The Information-Literate Historian
ISBN: 9780199926046 | 0199926042
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 8/1/2012
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The Information-Literate Historianis the only book specifically designed to teach today's history students how to successfully select and use sources-primary, secondary, and electronic-to carry out and present their research. Expanded and updated, the second edition ofTheInformation-Literate Historiancontinues to be an indispensable reference for historians, students, and other readers doing history research. New to this Edition * New Chapter 10 on how to critically evaluate and work with statistics and data * Thoroughly updated and expanded di... MORE
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| What it Means to Be a Historian | |
| Historians and the Research Process: Getting Started | |
| How Scholarly Information Is Communicated | |
| What Historians Do and How They Do It | |
| Practicing History in the Electronic Age: Tips for the Information-Literate Historian | |
| Beginning Your Research | |
| Where Do Viable and Interesting... MORE | |
| Developing a Question and Formulating an Argument | |
| The Blueprint: Concept Maps, Storyboarding, and Outlines | |
| Taking Notes | |
| Creating Bibliographies and Documenting Sources | |
| The Changing Nature of Historical Research and What Remains the Same | |
| For Further Reading | |
| Reference Resources | |
| What Are Reference Resources and When Are They Useful? | |
| How to Find Reference Resources | |
| Types of Reference Resources | |
| Encyclopedias | |
| Bibliographies | |
| Multivolume General Histories | |
| Bibliographical Resources | |
| Chronologies | |
| Dictionaries, Etymologies, and Word Origins | |
| Book Reviews | |
| Directories | |
| Using the Internet as a Reference Resource | |
| Case Study: Using Reference Resources to Understand Herodotus | |
| Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs | |
| What Is a Book?: The Changing Nature of Monographs | |
| When Are Books the Right Choice for Information | |
| How to Use a Book Artfully | |
| Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs | |
| Navigating a Library Portal/Finding the Catalog | |
| Strategic Searching: Keyword vs. Subject Searching | |
| Keyword Searching | |
| Subject Searching | |
| Alternative Searching: Faceted Catalogs and Limiting | |
| How to Read an Online Catalog Record | |
| Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs Outside of Your School | |
| Sources for Catalogs | |
| Where Else Can I Find Monographs? | |
| Case Study: Finding and Using Monographs: The Spread of Islam in Western Africa | |
| Finding Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers: Using Indexes | |
| How to Read a Journal Article | |
| What are Periodicals (or Journals or Magazines)?Journals vs. Magazines | |
| Commentary Periodicals | |
| The Role of Newspapers in Secondary Historical Research | |
| How to Find Articles: Designing a Search and Using and Index | |
| Using an Online Database: Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life | |
| Entering a Keyword Search in Historical Abstracts | |
| What You Will Get: Looking at Your Results | |
| Other Ways to Use an Online Index | |
| Selecting Other Indexes | |
| E-Journals and Electronic Collections of Journals | |
| Case Study: Searching for Periodical Articles: Canton Trade System | |
| Selected Historical Indexes | |
| Selected Periodical Indexes of Use to Historians | |
| Evaluating Your Sources | |
| Why Evaluate Your Sources? | |
| Basic Evaluation Criteria | |
| How to Read and Evaluate a Book/Mongraphy or Journal | |
| Perspective and Bias: Historians and Interpretation | |
| Scholarship or Propaganda? | |
| Case Study: Evaluating Sources: Holocaust Historians | |
| The Thrill of Discovery: Primary Sources | |
| Definitions | |
| Nature and Categories of Primary Sources | |
| Planning Your Project with Primary Sources | |
| Locating Primary Sources | |
| Digitizing and Electronic Access to Primary Sources | |
| Published Sources for Mass Consumption | |
| Books as Primary Sources | |
| Magazines and Journals as Primary Sources | |
| Newspapers as Primary Sources | |
| How to Read Bibliographic Entry in a Printed Newspaper Index | |
| Unpublished Sources and Manuscripts | |
| Catalogs, Bibliographies, Directories, and Indexes for Manuscripts | |
| Directories to Archive Repositories | |
| Documents from Governments and Other Official Bodies | |
| Indexes and Bibliographies of Government Documents | |
| Directories/Bibliographies for Government/Guides to Government Publications | |
| Genealogy and Public Records | |
| Guides for Genealogy and Public Records | |
| Business Records | |
| Directories | |
| Oral History | |
| Guide to Oral History Repositories | |
| Material Culture: Buildings, Artifacts, and Objects | |
| History before 1400: Ancient and Medieval Cultures and Those with Substantial Oral and Material Culture Traditions | |
| Ancient History | |
| Medieval European History | |
| Using Bibliographies to Locate Primary Sources | |
| Bibliographies Containing References to Primary Sources | |
| Evaluation | |
| Case Study: Finding Primary Sources: Tobacco through the Ages | |
| For Further Reading | |
| Bibliography of Advances Indexes to Published Primary Sources | |
| History and the Internet | |
| The Internet and Research | |
| When Is the Internet Appropriate for Historical Research? | |
| Using the Internet: The Basics | |
| How Do I Access Websites on the Internet? | |
| Search Directories | |
| Search Engines | |
| Meta-Search Engines | |
| What Am I Missing? The Deep Web or Invisible Web | |
| Special Search Techniques: Finding Primary Sources on the Internet | |
| Searching for Primary Sources | |
| Historians Communicating: Using H-Net for Information | |
| Evaluation of Websites | |
| General Websites | |
| Evaluating Sites Concerned with Primary Sources | |
| Case Study: Using the Internet: Japanese Americas and Internment Camps | |
| For Further Reading | |
| Maps: From Simple to Geographic Information Systems | |
| Maps as Representations of Our World | |
| A Short History of Maps and Cartography | |
| Maps for Navigation and Commercial Use | |
| Maps as Political Tools | |
| Maps as Propaganda | |
| Maps Marking Territory | |
| Maps in War | |
| Components of Modern Maps | |
| Finding Maps | |
| Categories of Historical Maps | |
| Map Resources | |
| Gazetteers | |
| How to Read a Map | |
| Questions to Ask When Reading a Map | |
| Planning Your Own Map: Simple to Complex | |
| For Further Reading | |
| Beyond the Written Word: Finding, Evaluation, and Using Images, Motion Pictures, and Audio | |
| The Role of Media in Historical Research: Medial as Historical Evidence | |
| Images Throughout History | |
| Photography: Real Life Captured? | |
| Art as Visual Media: Painting and Drawing | |
| Moving Images: Newsreels. Documentaries, Motion Pictures, and Television Programs | |
| Searching for Visual Media | |
| Collections of Historical Images | |
| Search Engines and Meta-Search Engines for Images and Indexes to Image Collections | |
| Images on the Internet: Some Cautions | |
| Scanning and Downloading Still Images | |
| Common Image Files | |
| Downloading Images | |
| Scanning Images | |
| Digital Video and Audio Files | |
| Digital Video: Using Moving Images | |
| Searching on the Web | |
| Audio, Music, and Speech Resources | |
| Searching for Audio Materials | |
| Copyright | |
| For Further Reading | |
| Statistics: Quantifying History | |
| A Society of Statistics | |
| A Short History of the Evolution of Statistical Collection and Analysis: What Can You Expect to Find? | |
| Using Statistics: The Nature of Data, Simple to Complex | |
| Categorizing Statistics: How They Are Collected and Organized | |
| Economic Statistics | |
| Social Statistics | |
| Public Opinion and Consumer Preferences | |
| Gleaning Statustics from Primary Sources | |
| Finding Statistics | |
| How to Think About the Sources | |
| Search Strategies | |
| Evaluating Statistics: Common Problems with Data Collection and Results | |
| Data Problems: Signs that Something is Wrong | |
| Data Sets: Doing Your Own Thing | |
| Selected Resources | |
| For Further Reading | |
| Case Study: Contextualizing Statistics | |
| Presenting Your Research: Traditional Research Paper, Power | |
| Point, or Website? | |
| Creating a Research Paper | |
| Writing Style | |
| Formulating an Argument | |
| Paper Construction | |
| Ebb and Flow of Paragraphs | |
| Oral, Slide, and Poster Presentation | |
| Creating a Poster | |
| Public Presenting | |
| Websites for Historical Research | |
| Historical and Scholarly Websites: Developing Frontier | |
| Website Design: How to Begin | |
| Preplanning: The Major Considerations | |
| Navigation | |
| What Every Good Website Must Have | |
| Writing Ext for the Web | |
| Common Mistakes to Avoid on Websites | |
| Case Study: A Student Paper: "Americans and the Bomb" For Further Reading | |
| Index | |
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