Imperialism
Types of Sources:
Scholarly articles: Articles written by scholars (experts on the field) using original research and and/or analysis.
Reference articles: Contains background and historical information. Includes some analysis. Should be from a neutral perspective.
News or magazine articles: Typically written by journalists who have some knowledge of the topic and adhere to journalist standards. Can be informational or opinion.
Primary Sources: First-hand accounts.
Search Strategies Suggestions:
Begin with a basic search on imperialism, colonialism, history of a country gain contextual knowledge, brainstorm more keywords.
Use the browse or topic features of a database.
Use simple keywords.
Databases
Facts on File Modern World History - Reference sources, primary sources
Gale World History in Context - Reference, scholarly, primary sources
ABC CLIO Daily Life Through History (search or explore by era) Reference sources
Encyclopedia Britannica - General Encyclopedia , reference sources
World Book Encyclopedia- General Encyclopedia , reference sources
Facts on File World Geography and Culture- Reference sources focused on countries
Salem Press - Search across all datababases / ebooks - reference articles
Proquest Cross product search - Scholarly, News, Magazine, Reference
JSTOR - Scholarly articles
Ebsco Academic Search Premier- Scholarly, News, Magazine, Reference
Ebooks:
Print Books
Use the library catalog. Look up simple key words like "imperialism" or "colonial"
Encyclopedia of Western Colonialism
Citations
Collect / keep track of your sources as you research.
Use Noodletools to track and create citations. Log in and create a project. Add sources or import citations directly from some database articles.