Historical Abstracts searches many peer-reviewed History journals, but when you search it, you will not immediately retrieve full-text articles. This is an Indexing and Abstracting database, so you will get a citation and an abstract that describes the work.

The screenshots below show a search for articles on the Crusades and the Byzantine Empire.

• I used quotes to search for words together as a phrase (i.e. "byzantine Empire").
• I put my keywords in different search boxes to make a simpler search.
• I clicked the green search button to find articles.

This search found 31 results.

• 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.