Secondary Sources
Locating Secondary Sources
Try Start Your Research first! As you know from the video in Module I, you can limit your results to suit your needs.
Remember: You cannot use book reviews for your assignment.
Click on the image below to get started.
​Want a good starting place for scholarly articles and book chapters?
Try JSTOR database. Large collection of scholarly books and journal articles. Most recent issues of journals won't be found here but, plenty of resources to get started.
The Alkek Library has other databases with secondary sources for U.S. History. Here are just a few-
- America: History and Life with Full Text This link opens in a new windowUnited States and Canadian history from prehistoric times to the present. The database indexes all key journals in the discipline, state and local history publications. Indexing from 1895, full text from 1935.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
A digital collective of books and journals from numerous academic and research libraries around the world.
- Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Journals and ebooks from major university presses on literature and criticism, history, performing arts, cultural studies, education, philosophy, political science, gender studies, and more.
