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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Why Study History? | |
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| Historical questions | |
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| How this manual can help you | |
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| Working with Sources | |
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| Identifying historical sources | |
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| Primary sources | |
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| Secondary sources | |
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| Primary or secondary? | |
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| Uses of primary and secondary sources | |
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| Evaluating sources | |
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| Evaluating primary sources | |
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| Tips for Writers: Evaluating Text-based Primary Sources | |
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| Tips for Writers: Evaluating Nonwritten Primary Sources | |
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| Evaluating secondary sources | |
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| Tips for Writers: Evaluating Secondary Sources | |
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| Evaluating online sources | |
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| Tips for Writers: Evaluating Web Sources | |
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| Reading and Writing in History: Some Typical Assignments | |
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| Reading actively in history | |
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| Tips for Writers: Writing as You Read | |
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| Writing about reading | |
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| Summaries | |
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| Annotated bibliographies | |
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| Critiques and Book Reviews | |
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| Film reviews | |
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| Single-source Analysis | |
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| Historiographic essays | |
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| Taking history exams | |
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| Preparing for an exam | |
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| Answering identification questions | |
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| Taking an essay exam | |
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| Writing History Papers | |
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| Approaching a history assignment | |
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| Thinking like a historian | |
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| Developing a thesis | |
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| Tips for Writers: Testing your Thesis | |
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| Constructing an argument | |
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| Supporting your thesis | |
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| Responding to counterevidence and anticipating opposing viewpoints | |
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| Organizing your paper | |
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| Drafting an introduction | |
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| Writing clear and connected paragraphs | |
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| Writing an effective conclusion | |
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| Revising for content and organization | |
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| Tips for Writers: Questions for Revising: Content and Organization | |
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| Editing for style and grammar | |
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| Choosing appropriate language | |
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| Choosing the appropriate tense | |
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| Using active voice | |
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| Knowing when to use the pronouns I, me, and you | |
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| Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Moving from topic to research question | |
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| Choosing a topic | |
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| Focusing on a research question | |
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| Developing a research plan and a working thesis | |
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| Gathering and managing sources | |
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| Developing a working thesis | |
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| Conducting research | |
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| Consulting human resources | |
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| Locating primary sources | |
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| Using the library's online catalog | |
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| Using print and electronic reference sources | |
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| Using print and electronic periodical databases | |
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| Tips for Writers: Electronic Databases | |
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| Finding Internet sources | |
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| Distinguishing among electronic sources | |
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| Taking effective research notes | |
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| Making an outline | |
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| Revising and editing your paper | |
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| Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Avoid It | |
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| What is plagiarism? | |
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| Avoiding plagiarism | |
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| Citing sources to avoid plagiarism | |
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| Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarism | |
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| Tips for Writers: Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Downloading Internet sources carefully | |
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| Plagiarism and the Internet | |
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| Quoting and Documenting Sources | |
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| Using quotations | |
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| When to quote | |
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| How to quote | |
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| Documenting sources | |
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| Footnotes and endnotes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Documenting nonwritten materials | |
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| Documentation models | |
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| Directory to Documentation Models | |
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| Formatting notes | |
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| Formatting bibliography entries | |
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| Models for notes and bibliography entries | |
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| Sample pages from a student research paper | |
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| Writing Guides of Interest to Historians | |
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| Selected Print and Online Resources in History | |
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| Index | |