Research by Subject: GEOG/HIST/UNIV 243: Placing the Past: Secondary Sources

History & Geography Research Databases

America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Provides references to articles published since 1964 that deal with the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present.
Historical Abstracts This link opens in a new window
Contains citations, abstracts, and some full text of scholarship on the history of the world from 1450 to the present.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
An archive of core, scholarly journals from a variety of subject areas. Coverage begins with the very first issue through all but recent years.
Sociological Abstracts This link opens in a new window
One of the most comprehensive databases in the social sciences, Sociological Abstracts includes coverage of fields including anthropology, economics, education, medicine, community development, philosophy, demography, political science, and social psychology. Includes abstracts of journal articles, conference papers, dissertations, books, and book reviews.
ATLA Religion This link opens in a new window
The American Theological Library Association Religion Database (ATLA) provides citations and limited full text of scholarship on religion and theology.

Radiolab Presents: More Perfect - American Pendulum I
What happens when the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land, seems to get it wrong? Korematsu v. United States is a case that’s been widely denounced and discredited, but it still remains on the books. This is the case that upheld President Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of American citizens during World War II based solely on their Japanese heritage, for the sake of national security. In this episode, we follow Fred Korematsu’s path to the Supreme Court, and we ask the question: if you can’t get justice in the Supreme Court, can you find it someplace else?