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America : History & Life (EBSCO)
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America: History & Life is the best database for getting journal articles on U.S. and Canadian history and culture.
Historical Abstracts
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Historical Abstracts is the first place to go for articles on the history of all areas of the world (except the U.S. and Canada.)
JSTOR
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You will want to search JSTOR, as it provides access to many humanities journals. (All but the last five years are available for most titles.)
Project MUSE
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Fulltext scholarly journals covering various topics
Academic Search Complete
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A scholarly, multidisciplinary database that offers coverage of many areas of academic study
History Secondary Sources
Primary Sources
Primary Sources: before 1600
Primary Sources: 1600s
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Primary Sources: 1800s
Primary Sources: 1900 -
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Resources for Graduate Students in History
Learn which resources are best for dissertations, citation management, information about archives and historiography.
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Background Information
Gale Virtual Reference Library
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Gale Virtual Reference Library is an database of (online) encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
Reference Universe
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Search to find multiple (online and print) background and secondary resources
Oxford Bibliographies
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Research guides are useful to give you an overview and starting point when looking at a topic you are not familiar with.
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