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Best Bet Databases for Secondary Source Articles
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America: History and Life This link opens in a new window U.S. and Canadian history, from prehistory to the present. Local, state, and international journals (mostly English-language). Links out to many full-text articles from other databases.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Full-text journals in many disciplines across the sciences and humanities. SHSU subscribes to "Project Muse Premium."
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Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window The culture, history, and life of indigenous peoples in North America, from the 16th century to present. Books, essays, journal articles, and government documents of the U.S. and Canada.
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Texas Reference Center This link opens in a new window Texas history, diversity, gender studies, literature, public health, business, etc. Books, journals, biographies of famous historical and contemporary Texans. Spanish-language newspaper El Sol de Texas, with Texas and national news coverage.
Additional Databases for Secondary Source Articles
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Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window Provides full text for thousands of academic, social sciences, humanities, general science, education, and multi-cultural journals, along with indexing and abstracts for thousands more.
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Arts and Humanities Citation Index (part of Web of Science) This link opens in a new window World's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as key science and social science journals.
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OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition This link opens in a new window Provides indexing, abstracts, and full text for journals in almost all subject areas.