Student's Guide to History
, by Benjamin, Jules R.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780312084325 | 0312084323
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 2/1/1994
Whether you are taking your first college-level history course or are majoring in history, this best-selling guide provides tools that will help you to improve your performance:
Preface | p. v |
A Note to Students | p. xvii |
The Subject of History and How to Use It | p. 1 |
What History Can Tell You | p. 1 |
What Historians Are Trying to Do | p. 3 |
History and the Everyday World | p. 4 |
How Historians Work | p. 4 |
Philosophies of History | p. 5 |
Historiography | p. 6 |
Changing Directions of Historical Research | p. 8 |
Methods of Historical Research | p. 9 |
Primary and Secondary Sources of Evidence | p. 10 |
Interpreting and Organizing Evidence | p. 16 |
The Computer and Historical Research | p. 16 |
How You Can Use History | p. 17 |
How to Read a History Assignment, Take Notes in Class, and Prepare for and Take Exams | p. 19 |
How to Read a History Assignment | p. 19 |
Reading a Textbook | p. 20 |
Reading a Monograph | p. 20 |
Reading an Anthology | p. 22 |
Reading a Historical Novel | p. 22 |
Examples of Reading Assignments | p. 22 |
How to "Read" Nonwritten Materials | p. 25 |
Interpreting Maps | p. 26 |
Analyzing Statistical Data | p. 28 |
Interpreting Illustrations, Photographs, and Other Visual Material | p. 31 |
Interpreting Artifacts | p. 34 |
How to Take Notes in Class | p. 37 |
From Class Lectures | p. 37 |
Guidelines for Taking Lecture Notes | p. 38 |
Examples of Note Taking | p. 38 |
From Slides and Films | p. 42 |
Taking Notes in a "Wired" Classroom | p. 42 |
Classroom Participation | p. 43 |
Classroom Discussions | p. 43 |
Guidelines for Speaking in Class | p. 43 |
Giving an Oral Presentation | p. 43 |
Guidelines for Giving an Oral Presentation | p. 44 |
Giving a PowerPoint Presentation | p. 44 |
Group Work | p. 45 |
Guidelines for Peer Reviewing | p. 46 |
Communicating Online | p. 46 |
E-mail, Listservs, and Chat Rooms | p. 47 |
E-conferences and E-seminars | p. 48 |
Web Communication and Advanced Research | p. 48 |
How to Study for and Take Exams | p. 49 |
Objective and Short-Answer Exams | p. 50 |
Preparing for In-Class Essay Exams - Composing Sample Questions | p. 51 |
Writing a Good In-Class Essay Exam | p. 52 |
Guidelines for Writing In-Class Essay Exams | p. 52 |
Writing Take-Home Essay Exams | p. 53 |
How to Write History Assignments: The Importance of Writing Skills | p. 57 |
Why Clear Writing Is Important | p. 57 |
The Components of Clear Writing | p. 58 |
Write Clear Sentences | p. 58 |
Do Not Clutter Sentences with Unnecessary Phrases | p. 58 |
Avoid Using the Passive Voice | p. 59 |
Use the Past Tense | p. 59 |
Link Your Sentences | p. 60 |
Write Clear and Coherent Paragraphs | p. 60 |
Link Your Paragraphs | p. 61 |
Guidelines for Clear Writing | p. 62 |
Building an Essay | p. 62 |
The Need for a Clear Beginning | p. 63 |
Creating a Writing Outline | p. 64 |
The Importance of Continuity | p. 64 |
Writing a Conclusion | p. 65 |
Revising Your Paper | p. 65 |
Proofreading Your Paper | p. 66 |
Preparing Specific Writing Assignments | p. 67 |
Writing Book Reviews | p. 67 |
Sample Book Review | p. 68 |
Guidelines for Writing a Book Review | p. 71 |
Writing Comparative Book Reviews | p. 71 |
Comparing Essays or Articles | p. 72 |
Comparing Primary Documents | p. 72 |
Writing Short Essays | p. 73 |
Guidelines for Writing Short Essays | p. 74 |
A Note on Plagiarism: A Serious Offense | p. 75 |
How to Research a History Topic | p. 77 |
Beginning the Research Process | p. 78 |
Choosing a Topic | p. 78 |
Moving from a Topic to a Theme | p. 78 |
Narrowing Your Theme | p. 79 |
Moving from a Theme to a Thesis | p. 80 |
Making an Argument in Support of Your Thesis | p. 81 |
Creating a Preliminary Research Plan | p. 81 |
Creating a Research Bibliography | p. 83 |
Conducting Research | p. 84 |
Using the Library Online Catalog to Locate Resources | p. 84 |
Using Print and Electronic Reference Sources | p. 88 |
Using Print and Electronic Periodical Databases | p. 89 |
Guidelines for Finding an Article in a Periodical Database | p. 90 |
Locating Primary Sources | p. 92 |
Using Internet Search Tools | p. 95 |
Guidelines for Conducting Internet Searches | p. 97 |
Evaluating Web Sites | p. 97 |
Guidelines for Evaluating Web Sites | p. 99 |
Navigating Web Sites | p. 99 |
Evaluating Sources | p. 100 |
Evaluating Secondary Sources | p. 101 |
Guidelines for Evaluating Secondary Sources | p. 102 |
Evaluating Primary Sources | p. 103 |
Special Problems of Evaluating Web-Based Sources | p. 105 |
Guidelines for Evaluating Web Sources | p. 106 |
Interpreting Sources and Taking Notes | p. 107 |
How to Read Your Sources | p. 107 |
How to Record Information from Your Sources | p. 108 |
How to Organize Your Notes | p. 110 |
Avoiding Plagiarism | p. 115 |
The Computer and Plagiarism | p. 116 |
The Art of Paraphrasing | p. 116 |
Plagiarism and Group Work | p. 117 |
Guidelines for Avoiding Plagiarism | p. 118 |
How to Write a Research Paper | p. 119 |
Preparing to Write | p. 119 |
Why Your Paper Needs a Thesis | p. 119 |
Organizing Your Paper | p. 120 |
Preparing a Writing Outline | p. 120 |
Plugging Your Research Notes into Your Outline | p. 124 |
Writing the Text | p. 125 |
The Rough Draft | p. 125 |
Clear Writing: A Matter of Continuity | p. 126 |
Quotations: When and How to Use Them | p. 127 |
Incorporating Visual Materials into Your Paper | p. 129 |
Guidelines for Incorporating Visuals | p. 130 |
Documenting Your Paper: Citing Your Sources | p. 130 |
When and How to Use Footnotes and Endnotes | p. 130 |
Directory to Footnote/Endnote Documentation Models | p. 132 |
How to Write Footnotes and Endnotes | p. 133 |
Directory to Bibliography Documentation Models | p. 146 |
Organizing a Bibliography | p. 147 |
Revising and Rewriting | p. 158 |
Guidelines for Revising and Rewriting | p. 159 |
Word Processing: Advantages and Dangers | p. 160 |
Example of a Research Paper | p. 161 |
How the Theme and Thesis Were Chosen | p. 162 |
The Writing Outline for the Thesis | p. 162 |
Turning Research into Writing: A Sample Research Paper -"Wage Slavery or True Independence: Women Workers in the Lowell, Massachusetts, Textile Mills, 1820-1850" | p. 164 |
Resources for History Research | p. 185 |
Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, and Atlases | p. 186 |
Historical Dictionaries-World | p. 187 |
Historical Dictionaries-United States | p. 188 |
Historical Encyclopedias-World | p. 188 |
Historical Encyclopedias-Europe | p. 189 |
Historical Encyclopedias-United States | p. 190 |
Historical Atlases-World | p. 190 |
Historical Atlases-United States | p. 191 |
Biography Collections | p. 191 |
International Biography Collections | p. 192 |
United States Biography Collections | p. 192 |
Newspaper Indexes and Databases | p. 193 |
Newspaper Indexes and Databases-General | p. 194 |
Newspaper Indexes and Databases-United States | p. 194 |
Periodical Indexes and Databases | p. 195 |
Magazine Indexes and Databases | p. 195 |
Journal Indexes and Databases | p. 196 |
Book Review Indexes and Databases | p. 197 |
Public Documents | p. 197 |
Public Documents-Britain and Canada | p. 198 |
Public Documents-United States | p. 198 |
Historical Statistics | p. 199 |
Historical Statistics-General | p. 200 |
Historical Statistics-National and Regional | p. 200 |
Historical Statistics-United States | p. 201 |
General Resources in World History | p. 202 |
Reference Works and Bibliographies | p. 202 |
Web Sites | p. 203 |
Specialized Resources in World History | p. 204 |
Ancient History | p. 205 |
Europe-General | p. 206 |
Europe-Medieval | p. 207 |
Europe-Early Modern | p. 208 |
Europe-Modern | p. 208 |
Britain | p. 210 |
Ireland and Scotland | p. 213 |
East Europe | p. 214 |
Russia and the Soviet Union | p. 215 |
Africa | p. 215 |
Middle East and North Africa | p. 216 |
Asia | p. 217 |
Australia and New Zealand | p. 220 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | p. 220 |
Canada | p. 221 |
General Resources in United States History | p. 223 |
Reference Works and Bibliographies | p. 223 |
Web Sites | p. 224 |
Specialized Resources in United States History | p. 225 |
Regional, State, and Local | p. 226 |
Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National, 1607-1800 | p. 227 |
Native American | p. 228 |
Slavery and the Civil War | p. 229 |
African American | p. 231 |
Women's | p. 232 |
Immigrant and Ethnic | p. 233 |
Social and Cultural | p. 234 |
Political | p. 237 |
Foreign Relations and International | p. 239 |
Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine | p. 240 |
Labor, Business, Economic, and Urban | p. 241 |
Religious | p. 242 |
Military | p. 242 |
Electronic Discussion Lists in History | p. 243 |
Historical Sources in Your Own Backyard | p. 245 |
How to Research Your Family History | p. 246 |
Sources for County and Local History | p. 247 |
Sources for Family History and Genealogical Research | p. 248 |
Glossary | p. 250 |
Index | p. 257 |
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