England: 18th and 19th Centuries: Journal Articles

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 W#

(be sure to include the letter W)

and

8 digit library PIN

(first two letters of first name, first two letters of last name, and last four numbers of your W).

Search terms are important for good results. The computer is looking only for the words in the search box. Generally in the Basic Search mode, the computer is only looking for the search terms in: Title, Abstract and Subject Headings.

Subject Headings are listed after the magazine/journal title information. When a good article is found, look at the Subject Headings. Repeat those terms in your search to find more articles on the same subject.

1) Determine the key words:

2) Use quotation marks around any phrases

3) Look at Subject Headings listed under the Title information

4) Having trouble getting results? Broaden or change your search strategy.

**As always, if you need research assistance, please contact a librarian.  A librarian can suggest further search terms, strategies, or databases to try.**

To locate magazines and scholarly/academic journal articles, the following LPC library databases are recommended.

Locating Scholarly/Peer-reviewed Journal Articles 

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Or look for the icon in front of the article. Each databases has a specific icon that represents peer-reviewed journals.  This icon is found before each entry.

Also, be sure to check/select the box labeled "Full Text".
This will ensure that you receive full/complete articles in your search results.     

Learn More: What is a scholarly/peer-reviewed journal?

• women AND eighteenth century AND England
• women AND nineteenth century AND Great Britain
• health AND 18th century AND Great Britain
• medicine AND England AND 19th century
• disease AND England AND 19th century
• England AND social conditions AND 19th century
• England AND social conditions AND nineteenth century (fewer)
• marriage AND 18th century AND Britain
• family AND 18th century AND England
• social classes AND England AND 18th/19th century
• "industrial revolution" AND "Great Britain"
• leisure AND England AND 18th century
• transportation AND Great Britain AND history

More topic suggestions and good searches in Academic Search Complete:

• Architecture AND Britain AND 18th century
• Art AND Britain AND 18th century
• Birth control AND Britain AND 18th century
• Class AND 18th century AND Britain
• Costume AND England AND History AND 18th century
• Dickens 1812-1870
• Drama AND Britain AND 18th century
• Drugs (such as laudanum)
• England AND social conditions AND 18th century
• Family AND eighteenth century AND England
• Great Britain AND industries AND history
• Great Britain AND "social life and customs" AND 18th century
• Health and 18th century AND England OR Britain
• Industrial Revolution AND Britain
• Landscape gardening AND Britain AND 18th century
• Landscaping AND Britain AND 18th century
• Literature AND Britain AND 18th century
• Manners AND Britain AND 18th century
• Marriage OR divorce AND Britain AND 18th century
• Medicine AND Great Britain AND history AND 18th century
• Philosophy AND Britain AND 18th century
• Religion AND Britain AND 18th century
• Restoration AND 18th century AND 1560-1798
• Science AND mathematics AND history AND 18th century
• Single women AND Europe AND social conditions