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:
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).
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.
Database of biographies of men and women who have shaped British history.
Access limited to 3 simultaneous users.