Going to the Sources

by Brundage, Anthony

• ISBN13: 9780882959696
• ISBN10: 0882959697
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Harlan Davidson

Author Biography

Anthony Brundage has a Ph.D. in History from UCLA and is a Professor of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. A specialist in modern Britain, he also teaches Irish History, US History, History Methods, History and Historians, and Senior Thesis

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Ever-Changing Shape and Texture of the Past
Static and Dynamic Concepts of History	1	(2)
Revising Our View of the Past	3	(1)
New Forms of Historical Consciousness	4	(1)
Toward a ``People's History''	5	(1)
Minorities and Women Enter History	6	(2)
The Annales School and Cliometrics	8	(3)
Psychology and History	11	(1)
Microhistory and Macrohistory	12	(1)
Postmodernism	12	(2)
A Multitude of Avenues to the Past	14	(2)
The Nature and Variety of Historical Sources
Primary Sources	16	(4)
Manuscript Sources	17	(1)
Published Sources	17	(3)
Secondary Works	20	(9)
Books	20	(2)
Essays	22	(1)
Articles	23	(2)
Dissertations and Conference Papers	25	(4)
Finding Your Sources: The Library Catalog and Beyond
The Online Library Catalog	29	(1)
Subject Headings, Keywords, and Title Words	30	(4)
Creating and Using a Research Bibliography	34	(2)
Published Bibliographies	36	(1)
Printed and Electronic Indexes and Abstracts	37	(5)
Finding Scholarly Essays	42	(1)
Other Important Databases	43	(1)
Historical Research on the Internet	44	(2)
Finding Useful Reference Materials	46	(2)
Exploring Changing Interpretations: The Historiographic Essay
Selecting and Refining a Topic	48	(2)
Research for a Historiographic Essay: A Case Study	50	(3)
Writing the Historiographic Essay	53	(13)
Alternative Approaches	66	(2)
Engaging with Primary Sources: The Research Paper
Searching for a Viable Topic	68	(1)
Finding Primary Sources	69	(2)
Approaching Your Reading	71	(1)
Notetaking	72	(3)
The Outline and Structure of Your Paper	75	(1)
Some Elements of Effective Writing	76	(3)
An Open Mind and Intellectual Honesty	79	(1)
Quoting	80	(2)
Footnoting	82	(2)
Editing and Revising	84	(2)
One Final Look	86	(5)
Conclusion: The Open-Ended Nature of History
Appendix A: Published Bibliographies	91	(1)
Appendix B: Major Databases for Bibliographic Searching	92	(1)
Appendix C: Footnote/Endnote Formatting	93	(5)
Appendix D: Bibliography Formatting	98	(3)
Appendix E: Commonly Used Abbreviations	101	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	103	(2)
Index	105