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Michael Hughes
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Secondary Sources
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America: History and Life with Full TextIndexes the scholarly literature of the history and culture of Canada and the United States from prehistoric times to the present.
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Historical Abstracts with Full TextCovers the history of the world (excluding the United States and Canada) from 1450 to the present. Coverage is very broad and takes in many areas including: religion, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, political science, the arts, law, education and geneology.
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Humanities SourceThe authoritative resource in all aspects of the humanities, with worldwide content pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought, providing access to more than 1,450 full-text journals dating back to 1907.
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JSTORLimit by African-American Studies and History to avoid being overwhelmed by irrelevant results. You may also want to filter out book reviews since you can't use them for your bibliography.
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Project MuseMuse is not as strong in communication research as JSTOR or Communication Source, but it does contain journals on film and performing arts, social sciences, and women's and gender studies.