Places to Start. Secondary Sources (Articles, Books, and Dissertations)
Places to Start
- America: History and Life
- Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Historical Abstracts
- Knowledge Unlatched
- Open Library of the Humanities
- Oxford Handbooks Online: History
- Oxford Reference Online: History
Secondary Sources (Articles, Books, and Dissertations)
- Africa Bibliography
- America: History and Life
- Bibliography of Asian Studies
- Book Review Index Plus
- Proquest Dissertations and Theses (Full Text)
- Historical Abstracts
- History of Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Humanities Abstracts
- Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective
- Index Islamicus
- JSTOR
- Project Muse
- Web of Science [ISI Web of Knowledge]
- WorldCat
History Databases from Outside MIT in the Boston-Cambridge Area
- History Databases from the Boston Public Library (BPL)
Anyone who lives, works, or studies in Massachusetts is eligible for a BPL card or e-card to access electronic resources, including the Archive of Americana collection of early American primary sources.
- History Databases at Harvard Libraries
MIT faculty, students, and researchers with a Special Borrower Card can visit the Harvard Libraries and use electronic resources on-site. Harvard has over 200 online resources in history, including dozens of primary source databases.
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