Secondary Historical Sources

JSTOR allows search operators "AND" and "OR"

"OR" will return articles containing either search term ... e.g. either Kassite or Cassite

"AND" will only return articles containing both search terms. The search Kassite AND Babylonia will only return articles containing both of these words.

The asterisk (allows the search to find articles containing various forms of a word (multiple endings) ... e.g. Babylon* searches for Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian, Babylonians etc.

To locate secondary source articles from history journals: 
 

1. Limit Item Type to "Articles"
   
    
2. Set Publication Date from 1985 to present
   
    
3. Under Journal Filter check the box for History
   
   
   If your topic dates back to antiquity and the classical world (e.g., Greece, Rome) you may instead wish to check the Classical Studies option under Journal Filter.
        

To locate high quality secondary source books:

1. Set Item Type to Reviews
    
2. Set the Publication Date to 1985 to present
    
3. Check OneSearch to see if Rod Library owns the book being reviewed
    
4. Many of the books found using this technique will need to be requested via interlibrary loan

Problems with JSTOR:

1. JSTOR does not search all history journals
   (other options - OneSearch and Google Scholar)
    
2. JSTOR does not search recent issues of journals
   (other options - OneSearch and Google Scholar)
    
3. The JSTOR "Reviews" Item Type search identifies only a small fraction of history books.
   (other options - OneSearch and WorldCat)
     
4. The JSTOR search engine is rather limited.
   It does NOT search by "subject"
   (OneSearch does allow for subject searching).