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HY 497: The History of London

What are Secondary Sources?

Secondary Sources are secondhand sources.  They were created by historians who drew their information from primary sources.  The most typical types of secondary sources are books and academic journal articles. 

Resources for finding and accessing secondary sources are below: 

Finding Books at UA Libraries

Finding Books at Other Libraries

Browsing in Gorgas Library

A Guide to Browsing in Gorgas...

Historians find some of the best sources by browsing the library - i.e., they spend time walking around the shelves and scanning over books. Here is a browsing guide for Gorgas Library: 

D=World History (Lower Level, basement)

DA=Great Britain

Other important areas for history students are HN (Social History, Floor 2M), HQ (Women's History, Floor 2M), Art (N, Floor 3), Military and Naval (U and V, Floor 4M).

Find Books Online

Finding Journal Articles

Oxford Reference Online

Dictionaries

Finding Dissertations & Theses