HIST 1301 & 1302 - United States History I & II - VanSandt: Independent Research Project: Finding Secondary Sources

At least one of the sources that you have been asked to find to support your research project should be a secondary source (written after the event). 

Remember, don't rely on just one resource! 

Listed below are a few resources that you may use to find secondary sources related to your topic

Secondary Sources in ACC Library Databases:  

• Academic Search Complete 
• American History
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
• Gale eBooks 
  • see Searching Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) for Primary Source Documents 
• Gale in Context: World History 
• Handbook of Texas Online
• JSTOR
• LGBTQ+ Source
• Newspaper Source Plus 
• Oxford Reference
• Proquest Newspapers: The New York Times (1980-present) 
• Regional Business News
• Salem Press 
• Texas Reference Center
• The New York Times (website) 
  • ​You must first register using your ACC email at Access NYTimes. More information can be found at The New York Times: Academic Pass guide. 
• US South Central Newstream
• Wall Street Journal Online

Secondary Sources on the Web: 

• A Nation Divided: The U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865
• CivilWar@Smithsonian
• Colonial Williamsburg
• George Washington's Mount Vernon Library 
• Google Scholar
• Grimke Sisters: Women's Rights: National Historical Park New York  
• Hathi Trust Digital Library 
• History Engine
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Ohio History Central: Know-Nothing Party 
• Omohundro Institute
• Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
• TeachingHistory.org
• Texas in the Civil War
• The History Place Presents Abraham Lincoln
• U.S. Army Center of Military History
• Whitman Mission: National Historic Site Washington