History & Historiography: Secondary Sources
An introduction to researching history and historiography at PSU.
Library Databases
These databases are great starting points for finding peer-reviewed, scholarly articles.
- America: History and LifeIncludes citations of articles and books on the history and culture of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
- Historical AbstractsFind citations to academic articles on world history (except the U.S. and Canada), from the 15th century to the present.
- International Medieval BibliographyIndexes citations to journal articles and book chapters about the Middle Ages covering Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa from 300 to 1500.
- ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and RenaissanceThe online bibliography covers literature pertaining to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).
- JSTORContains full text articles from major research journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Coverage of most journals starts from the beginning of a journal's publication and typically excludes the most recent three to five years.
- ProjectMuseIndexes citations for books and articles as wells as full text articles and ebooks from scholarly presses.
Search for books at the PSU Library
Search the PSU Library catalog and look at the record for the book to see if it's available. Makes sure to write down the call number of the book. You can check out books from the Circulation Desk on the Library's first floor.
Online Sources
- AWOL - The Ancient World OnlineThe primary focus of the project is notice and comment on open access material relating to the ancient world. The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. That is, from the Pillars of Hercules to the Pacific, from the beginnings of human habitation to the late antique / early Islamic period.AWOL is a project of Charles E. Jones, Tombros Librarian for Classics and Humanities at the Pattee Library, Penn State University
- IsisCB Explore History of Science IndexAn open access discovery service for the history of science. Built on 40 years of data in the Isis Bibliography of the History of Science.