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.
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Historians find some of their best books by browsing the shelves. Open the document below for a guide to browsing the Gorgas Library for history books:
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HathiTrust catalog records are included in Scout, but not in the Libraries’ Catalog.
Google Scholar is a freely available scholarly search engine that allows you to search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles – from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.