Pocket Guide to Writing History

by Rampolla, Mary Lynn

• ISBN13: 9780312180065
• ISBN10: 0312180063
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Introduction: How Historians Work	1	(6)
Historical questions	1	(2)
Historical sources	3	(3)
Primary sources	3	(1)
Secondary sources	4	(1)
Primary or secondary?	5	(1)
Evaluating sources	5	(1)
How this manual can help you	6	(1)
Approaching Typical Assignments in History	7	(14)
Reading critically	7	(3)
Writing history papers	10	(9)
Summaries	10	(1)
Book reviews	11	(1)
Annotated bibliographies	12	(1)
History papers: General approaches	13	(1)
Short essays	14	(1)
Historiographic essays	14	(4)
Revising and editing your paper	18	(1)
Taking essay exams	19	(2)
Preparing for the exam	19	(1)
The week before the exam	20	(1)
Taking the exam	20	(1)
Writing a Research Paper	21	(7)
Thinking about your topic	22	(1)
Taking effective research notes	23	(1)
Getting ready to write	24	(3)
Revising your research paper	27	(1)
Following Conventions of Writing in History	28	(13)
Considering the whole paper	28	(8)
Your relationship to your subject	28	(1)
The introduction and thesis	29	(3)
The body	32	(4)
The conclusion	36	(1)
Considering word choice and grammar	36	(5)
Word choice	36	(2)
Tense	38	(1)
Voice	38	(2)
Use of the pronouns I, me, and you	40	(1)
Quoting and Documenting Sources	41	(33)
Using quotations	41	(3)
Conventions for using quotations	43	(1)
Avoiding plagiarism	44	(3)
Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism	45	(2)
Citing sources to avoid plagiarism	47	(1)
Downloading Internet sources carefully	47	(1)
Documenting sources	47	(2)
Footnotes or endnotes	47	(1)
Bibliography	48	(1)
The author-date method	48	(1)
Documenting online sources	49	(1)
Using quotations and documenting sources: A sample paragraph	49	(1)
Documentation models: Notes and bibliographic entries	50	(22)
Models for footnotes or endnotes	51	(12)
Models for bibliography entries	63	(9)
Sample bibliography	72	(2)
Appendix A. Writing Guides of Interest to Historians	74	(1)
General writing guides	74	(1)
Guides to writing in history	74	(1)
Appendix B. Library Resources in History	75	(1)
Indexes and bibliographies	75	(1)
Where to find overviews of topics in history	76	(1)
Where to find concise information	77	(1)
Where to find primary sources	78	(2)
Internet resources	80