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The MLA International Bibliography with Full Text covers scholarship in a broad range of Humanities disciplines related to global literatures and languages. Coverage includes materials published in more than 100 countries and in more than 50 languages, in the areas of literature and languages from around the world, covering: literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts (film, television, video, theater, radio, opera), folklore, linguistics, rhetoric and composition, college-level teaching of literature, language and writing history of printing and publishing. Content includes: bibliographic citations documenting the scholarly record from the early 20th century forward; access to the MLA Thesaurus and the Directory of Periodicals; and 1,000 full text journals.

Academic Search is a large multidisciplinary database where you may find a great variety of magazine and scholarly articles presenting historical, psychological, literary and ethical perspectives.

A complete bibliographic reference to the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Published since 1964, the database comprises over 490,000 bibliographic entries for periodicals dating back to 1954, providing a research tool for students and researchers of US and Canadian history.

SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, social work and criminology & criminal justice. Use this database to find academic resources and author profiles in: demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence and other topics in the social sciences. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for hundreds of journals dating back to 1908. This database also includes full text for books, monographs, and conference papers.

In JSTOR there are scholarly articles written during the war and after it. A search on "japanese americans" and "relocation or internment or evacuation," limited to dates from 1940 to 1950, returns relevant articles from sociology, social services, demography, political science, and education journals.

Search for "Japanese Americans" and "relocation or evacuation or internment" from 1941 on, in The New York Times 1851-2012 for newspaper stories.

Search for "Japanese Americans" and "relocation or evacuation or internment" from 1941 on, in the Reader's Guide Retrospective (1890-1982) for magazine articles written then.