Research Guides: Secondary Historical Sources: Best Options

Where to Find Secondary Sources

JSTOR
Journal articles and books, primarily in the humanities and social sciences.
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
Historical Abstracts covers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present, including world history, military history, women's history, history of education, and more. The database indexes more than 1,700 academic historical journals in over 40 languages back to 1955.
Project Muse
Journal articles and books about literature, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, and gender studies.
Oxford Journals (Oxford University Press)
Journals in a wide range of disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, life sciences, mathematics, and physical sciences.
HathiTrust Digital Library
Digitized books, journals, and other resources with a focus on scholarly and public domain works.
Cambridge Core (Cambridge University Press)
Journal articles and books in the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Google Scholar
Make sure your articles are from peer-reviewed journals. You can check to see if they are peer-reviewed (AKA refereed) by searching for the name of the journal in UlrichsWeb. Make sure your articles come from high quality "History" journals. Check them against the History Journal Lists. Make sure your books are scholarly (include footnotes). For additional advice, see Google Scholar - Advanced.
OneSearch
Locate secondary sources in books and history journals:
         1. search for your topic using Advanced Search
         2. limit your results to Publication Date 1985 - present
         3. limit your results to either Books or Book Chapters*
         4. or limit your results to Peer-reviewed Journals**

* Make sure your books are scholarly (include footnotes)

** Make sure your peer-reviewed journals are high quality "History" journals
check them against the History Journal Lists

For additional advice, see OneSearch - Advanced.