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North American History: Finding Secondary Sources

This list is a great starting point for finding secondary resources, but it is not comprehensive of all secondary resources available to you through McNairy Library!

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

Finding Scholarly Articles

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.
Humanities Source This link opens in a new window
Full text for thousands of journals, books and other published sources from around the world including feature articles, interviews, obituaries, bibliographies, book reviews, 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.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Full-text of 300+ peer-reviewed journals. Covers literature, history, the arts, culture, education, political science, gender studies, etc.

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