Key Resources
Use these resources to get started with secondary source research across historical times, places, and topics.
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Academic Search Ultimate (EBSCOhost) This link opens in a new windowScholarly, peer-reviewed articles and professional association publications, Abstracts and links to full text, about half are peer reviewed, covering all academic subjects including STEM fields.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowOne of the most trusted sources for scholarly books and historical journal backfiles. Beginning in 2023, JSTOR also includes Artstor images of art and primary source artifacts.
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Britannica Academic (Encyclopedia Britannica) This link opens in a new window
Scholarly encyclopedia on a range of topics. Signed articles, references.
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Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new windowSelected e-books in the Cambridge Histories series. Stable links to PDFs of books and book chapters can be put in Canvas, email, or other sharing with the Northeastern community. Printing: one chapter at a time
Finding Books
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Search Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. To search the NU library catalogs for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch.
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WorldCat (OCLC)Search books and more in libraries in North America and beyond, Links to ILL ordering.
LC call numbers and topics: located on lower level of Snell Library
D 1- 1075 General/Methods
DD 253-256. Germany/Holocaust
DF 10-289. Ancient Greece
DK Soviet Union & Russia
DS 1-DS 495. Middle East
DS 331-500. South Asia
DS 501- 937. East Asia
DS 520-560. Southeast Asia
DT Africa
E United States
E 100-300. Colonial America
E 456-655. US Civil War
F 1 - 1000 (New England F 1- 15) US Local/Regional
F 1001 - 1140. Canada
F 1201 - 3799. Latin America
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Search Scholar OneSearchScholar OneSearch provides simple, one-stop searching for books, articles, digital media, government publications, and more. To search the NU library catalogs for books, e-books, and other local resources, select the Library Catalogs option in Scholar OneSearch.
DD Call Numbers and Topics: located on the second floor of F. W. Olin Library
900 History
910 Geography & travel
920 Biography & genealogy
930 History of ancient world
940 History of Europe
950 History of Asia
960 History of Africa
970 History of North America
980 History of South America
990 History of other areas