THIST 410 Early American Politics and Law: The Civil War Era, 1819-1896: Secondary Sources
Useful links and starting points for locating primary and secondary resources.
What is a secondary source?
Secondary sources analyze a scholarly question and often use primary sources as evidence.
Secondary sources include books and articles about a topic. They may include lists of sources, i.e. bibliographies, that may lead you to other primary or secondary sources.
Databases (see Locate scholarly articles below) help you identify articles in scholarly journals or books on a particular topic.
UW Libraries Search
UW Libraries Search
Locate scholarly articles
- Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles and general interest sources in all fields. - America: History & Life with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly articles on American and Canadian history - JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals and books in all disciplines.
Locate books, maps, films, archive collections, etc.
To locate resources written about specific events, people, years, etc. try keyword and subject searching in the UW Libraries Search box above. Combine place names, personal names, and/or years to find resources relevant to your topic.
Sample Searches:
- lincoln and emancipation proclamation
- 1863 and civil war
- women and civil war
- Robert E. Lee
Examples of Results:
Women on the Civil War BattlefrontUW Tacoma Library Stacks
E628 .H35 2006
Robert E. Lee: Icon for a NationUW Tacoma Library Stacks
E467.1.L4 R45 2007
