Research Guides: HIST 1321: Nativism and Racial Ideology: Secondary Sources

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History databases

America : History & Life (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
An index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from as far back as 1910- present.
Project MUSE This link opens in a new window
Fulltext scholarly journals covering various topics
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Fulltext of the entire back issues of scholarly journals
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multidisciplinary database
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of the world (excluding North America) from 1450 to the present.

Secondary sources can be books (monographs) or articles from journals.

To be considered academic, they will have had to go through peer-review.

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