The information-literate historian: a guide to research for history students
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| adam_text | Contents
Preface
xv
New
to This Edition
xvii
Introduction: What It Means to Be a Historian
1
1.
Historians and the Research Process: Getting Started
4
How Scholarly Information Is Communicated
4
What Historians Do and How They Do It
5
Practicing History in the Electronic Age: Tips for the
Information-Literate Historian
10
Beginning Your Research
12
Where Do Viable and Interesting Topics Come From
? 12
Developing a Question and Formulating an Argument
13
The Blueprint: Concept Maps, Storyboarding, and Outlines
14
Taking Notes
16
Creating Bibliographies and Documenting Sources
18
The Changing Nature of Historical Research and
What Remains the Same
21
For Further Reading
21
2.
Reference Resources
26
What Are Reference Resources and When Are They Useful?
26
How to Find Reference Resources
28
Types of Reference Resources
28
Encyclopedias
29
Bibliographies
36
vii
viii CONTENTS
Multivolume General
Histories
37
Biographical
Resources
39
Chronologies
42
Dictionaries, Etymologies, and Word Origins
43
Book Reviews
45
Directories
47
Using the Internet as a Reference Resource
47
Case Study: Using Reference Resources to Understand Herodotus
48
3.
Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs
52
What Is a Book? The Changing Nature of Monographs
52
When Are Books the Right Choice for Information?
53
How to Use a Book Artfully
55
Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs
57
Navigating a Library Portal/Finding the Catalog
58
Strategic Searching: Keyword vs. Subject Searching
61
Keyword Searching
62
Subject Searching
63
Alternative Searching: Faceted Catalogs and Limiting
65
How to Read an Online Catalog Record
65
Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs Outside of
Your School
66
Sources for Catalogs
71
Where Else Can I Find Monographs?
71
Case Study: Finding and Using Monographs: The Spread
of Islam in Western Africa
72
4.
Finding Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers:
Using Indexes
75
How to Read a Journal Article
75
What are Periodicals (or Journals, Magazines, Newspapers)?
76
Journals vs. Magazines
78
Commentary Periodicals
81
The Role of Newspapers in Secondary Historical Research
83
How to Find Articles: Designing a Search and Using
and Index
83
Using an Online Database: Historical Abstracts and
America: History and Life
86
Contents
¡χ
Entering
a Keyword Search in Historical Abstracts
88
What You Will Get: Looking at Your Results
89
Selecting Other Indexes
92
E-Journals and Electronic Collections of Journals
93
Case Study: Searching for Periodical Articles:
Canton Trade System
96
Selected Historical Indexes
97
Selected Periodical Indexes of Use to Historians
98
5.
Evaluating Your Sources
104
Why Evaluate Your Sources?
104
Basic Evaluation Criteria
105
How to Read and Evaluate a Book/Monograph or
Journal
108
Perspective and Bias: Historians and Interpretation
108
Scholarship or Propaganda?
109
Case Study: Evaluating Sources: Holocaust Historians
110
6.
The Thrill of Discovery: Primary Sources
112
Definitions
113
Nature and Categories of Primary Sources
114
Planning Your Project with Primary Sources
116
Locating Primary Sources
117
Digitization and Electronic Access to Primary Sources
120
Published Sources for Mass Consumption
121
BooL· as Primary Sources
122
Magazines and Journals as Primary Sources
126
Newspapers as Primary Sources
129
Unpublished Sources and Manuscripts
134
Catalogs, Bibliographies, Directories, and Indexes
for Manuscripts
138
Directories to Archive Repositories
140
Documents from Governments and Other Official Bodies
141
Indexes and Bibliographies of Government Documents
142
Directories/Bibliographies for Government/Guides to
Government Publications
144
Genealogy and Public Records
144
Guides for Genealogy and Public Records
146
CONTENTS
Business
Records
147
Directories and Resources
147
Oral History
148
Guide to Oral History Repositories
149
Material Culture: Buildings, Artifacts, and Objects
150
History before
1400:
Ancient and Medieval Cultures and
Those with Substantial Oral and Material Culture Traditions
152
Ancient History
154
Medieval European History
156
Using Bibliographies to Locate Primary Sources
159
Bibliographies Containing References to Primary Sources
159
Evaluation
160
Case Study: Finding Primary Sources: Tobacco through the Ages
162
For Further Reading
163
Bibliography of Advanced Indexes to Published Primary
Sources
164
7.
History and the Internet
168
The Internet and Research
168
When Is the Internet Appropriate for Historical Research?
170
Using the Internet: The Basics
174
How Do I Access Websites on the Internet?
174
Search Directories
174
Search Engines
178
Meta-Search Engines
181
What Am I Missing? The Deep Web or Invisible Web
181
Special Search Techniques: Finding Primary Sources on the Internet
185
Searching for Primary Sources
185
Historians Communicating: Using
Н
-Net
for Information
186
Evaluation of Websites
188
General Websites
188
Evaluating Sites Concerned with Primary Sources
190
Case Study: Using the Internet: Japanese Americas and
Internment Camps
191
8.
Maps: From Simple to Geographic Information Systems
195
Maps as Representations of Our World
195
A Short History of Maps and Cartography
196
Contents xi
Maps for Navigation and Commercial Use
197
Maps as Political Tools
197
Maps as Propaganda
198
Maps Marking Territory
199
Maps in War
199
Components of Modern Maps
199
Finding Maps
201
Categories of Historical Maps
201
Map Resources
202
Gazetteers
205
How to Read a Map
206
Questions to Ask When Reading a Map
206
Planning Your Own Map: Simple to Complex
207
For Further Reading
210
History of Maps and Cartography
210
Maps and General Geography Texts
211
Geographic Information Systems
211
9.
Beyond the Written Word: Finding, Evaluating,
and Using Images, Motion Pictures, and Audio
215
The Role of Media in Historical Research: Media as
Historical Evidence
215
Images throughout History
215
Photography: Real Life Captured?
216
Art as Visual Media: Painting and Drawing
219
Moving Images: Fact and Fiction: Newsreels, Documentaries,
Motion Pictures, and Television Programs
221
Searching for Visual Media
223
Collections of Historic Images
226
Search Engines and Meta-Search Engines for Images and
Indexes to Image Collections
229
Images on the Internet: Some Cautions
229
Scanning and Downloading Still Images
231
Common Image Files
231
Downloading Images
232
Scanning Images
232
Digital Video and Audio Files
233
Digital Video: Using Moving Images
233
xii CONTENTS
Searching on the Web
233
Audio, Music, and Speech Resources
235
Searching for Audio Materials
238
Copyright
241
For Further Reading
242
10.
Statistics: Quantifying History
247
A Society of Statistics
247
A Short History of the Evolution of Statistical Collection and
Analysis: What Can You Expect to Find?
248
Using Statistics: The Nature of Data, Simple to Complex
251
Categorizing Statistics: How They Are Collected and Organized
252
Demographics/Vital Statistics/Census Data
253
Economic Statistics
254
Social Statistics
255
Public Opinion and Consumer Preferences
256
Gleaning Statistics from Primary Sources
257
Finding Statistics
257
How to Think about the Sources
257
Search Strategies
258
Evaluating Statistics: Common Problems with Data
Collection and Results
264
Questions to Evaluate Data
264
Data Problems: Signs That Something is Wrong
265
Datasets:
Doing Your Own Thing
266
Selected Resources
267
Encyclopedias and Background Information
267
Understanding Statistics
268
Collections of General Statistics/Statistical Abstracts
268
Almanacs andYearbooL·
270
Economic, Financial, and Commercial Statistics
271
General Demographics, Social Characteristics
272
Census
273
Polls/Public Opinion
273
Market Research
275
Major Social Surveys
276
Contents xiii
Bibliographies
and Indexes for Statistics
211
Finding and Using
Datasets
278
For Further Reading
279
Case Study: Contextualizing Statistics
280
11.
Presenting Your Research: Traditional Research Paper,
Presentation, Poster, or Website?
285
Creating a Research Paper
286
Writing Style
286
Formulating an Argument
288
Paper Construction
289
Ebb and Flow of Paragraphs
290
Oral, Slide, and Poster Presentation
291
Creating a Poster
294
Public Presenting
295
Websites for Historical Research
300
Historical and Scholarly Websites
300
Website Design: How to Begin
301
Preplanning: The Major Considerations
302
Navigation
303
What Every Good Website Must Have
304
Writing Text for the Web
305
Common Mistakes to Avoid on Websites
306
Case Study: A Student Paper: Americans and the Bomb
308
For Further Reading
318
Index
323
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