LibGuides: History: Finding Secondary Sources

Finding Scholarly Articles

You can find secondary sources (interpretations of historical evidence) using these databases. Each database will contain different secondary sources, so be sure to search multiple databases to find what you need!

Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new window
Full-text access to thousands of popular and scholarly sources. A "goto" database for any subject.
America History & Life This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) focusing on the 15th century forward, including world history, military history, women's history, and history of education. Provides indexing of 3,100+ academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
Full text for thousands of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. Covers the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities, including feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, original works of fiction, drama and poetry, book reviews, and reviews of ballets, dance programs, motion pictures, musicals, operas, plays, radio and television programs, and more.
Humanities & Social Sciences Retrospective ( 1907 - 1984 ) This link opens in a new window
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective offers a wide range of important journals in the humanities and social sciences, dating as far back as 1907. This resource includes comprehensive indexing of nearly 1,200 periodical as well as citations to more than 1,300,000 articles, including over 240,000 book reviews, many of which are peer-reviewed.
JSTOR Journal Archive This link opens in a new window
A full-text archive of over 1,000 of the best scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities, mathematics, life sciences, etc. Full-text is available from the first issue, but does not include the most recent 2-5 years.

To find more specific secondary resources, check out our other research guides in history!

For a list of all History databases available to you through the library, see our A-Z Databases list of History resources!

Finding Books (Primary and Secondary)

You can find both physical and digital books using these resources. If you are looking for a book that we don't have, use Request-It to get it sent to you, fast and free!

Request It (E-ZBorrow) This link opens in a new window
Using EZB is the fastest way to get a book that Millersville does not have. Items usually arrive within four business days at the library circulation desk in McNairy Library.
EBSCOHost ebooks This link opens in a new window
700,000+ ebooks on all topics.
Millersville University Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
Use the library catalog to find physical books, some eBooks, children's literature, physical journals, and DVDs.
WorldCat This link opens in a new window
WorldCat allows you to search thousands of library collections. When viewing results, you can enter your location and directly link to the item in local library catalogs. Look for the titles you find in E-ZBorrow to request be delivered to you.