A student's guide to history:
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
v
A Note to Students
xvii
1
The Subject of History
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What Historv Can Tell You
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How Historians Work
3
Approaches to Histon
4
Philosophies of Histon
5
Historiography
7
Fields of Historical Research if
How You Can Use Histon
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1
2
Succeeding in Your History Qass
12
Keeping Up with Reading .Assignments
12
Navigating a Textbook
12
Reading a Tex (book
13
Taking Notes in Class
15
From Class lectures
15
I
,>utlflin?s for Inking IjTlurr Snlfs
16
From Slides and Films
24
Taking Notes in a Wired Classroom
20
Classroom Participation
21
Classroom Discussions
21
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21
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22
Communicating Online
25
ix
CONTENTS
3
Working with Historical Evidence
25
Primary Sources
25
Secondary Sources
28
When a Secondary Source Becomes a Primary Source
28
Accessing Sources in Print, in Person, and Online
29
Reading Written Sources
30
Primary Texts
31
Guidelines for Working with Written Sources
31
Scholarly Articles
32
Guidelines for Identifying Scholarly Articles
34
Monographs
35
Anthologies j5
Historical Novels
35
Reading Nonwritten Sources
36
Maps
36
Guidelines for Interpreting Nonwritten Sources
36
Statistical Data
39
Illustrations, Photographs, and Other Visual
Material
41
Sound and Video Recordings
45
Artifacts
48
4
Building a History Essay
51
Why Clear Writing Is Important
51
Preparing to Write
51
Examining Sources
52
Drafting a Thesis Statement
53
Creating a Writing Outline
54
Drafting Your Essay
55
A Clear Introduction
55
A Cohesive Body
56
Sentences: The Building Blocks of Writing
56
Cohesive, Connected Paragraphs
58
A Meaningful Conclusion
59
Revising Your Essay
60
Guidelines for lievising Your
Essas
61
Proofreading Your Essay
60
The Danger of Plagiarism
61
CON
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Xl
5
Preparing Specific Writing Assignments
63
Writing about
Priman1
Sources
63
Single-Source Analysis
64
Comparative Analysis
6 7
Writing about Secondary Sources
70
Book Renews
71
Guidelines for Writing a Book Review
75
Article Critiques
76
Comparative
Reviewsand
Critiques
76
Writing Short Essays
77
Giving Presentaiions
78
Oral Presentations 7H
Guidelines /or diving an
(hal
Presentation 7H
PowerPoint Presentations
79
Taking Exams
79
Objective and Short-Answer Exams
80
Example of a Short-Answer Question
80
Example of an Identification Question HI
Example of a Multiple-Choice Question HI
In-Class Essay Exams
82
Composing Sample Questions
82
Guidelines for Writing In-Class Essay Exams
82
Taking the Test
83
Take-Home Essay Exams
83
The Dangers of Plagiarism
87
6
Researching a History Topic
88
Beginning the Research Process
88
Guidelines for the liesetirrh Profess
89
Choosing a Topic
89
Narrowing Your Topic 9()
Formulating a Research Question 9<)
Debatable Questions
91
Narrow Questions
91
Significant Questions
91
Researchable Questions
92
Planning a Research Strategy
92
Budgeting Your Time and Staving Focused
92
Xli CONTENTS
Keeping an Open Mind
93
Maintaining a Working Bibliography
94
Conducting Research
94
Using the Library s Online Catalog
95
Searching by Subject or by Keyword
95
Searching by Author and by Title
98
Locating Materials by Using Call Numbers
98
Using Print and Electronic Reference Works
99
The Problem of Wikipedia
99
Atlases, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias
100
Subject Bibliographies
100
Using Print and Electronic Periodical Databases
101
Locating Articles in Scholarly Journals
101
Guidelines
f
or Using Periodical Databases
104
Locating Articles in Magazines and Newspapers
105
Searching for Primary Sources
і
05
Primary Sources on the Web
105
Primary Sources in Published Collections
106
Primary Sources in Museum Archives
106
Interviews as Primary Sources
107
Using Internet Search Tools
107
Searching Efficiently
107
Previewing Search Results
108
Evaluating Sources
109
Evaluating Secondary Sources
109
Reviewing Secondary Sources for Basic
Information
109
Reading Secondary Sources for Signs of Bias
110
Guidelines
f
or Evaluating Secondary Sources 111
Evaluating Primary Sources 111
Written Primary Sources 111
Guidelines for Evaluating Written Primary Sources
112
Nonwritten Primary Sources
113
Guidelines for Evaluating Nonwritten Primary Sources
113
Special Problems of Evaluating Web-Based Sources
114
Evaluating Web Sites
114
Guidelines for Evaluating Web Sites
114
Evaluating Material Found on Web Sites 1
15
Guidelines for Evaluating Material Found on Web Sites
116
CONTKNTS XIU
Interpreting Sources and Taking Notes
1 /6
Reading Your Sources
117
Summarizing and Paraphrasing without Plagiarizing
118
Summarizing Your Sources
118
Paraphrasing Your Sources
118
Quoting without Plagiarizing
120
Organizing Your Notes
121
Taking Notes on Note Cards
121
Taking Notes on a Computer
121
Photocopying, Downloading, or Printing Sources
123
Avoiding Plagiarism
126
Plagiarism and Working Online
126
Plagiarism and Group Work
127
Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism
127
7
Writing a Research Paper
128
Asserting Your Thesis
128
Why Your Paper Needs a Thesis
129
What Makes a Thesis Effective
129
Guidelines for Developing an Effective Thesis
130
Organizing Your Evidence with a Writing Outline
131
Writing the Text
135
The Rough Draft
135
Clear Writing: A Matter of Continuity
136
Quotations: When and How to Use Them
137
When to Quote Sources Directh
137
How to Format Quotations
1ÌH
Incorporating Visual Materials into Your Paper
/ 39
Guidelines far Incorporating Visuals
140
When to Use Footnotes and
Endnotes 140
Revising and Rewriting
142
Guidelines for Revising and Reit rtting
143
Example of a Research Paper
143
How the Thesis Was Developed
144
The Writing Outline for the Paper
145
Formatting a Research Paper
146
Sample Student Research Paper
146
XIV CONTENTS
8
Documenting Your Paper: How to Cite Sources
in Chicago Style
173
Formatting Footnotes and
Endnotes 173
Organizing a Bibliography
174
Directory of Documentation Models for Notes and
Bibliography Entries
175
Documentation Models
776
Overview of Notes
176
Overview of Bibliography Entries
176
Author Variations
177
Books
119
Guidelines for
Ciliiig
Books
180
Guidelines for Citing Letters in Published Collections
184
Periodicals
186
Guidelines
f
or Citing Articles in Print Journals
188
Guidelines
J
or Citing Articles in Electronic
Databases
189
Public Documents
191
Multimedia Sources
192
Guidelines for Citing Information from Web Sites
194
Other Published Sources
197
Unpublished Sources
198
Appendix A Resources for History Research
201
Historical Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Atlases
202
Historical Dictionaries
—
World
203
Historical Dictionaries
—
United States
203
Historical Encyclopedias
—
World
204
Historical Encyclopedias
—
Europe
205
Historical Encyclopedias
—
United States
206
Historical Atlases
—
World
206
Historical Atlases
—
United States
207
Biography Collections
207
International Biography Collections
207
United Suites Biography Collections
208
Newspaper Indexes and Databases
209
Newspaper Indexes and Databases
—
General
209
Newspaper Indexes and Databases
—
United States
210
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XV
Periodical Indexes and Databases
2
ID
Magazine Indexes and Databases
211
Journal Indexes and Databases
211
Public Documents
212
Public Documents
—
Britain and Canada
212
Public Documents
—
International
213
Public Documents
—
United States
213
Historical Statistics
215
Historical Statistics
—
(«encrai
215
Historical Statistics
—
National and Regional
215
I
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Statistics— United Stales 2ld
General Resources in World I
liston 21S
Reference Winks and
Bililiogiapliies
21
S
WebSites 214
Speciali/ed
Resources in World Historv
22/
Ancient Historv
221
Europe
—
General
223
Europe
—
Medieval
224
Europe
—
Earh Modern
226
Europe
—
Modern
226
Britain
—
General 22S
Britain before 18(
10 229
Britain since 1S0O
231
Ireland and Scotland
232
Lastern
Europe
23)
Russia and the Soviet I nioii
233
Afrit
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Middle East and Ninth Africa 23*>
Asia
—
General
236
South Asia
—
India. Pakistan, and Sri I-mka
237
( bina
237
|apan and Korea
23^
Australia and
Neu
Zealand
23
Imitiu
America and the
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Caribbean 23l>
Canada
241
(»enera!
Resources in United
Stativ
Нічоїл
242
Reference Win kv and
Biblio;·!
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242
WebSites 24 3
XVI CONTENTS
Specialized Resources in United States History
245
Regional, State, and Local
245
Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National,
1607-1800 246
Native American
248
Slavery and the Civil War
248
African American
250
Women s
252
Immigrant and Ethnic
252
Social and Cultural
254
Political
256
Foreign Relations, International, and War
259
Science,
Technolog) ,
Environment, and Medicine
260
Labor, Business, Economic, and Urban
261
Religious
262
Appendix
В
Historical Sources in Your Own
Backyard
263
How to Research Your Family History
264
Sources for County and Local History
265
Sources for Family History and Genealogical
Research
266
Glossary
268
Index
274
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