A student's guide to history:
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index The subject of history and how to use it -- Succeeding in your history class -- Working with different types of historical evidence -- Evaluating and interpreting historical evidence -- Writing assignments: from source analysis to comparative critiques -- Example of a research paper -- Documenting your paper: how to cite sources in Chicago style -- Appendix A: Resources for history research -- Appendix B: Historical sources in your own backyard |
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adam_text | Contents
Preface
v
A Note to Students
xix
1
The Subject of History and How to Use It
What History Can Tell You
1
How Historians Work
3
Approaches to History
4
Philosophies of History
5
Historiography
7
Fields of Historical Research
8
How You Can Use Your History Skills
11
Public History
11
The Private Sector
13
2
Succeeding in Your History Class
14
Keeping Up with Reading Assignments
14
Navigating a Textbook
14
Reading a Textbook
15
Taking Notes in Class
17
Guidelines
f
or Taking Lecture Notes
17
From Class Lectures and Presentations
18
From Multimedia Presentations
22
Taking Exams
23
Guidelines for Writing In-Class Essay Exams
24
Objective and Short-Answer Exams
24
Example of a Short-Answer Question
25
Example of an Identification Question
25
Example of a Multiple-Choice Question
26
Xl
Xli CONTENTS
In-Class Essay
Exams
26
Composing Sample Questions
26
Taking the Test
27
Take-Home Essay Exams
27
The Dangers of Plagiarism
30
Classroom Participation
31
Classroom Discussions
31
Oral Presentations
31
Guidelines far Speaking in Class
31
Guidelines for Giving an Oral Presentation
32
PowerPoint Presentations
33
Group Work
33
Gu idelines for Peer Reviewing
34
Interactive Course Content
34
Working with Different Types of
Historical Evidence
36
Primary Sources
36
Secondary Sources
39
When a Secondary Source Becomes a Primary Source
40
Accessing Sources of Evidence in Print, in Person,
and Online
41
Reading Written Sources
41
Guidelines for Working with Written Sources
42
Primary Texts
43
Scholarly Articles
45
Guidelines for Identifying Scholarly Articles
46
Monographs
46
Anthologies
46
Literature
47
Reading Nonwritten Sources
47
Maps
4 7
Guidelines for Interpreting Nonwritten Sources
50
Statistical Data
50
Illustrations, Photographs, and Other Visual
Material
52
Sound and Video Recordings
56
Artifacts
60
CONTENTS Xlii
4
Evaluating and Interpreting
Historical Evidence
62
Evaluating Sources
62
Evaluating Secondary Sources
62
Reviewing Secondary Sources for Basic
Information
62
Guidelines for Evaluating Secondary Sources
63
Reading Secondary Sources for Signs of Bias
64
Evaluating Primary Sources
64
Guidelines for Evaluating Written Primary Sources
65
Written Primary Sources
65
Nonwritten Primary Sources
66
Guidelines for Evaluating Nonwritten Primary Sources
67
Special Problems of Evaluating Web-Based Sources
67
Evaluating Material Found on Web Sites
67
Guidelines for Evaluating Web Sites
68
Guidelines for Evaluating Material Found on
Web Sites
69
Documenting Web-Based Sources
69
Interpreting Sources and Taking Notes
69
Reading Your Sources
70
Summarizing and Paraphrasing without Plagiarizing
71
Summarizing Your Sources
71
Paraphrasing Your Sources
71
Quoting without Plagiarizing
73
Organizing Your Notes
74
Taking Notes on Note Cards
74
Taking Notes on a Computer
76
Photocopying, Downloading, or Printing Sources
76
Avoiding Plagiarism
79
Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism
79
Plagiarism and Internet Sources
80
Plagiarism and Group Work
80
5
Writing Assignments: From Source Analysis to
Comparative Critiques
81
Writing about Primary Sources
81
Single-Source Analysis
82
Comparative Analysis
85
XIV CONTENTS
Writing about Secondary Sources
89
Book Reviews
90
Guidelines
f
or Writing a Book Review
95
Article Critiques
95
Comparative Reviews and Critiques
96
Writing Short Essays
97
6
Building a History Essay: From Thesis
to Conclusion
98
Why Clear Writing Is Important
98
Preparing to Write
98
Examining Sources
99
Drafting a Thesis Statement
100
Creating a Writing Outline
101
Drafting Your Essay
102
A Clear Introduction
102
A Cohesive Body
103
Sentences: The Building Blocks of Writing
103
Cohesive, Connected Paragraphs
105
A Meaningful Conclusion
106
Revising Your Essay
107
Guidelines for Revising Your Essay
108
Proofreading Your Essay
108
The Danger of Plagiarism
109
7
Conducting Research in History
110
Beginning the Research Process 111
Choosing a Topic 111
Guidelines for the Research Process 111
Narrowing Your Topic
112
Formulating a Research Question
112
Debatable Questions
113
Narrow Questions
113
Significant Questions
113
Researchable Questions
114
Developing a Thesis
114
Planning a Research Strategy
114
Budgeting Your Time and Staying Focused
115
Keeping an Open Mind
116
Maintaining a Working Bibliography
116
CONTENTS
XV
Conducting
Research 117
Using the Library s Online Catalog
118
The Art of Searching
119
Searching by Subject or by Keyword
120
Searching by Author and by Title
121
Locating Materials by Using Call Numbers
121
Using Print and Electronic Reference Works
122
The Problem of Wikipedia
122
Atlases, Dictionaries, and Encyclopedias
123
Subject Bibliographies
124
Using Print and Electronic Periodical Databases
124
Locating Articles in Scholarly Journals
125
Guidelines for Using Periodical Databases
128
Locating Articles in Magazines and Newspapers
128
Searching for Primary Sources
129
Primary Sources in Published Collections
129
Primary Sources in Museum Archives
129
Primary Sources on the Web
130
Interviews as Primary Sources
130
Using Internet Search Tools
131
Searching Efficiently
131
Previewing Search
Resultó
132
8
Writing a Research Paper
133
Asserting Your Thesis
133
Why Your Paper Needs a Thesis
134
What Makes a Thesis Effective 1
34
Guidelines for Developing an Effective Thesis
135
Organizing Your Evidence with a Writing Outline
136
Writing the Text
140
The Rough Draft
140
Clear Writing: A Matter of Continuity
141
Quotations: When and How to Use Them
142
When to Quote Sources Directly
142
How to Format Quotations
143
Incorporating Visual Materials into Your Paper
144
Guidelines for Incorporating Visuals
145
When to Use Footnotes and
Endnotes 146
Revising and Rewriting
147
Guidelines for Revising and Rewriting
148
XVI CONTENTS
9
Example of a Research Paper
149
A Sample Research Paper
149
How the Thesis Was Developed
150
The Writing Outline for the Paper
150
Formatting a Research Paper
152
Sample Student Research Paper
152
10
Documenting Your Paper: How to Cite Sources
in Chicago Style
179
Formatting Footnotes and
Endnotes 179
Organizing a Bibliography
180
Directory of Documentation Models for Notes and
Bibliography Entries
181
Documentation Models
182
Overview of Notes
182
Overview of Bibliography Entries
182
Auth
o r
Variado ns
183
Books
185
Guidelines for Citing Books
186
Guidelines for Citing Letters in Published Collections
190
Periodicals
192
Guidelines for Citing Articles in Print Journals
194
Guidelines for Citing Articles in Electronic Databases
195
Public Documents
197
Multimedia Sources
198
Guidelines
f
or Citing Information from Web Sites
200
Other Published Sources
203
Unpublished Sources
204
Appendix A Resources for History Research
207
Comprehensive Reference Databases
208
Historical Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Atlases
208
Historical Dictionaries
—
World
209
Historical Dictionaries—United States
210
Historical Encyclopedias
—
World
210
Historical Encyclopedias
—
Europe
211
Historical Encyclopedias—United States
212
Historical Atlases
—
World
213
Historical Adases—United States
213
CONTENTS XVII
Biography Collections and Databases
213
International Biography Collections
214
United States Biography Collections
214
Newspaper Indexes and Databases
215
Newspaper Indexes and Databases
—
General
216
Newspaper Indexes and Databases
—
United States
216
Periodical Indexes and Databases
217
Magazine Indexes and Databases
217
Journal Indexes and Databases
218
Public Documents
219
Public Documents
—
International
219
Public Documents —Britain, Australia,
and Canada
219
Public Documents
—
United States
220
Historical Statistics
221
Historical Statistics
—
General
221
Historical Statistics
—
National and Regional
222
Historical Statistics
—
United States
223
General Resources in World History
224
Reference Works and Bibliographies
224
Web Sites
224
Specialized Resources in World History
227
Ancient History
228
Europe
—
General
230
Europe
—
Medieval
230
Europe—-Early Modern
232
Europe
—
Modern
232
Britain
—
General
234
Britain before
1800 236
Britain since
1800 237
Ireland and Scotland
239
Eastern Europe
240
Russia and the Soviet Union
240
Africa
241
Middle East and North Africa
242
Asia
—
General
243
South Asia
—
India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka
244
China
244
XVIII CONTENTS
Japan and Korea 245
Australia and New Zealand
245
Latin America and the Caribbean
246
Canada
248
General Resources in United States History
249
Reference Works and Bibliographies
249
Web Sites
250
Specialized Resources in United States History
252
Regional, State, and Local
252
Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National,
1607-1800 253
Native American
255
Slavery and the Civil War
256
African American
258
Women s
259
Immigrant and Ethnic
260
Social and Cultural
262
Political
265
Foreign Relations, International, and War
267
Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine
269
Labor, Business, Economic, and Urban
270
Religious
271
Appendix
В
Historical Sources in Your Own
Backyard
272
How to Research Your Family History
273
Sources for County and Local History
275
Sources for Family History and Genealogical Research
275
Glossary
277
Index
285
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