Pocket Guide to Writing History

, by Rampolla, Mary Lynn

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ISBN: 9780312180065 | 0312180063
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 3/1/1998

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Preface

Introduction: How Historians Work

(6)

Historical questions

(2)

Historical sources

(3)

Primary sources

(1)

Secondary sources

(1)

Primary or secondary?

(1)

Evaluating sources

(1)

How this manual can help you

(1)

Approaching Typical Assignments in History

(14)

Reading critically

(3)

Writing history papers

(9)

Summaries

(1)

Book reviews

(1)

Annotated bibliographies

(1)

History papers: General approaches

(1)

Short essays

(1)

Historiographic essays

(4)

Revising and editing your paper

(1)

Taking essay exams

(2)

Preparing for the exam

(1)

The week before the exam

(1)

Taking the exam

(1)

Writing a Research Paper

(7)

Thinking about your topic

(1)

Taking effective research notes

(1)

Getting ready to write

(3)

Revising your research paper

(1)

Following Conventions of Writing in History

(13)

Considering the whole paper

(8)

Your relationship to your subject

(1)

The introduction and thesis

(3)

The body

(4)

The conclusion

(1)

Considering word choice and grammar

(5)

Word choice

(2)

Tense

(1)

Voice

(2)

Use of the pronouns I, me, and you

(1)

Quoting and Documenting Sources

(33)

Using quotations

(3)

Conventions for using quotations

(1)

Avoiding plagiarism

(3)

Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism

(2)

Citing sources to avoid plagiarism

(1)

Downloading Internet sources carefully

(1)

Documenting sources

(2)

Footnotes or endnotes

(1)

Bibliography

(1)

The author-date method

(1)

Documenting online sources

(1)

Using quotations and documenting sources: A sample paragraph

(1)

Documentation models: Notes and bibliographic entries

(22)

Models for footnotes or endnotes

(12)

Models for bibliography entries

(9)

Sample bibliography

(2)

Appendix A. Writing Guides of Interest to Historians

(1)

General writing guides

(1)

Guides to writing in history

(1)

Appendix B. Library Resources in History

(1)

Indexes and bibliographies

(1)

Where to find overviews of topics in history

(1)

Where to find concise information

(1)

Where to find primary sources

(2)

Internet resources

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Pocket Guide to Writing History

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