You can use these older Periodical Indexes to look for older magazine and journal articles about the Renaissance and Reformation and early modern period of Europe.
Humanities Index
Online Versions of Humanities Index
Social Sciences Index
Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature


You can use the following journal databases to find current and older articles about the Renaissance and Reformation and early modern period of Europe.
This database covers many subjects found at colleges and universities. Contains articles from thousands of journals, magazines, news sources, and videos from the Associated Press.
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
Fuente Academica Priemier is a collection of scholarly journals in Spanish and English from Latin America, Portugal, and Spain, covering all major subject areas.