Secondary sources are the bridge between background reading and historical evidence. These sources take a particular position, and contain an analysis of documents and material in order to support an argument. Secondary sources can be written by scholars via books and peer-reviewed journals, or published in newspapers and magazines written by experienced journalists.
Use the following organizers to track your work:
Scholarly Collections from Bunn Library:
For more, visit the library's Online Resources page. Use the filters to limit to secondary sources in history. For help understanding and skimming a scholarly source, use this checklist and take notes.
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Tips for searching for scholarly articles:
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The most comprehensive source for theory and research in international affairs. It publishes a wide range of scholarship from 1991 onward that includes working papers from university research institutes, occasional papers series from NGOs (non-governmental organizations), foundation-funded research projects, proceedings from conferences, books, journals and policy briefs.
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.
Google Scholar is a free search engine that allows users to search for academic content (such academic papers, dissertations, theses, and case law) across the web, including content owned by Bunn Library. Results with full-text access will have a link in the column to the left of the title.
Access Google Scholar using the link provided below to ensure that you will retrieve full-text results from Bunn Library databases, or add The Lawrenceville School to "My Library" section of your user profile. For help or questions regarding Google Scholar, please reach out to Ms. Sinai at asinai@lawrenceville.org.
HeinOnline contains the entire Congressional Record, Federal Register, and Code of Federal Regulations, complete coverage of the U.S. Reports back to 1754, and entire databases dedicated to treaties, constitutions, case law, foreign relations, and U.S. Presidents. Additional collections include material on Women and the Law, Slavery in America and the World, Religion and the Law, Civil Rights and Social Justice, and COVID 19: Pandemics Past and Present.
This full-text database contains a broad range of scholarly journals in the arts, sciences, humanities, and social sciences. The JSTOR mission is unique in that it creates a permanent, digitized archive of the selected titles.
A comprehensive selection of prestigious humanities and social sciences journals to support a core liberal arts curriculum at any academic institution. Every journal is heavily indexed and peer-reviewed, with critically acclaimed articles by the most respected scholars in their fields.
A very large collection of periodicals covering a broad range of subject areas. ProQuest includes four basic databases: Platinum Periodicals, ProQuest Newspapers, Reference, and The Historical New York Times. The New York Times collection is complete back to 1851.
Resources (Collections and Individual Articles) from the Web:
This is not an exhaustive list! If you decide to venture out to search on the web, make sure you apply a critical eye to the sources that you encounter. Can you trace the author and their credentials? What is the publishing organization?
Search the Bunn Library catalog to view physical items available at the library (such as books, DVDs, games, and equipment), as well as ebooks and audiobooks.
Includes access to over 50,000 academic ebook titles on across a range of disciplines.
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Search the Bunn Library Catalog to explore the library's print and ebook collection. Look for works that are written by historians and experts in your topic. To save time, check out the INDEX of the book to find your keywords (important people, themes, etc.) and read those sections. To find books in the stacks (main shelves in the library), look at the call number:
Found a useful book?
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Suggested book titles to start your research:
Postcolonialism: a Very Short Introduction by 
Postcolonialism by 
The Cold War in the Third World by 
Decolonization and the Cold War by 
The History of Croatia and Slovenia by 
The History of Cuba, 2nd Edition by 
The History of Egypt, 2nd Edition by 
The History of el Salvador by 
The History of Saudi Arabia, 2nd Edition by 
The History of South Africa, 2nd Edition by 
The History of the Baltic States, 2nd Edition by 
The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia by 
The History of the Philippines, 2nd Edition by 
