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Secondary Literature: Books
- Scotty - This database (http://scotty.ucr.edu/) covers books at the UCR Libraries.
- Always check the subject headings, e.g., Mexican War, 1846-1848.
- Always check the subject headings, e.g., Mexican War, 1846-1848.
Secondary Literature: Scholarly Articles
Scholarly articles, which are secondary sources, can help provide the context for your primary source. This list is a quick sample of the available databases.
- History Subject page (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/history.html)
- Historical Abstracts - world history (excl. U.S. & Canada) from 1450-modern times. Includes Mexico.
- America: History and Life - U.S. & Canadian history from pre-history to the present.
Primary Sources: Online Newspapers
As a rule of thumb, the coverage from online historical newspapers varies widely from complete to non-existent. If resources for your research question are not available, then we'll go with "Plan B," requesting a microfilm copy through Interlibrary Loan (with thanks to Brian Geiger, UCR, Center for Bibliographic Studies)
- Historical newspapers (http://library.ucr.edu/?view=find/newspapers.html#historical).
- See the "Historical" section at the bottom.
- Google news Archive (http://news.google.com/archivesearch)
Primary Sources: Newspapers "Plan B"
Check Scotty, and then Melvyl for your newspaper.
- Center for Research Libraries Microfilm (http://catalog.crl.edu/search~S3/)
Last modified: 6/27/2011 9:22 AM by M. Yonezawa