When you find a citation in a database that doesn't have the full text of the article included, look for these links:
full-text options or
Following these links will search our system to see if we have it available somewhere else. Be patient, sometimes you have to click through several links to get to the article!
As most of your have figured out by now, the library subscribes to a large number of databases, over 150 to be exact. The English page on the library databases page is a good place to start familiarizing yourself to the sources that will be more helpful to you as a history major. Much of your work will also be interdisciplinary, so try browsing for databases in other relevant subject areas in the Databases by Academic Department section.