HIST 202: Making History: The 1960s: Part 2
Part Two: Finding Secondary Sources
Historians need to understand what other scholars have said about a topic before delving into the primary sources. It’s important to find books and articles that are peer-reviewed. Your task will be to find three secondary sources, one of which should be a journal article and one of which should be a book.
Print Books
eBooks
Scholarly Databases
United States History (via Academic Search Ultimate)
While this multidisciplinary resource includes 10,000 full-text peer-reviewed journals, this link will take you to the results for the subject heading "United States History."
Topics range from the arrival of Vikings in North America all to the way to the first stirrings of the American Revolution and on through the Civil Rights movement, 9/11, and the War on Terror. Includes reference works, news and periodical articles, and primary resources.
Full runs of more than 2,600 top scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
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