Many of these sources are available online. If you need to order a book or article that is not freely available online, see this page on getting access.
BoxerSearch - General place to find Books, E-Books, Journal Articles and more. Easy to limit to online sources only, or easily request millions of books and articles from our network for delivery to your email/in-person.
JSTOR - Excellent source for both current and older historical journal articles on the British Empire. Tip: You can limit to History journals only using the Advanced Search. (Paid database available to Pacific students.)
Google Scholar - Indexes millions of scholarly sources -- however, many are not available to you immediately online. You can find access to most articles through Summit.
Academic Search Premier - General-purpose scholarly database, with lots of material that you can access immediately. (Paid database available to Pacific students.)
Dissertations & Theses (Proquest) - The top sources of dissertations by Ph.D. and Master's students. A great place to find cutting-edge scholarship. Papers are generally 50-200 pages long with extensive bibliographies. (Paid database available to Pacific students.)