Key Resources
Use these resources to get started with secondary source research in US history.
- 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.
Use this link if you want to include video clips from the Associated Press in your search results. - 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
- Gale in Context: U.S. History (Gale Cengage) This link opens in a new windowCourtesy of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners and the Massachusetts Library System
Scholarly and professional journal articles and news, some encyclopedias and 4,000 primary source documents, covering U.S., colonial, and pre-Colonial times to the present. - 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.
- Encyclopedia of American Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press) This link opens in a new windowCovers the history, philosophy, arts, and cultures of the United States in relation to the world, from pre-colonial days to the present.
