs, magazines and periodicals.