You can use LibrarySearch to Search for peer-reviewed articles and scholarly books.
Use the Advanced Search and try different search formulas paying attention to "where" you are searching for your key terms.
Sample article search below:
Once you generate a results list, on the you can select to limit to peer-reviewed articles on the left side under "Filter your results" (as shown below).
Below is a list of recommended subject-specific databases for searching by topic for secondary sources discussing the historical importance of an invention or a social change, significant event that may have spurred particular innovations.
The definitive index of literature covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada) from the 15th century to the present.
Below is a sample search in Historical Abstracts you can use the same techniques * for truncation and "OR to include synonymous or related terms of equal interest.
You can also search directly within these journals for articles on the invention/innovation you are writing about:
Technology and Culture, journal of the history of technology, draws on scholarship in diverse disciplines
History and Technology is a world-leading international forum for research on technology in history.