History Study Guides
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Telephone: (507) 222-4217
Fax: (507) 222-7900 NLambert@Carleton.edu,
Original guides and modifications of guides contributed by current and past History Department faculty members Kirk Jeffrey, Diethelm Prowe, Rachel Seidman, Harry Williams, Eleanor Zelliot, and others. If you have written or modified anything included in this project, please tell me so I can acknowledge your good help. Thanks, John Heydinger, '08, for suggesting that we include the End Note download site.
Chicago Manual of Style link is also included.
CONTENTS
I. How to Read History
A. Some Suggestions on Critically Evaluating Your Reading in History
B. On Reading Well to Discuss Well
II. How to Analyze a Primary Source
III. How to Write a History Research Paper
1. How do I pick a topic?
2. But I can't find any material...
3. Help! How do I put this together?
A. Research Steps
B. Writing Steps
C. How to Write an Introduction and a Conclusion, link to Denise Conover, University of Utah, A Guide to Writing History, based on "A guide to Writing in History and Classics," by M. Damen. Tips for writing introductions and conclusions.
IV. The Mechanics of Citation
A. Citing sources in footnotes
B. Quotations
C. Bibliographical entries
D. Interviews
E. How to Cite Internet Sources
F. NEW! Download End Note program, Gould Library:
https://apps.carleton.edu/campus/library/find/guides/endnote/
G. CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html
V. How to Give a Twenty-Minute Oral Presentation
VI. How to Lead a Class Discussion
VII. Book Reviews
A. How to Write a Critical Book Review
B. How to Write a Book Review
VIII. How to Read Fiction for History
X. American Historical Association (AHA) Ethical Practices in the History Profession
XI. Plagiarism, American Historical Association (AHA), by Michael Rawson, University of Wisconsin at Madison
For additional information, an appointment for a review of your paper, or any help not given here, contact
THE WRITE PLACE at: rgroth@Carleton.edu, Robbie Groth, Administrative Assistant, Academic Development and Support Center, (507) 222-4027.
OTHER HISTORY INTERNET RESOURCES
"Practical Advice for Writing Your Dissertation, Book, or Article," by Liena Vayzman, AHA Perspectives, http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2006/0612/0612gra1.cfm , December 2006,
Carleton History Department Internet Resources Index