Subject Research, Course Guides, Documentation: National Socialism, the Holocaust, and World War II: Primary and Secondary Sources

Databases for Secondary (or Primary) Sources

Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
The principal database for the historical field. Lists articles in most history journals, as well as books. Provides full texts for many articles and links to full text elsewhere.

JSTOR
All in full text, JSTOR delivers the content of the principal history journals (and other disciplines) from their earliest issues to c. three years ago. Choose "Advanced Search" mode and start narrowly by choosing category/ies of periodicals and select article searching only.
Periodicals Archive Online
Indexes hundreds of journals in the arts, social sciences, and humanities from their earliest issues through 1995. Choose "Article Search" for best functionality. Offers substantial full-text and links to it elsewhere.
Google Scholar
Huge database of academic materials (journal articles, books, conference papers, and more) with much full-text and links to Union's databases. Cites the articles citing the articles!
EBSCOhost (or ProQuest)
Recent (i.e., past two decades) coverage of academic journals including history. Offers substantial full-text and links to it elsewhere.
ProQuest History Vault: World War II Digital Archive
Contains a number of collections of primary source documents, and specifically on called "World War II: U.S. Documents on Planning, Operations, Intelligence, Axis War Crimes, and Refugees."

HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window
Offers a collection of titles digitized from libraries around the world covering numerous topics in multiple different languages. Material includes books, magazines, newspapers, sheet music, journals, and government documents. Login by searching for Union College to use the enhanced features.