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| Preface | |
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| The Ever-Changing Shape and Texture of the Past | |
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| Static and Dynamic Concepts of History | |
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| Revising Our View of the Past | |
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| New Forms of Historical Consciousness | |
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| Toward a "People's History" | |
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| Minorities and Women Enter History | |
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| The Annales School and Cliometrics | |
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| Psychology and History | |
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| Microhistory and Macrohistory | |
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| Postmodernism | |
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| A Multitude of Avenues to the Past | |
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| The Nature and Variety of Historical Sources | |
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| Primary Sources | |
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| Manuscript Sources | |
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| Published Sources | |
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| Secondary Works | |
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| Books | |
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| Essays | |
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| Articles | |
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| Dissertations and Conference Papers | |
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| Finding Your Sources: The Library Catalog and Beyond | |
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| The Online Library Catalog | |
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| Subject Headings, Keywords, and Title Words | |
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| Creating and Using a Research Bibliograph | |
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| Published Bibliographies | |
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| Printed and Electronic Indexes and Abstracts | |
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| Finding Scholarly Essays | |
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| Other Important Databases | |
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| Historical Research on the Internet | |
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| Finding Useful Reference Materials | |
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| Exploring Changing Interpretations: The Historiographic Essay | |
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| Selecting and Refining a Topic | |
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| Research for a Historiographic Essay: A Case Study | |
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| Writing the Historiographic Essay | |
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| Alternative Approaches | |
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| Engaging with Primary Sources: The Research Paper | |
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| Searching for a Viable Topic | |
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| Finding Primary Sources | |
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| Approaching Your Reading | |
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| Notetaking | |
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| The Outline and Structure of Your Paper | |
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| Some Elements of Effective Writing | |
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| An Open Mind and Intellectual Honesty | |
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| Quoting | |
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| Footnoting | |
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| Editing and Revising | |
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| One Final Look | |
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| Conclusion: The Open-ended Nature of History | |
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| Published Bibliographies | |
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| Major Databases for Bibliographic Searching | |
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| Footnote/Endnote Formatting | |
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| Bibliography Formatting | |
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| Commonly Used Abbreviations | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Index | |