America: History and Life Full Text is a database of historical scholarly journals, magazines, books and more covering the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.

The screenshot examples below search for peer-reviewed articles about the "boston massacre".

• I used quotes to search for words together as a phrase (i.e. "boston massacre").
• I clicked the green search button to find articles.

This search found 66 articles.

• Check the box next to Peer Reviewed from the options in the menu on the left to show just scholarly journal articles in your results.
• Results are sorted by relevance with the most relevant articles appearing at the top of the list.
• If the full text is not available, click on the Check for Full Text button. This will allow you to search in other databases or request it through Interlibrary Loan.