12 History Extension

Secondary Sources: Academic journals or magazines 

Articles from periodicals, magazines or journals is referred to as 'Journal literature'. Journal articles provide valid, reliable and up-to-date information on your topic.

Use History Reference Source to find academic journal articles. 

Search journals, books, images, and primary sources

Broaden your search to include news & current affairs.  

* Please note, due to licence agreements, you'll need to follow these intructions to access thse resources from home options: 

1. For JSTOR, you can click on the JSTOR icon from home - go to top right RED login button and use your Microsoft logins to gain access

2. To access History Reference Source or Explora databases, go to the CANVAS Library page 

catalogue   |   online eResources

Find books and other published material in the State Library of NSW catalogue. This catalogue also includes ebooks. You can use your State Library card to download e-books for up to 3 weeks. Books from our collection may also be available on interlibrary loan through your local public library. 

Year 12: History Extension 

This guide supports your assessment tasks' Outcome to: 

HE12-2 plans, conducts and presents a substantial historical investigation involving analysis, synthesis and evaluation of information from historical sources of differing perspectives and historical approaches.

As well as the Guidelines to:
Reference sources accurately and in accordance with College guidelines.

Please ask or email Mrs Keighery for individual assistance. 

catalogue   |   online databases

• Use the catalogue to find books

• Google Scholar is an immense database of scholarly literature
• Search Google Scholar after you have refined your search and are looking for specific information.
• If you have found a pivotal article, use Google Scholar to see how many times it has been cited or who's cited it recently.