Resources for Historians

WHY STUDY HISTORY?

WCSU References

Annotated Bibliography of Vietnam Studies Publications

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

Virtual Vietnam Archive

The Historian’s Encyclopedia

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

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

Guides to writing history

Bowdoin’s Guide to Researching and Writing in the History Major

CAL Berkeley 9 Quick Tips

Rutgers’ History Essay Tips

Harvard Essay Writing Tips.

What is Plagiarism?

HISTORICAL ANALYSIS GUIDES

AHA: What Does it Mean to Think Historically?

Carlton: Analyzing a Primary Source

Monmouth College: Historical Analysis: Making Connections

UCLA: Historical Analysis