Resources for Historians
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WCSU References
Annotated Bibliography of Vietnam Studies Publications
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Reference SOURCES
This Day in History
A Great Resource from the history channel.
ABYZ What’s News Links
Thanks to Dr. Nolan for pointing this out: read newspapers from every country in the world.
Digital Collections at the Library of Congress
National Archives and Records Administration
This guide is a list of terms compiled by WCSU’s History Department that we believe you should be familiar with by the end of your history career
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Citation and Bibliography guides
The History Department expects that students completing research papers provide footnote citations consistent with the guidelines of the Chicago Manual of Style, which is the style consistently preferred in history journals. An abbreviated version of the Chicago Manual Seventh Edition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007). Students ar always welcome to borrow a copy of this book from the Department.
Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide
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Guides to writing history
Bowdoin’s Guide to Researching and Writing in the History Major
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HISTORICAL ANALYSIS GUIDES
AHA: What Does it Mean to Think Historically?
Carlton: Analyzing a Primary Source
Monmouth College: Historical Analysis: Making Connections
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