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The Information-Literate Historian A Guide to Research for History Students

by: Presnell, Jenny L.

The Information-Literate Historian A Guide to Research for History Students

by: Presnell, Jenny L.

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9780195176520
ISBN 10:
0195176529
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 09/01/2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This primer for history students will guide them on how to do research to write a research paper, create a website, or do a PowerPoint presentation. It is cutting-edge on how to do research on the Internet and how to differentiate between reliable and unreliable historical information on the Web.

Preface

xiii

Introduction What It Means to Be a Historian

(205)

1 Historians and the Research Process: Getting Started

(16)

How Scholarly Information Is Communicated

(1)

What Historians Do and How They Do It

(2)

Practicing History in the Electronic Age: Tips for the Information-Literate Historian

(2)

Beginning Your Research

(6)

Where Do Viable and Interesting Topics Come From?

(1)

Developing a Question and Formulating an Argument

(1)

Preliminary Organization: The Blueprint

(1)

Taking Notes

(3)

Format for Documenting Sources

(1)

The Changing Nature of Historical Research and What Remains the Same

(1)

For Further Reading

(4)

2 Reference Resources

(25)

What Are Reference Resources and When Are They Useful?

(2)

How to Find Reference Resources

(1)

Types of Reference Resources

(19)

Encyclopedias

(5)

Bibliographies

(2)

Multivolume General Histories

(1)

Biographical Resources

(4)

Chronologies

(1)

Dictionaries, Etymologies, and Word Origins

(1)

Statistical Resources

(2)

Book Reviews

(1)

Directories

(1)

Using the Internet as a Reference Resource

(4)

Case Study: Using Reference Resources to Understand Herodotus

(3)

3 Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs

(17)

What Is a Book? : The Changing Nature of Monographs

(1)

When Are Books the Right Choice for Information?

(2)

How to Use a Book Artfully

(1)

Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs

(1)

Keyword vs. Subject Searching

(3)

Keyword Searching

(1)

Subject Searching

(1)

How to Read an Online Catalog Record

(2)

Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs Outside of Your School

(4)

Sources for Catalogs

(1)

Where Else Can I Find Monographs?

(3)

Case Study: Finding and Using Monographs: The Spread of Islam in Western Africa

(2)

4 Finding Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers: Using Indexes

(25)

Using a Journal Article Artfully

(1)

What Are Periodicals (or Journals or Magazines)?

(1)

Journals vs. Magazines

(4)

Commentary Periodicals

(1)

The Role of Newspapers in Secondary Historical Research

(1)

How to Find Articles: Designing a Search and Using an Index

(3)

Using an Online Database: Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life

(7)

Entering a Keyword Search in Historical Abstracts

(1)

What You Will Get: Looking at Your Results

(3)

Other Ways to Use an Online Index

(1)

Selecting Other Indexes

(1)

E-Journals and Electronic Collections of Journals

(8)

Case Study: Searching for Periodical Articles: Canton Trade System

(1)

Selected Historical Indexes

(2)

Selected Periodical Indexes of Use to Historians

(4)

5 Evaluating Your Sources

(6)

Why Evaluate Your Sources?

(1)

Basic Evaluation Criteria

(1)

Perspective and Bias: Historians and Interpretation

(1)

Scholarship or Propaganda?

(3)

Case Study: Evaluating Sources: Holocaust Historians

(2)

6 The Thrill of Discovery: Primary Sources

(44)

Definitions

(1)

Nature and Categories of Primary Sources

(2)

Planning Your Project with Primary Sources

(1)

Locating Primary Sources

(3)

Published Sources for Mass Consumption

(10)

Books as Primary Sources

100

(3)

Magazines and Journals as Primary Sources

103

(2)

Newspapers as Primary Sources

105

(2)

How to Read a Bibliographic Entry in a Printed Newspaper Index

107

(2)

Unpublished Sources and Manuscripts

109

(3)

Catalogs, Bibliographies, Directories, and Indexes for Manuscripts

111

(1)

Directories to Archive Repositories

112

(2)

Documents from Governments and Other Official Bodies

114

(2)

Indexes and Bibliographies of Government Documents

115

(1)

Directories/Bibliographies for Governments/Guides to Government Publications

116

(1)

Public Records and Genealogical Sources

116

(3)

Guides to Public Records

117

(1)

Business Records

118

(1)

Directories

119

(1)

Oral History

119

(2)

Guides to Oral History Repositories

120

(1)

Media and Audiovisual

121

(1)

History before 1400: Ancient and Medieval Cultures and Those with Substantial Oral and Material Culture Traditions

122

(6)

Ancient History

123

(3)

Medieval European History

126

(2)

Using Bibliographies to Locate Primary Sources

128

(2)

Bibliographies Containing References to Primary Sources

129

(1)

Evaluation

130

(2)

Case Study: Finding Primary Sources: Tobacco through the Ages

131

(1)

For Further Reading

132

(1)

Bibliography of Advanced Indexes to Published Primary Sources

133

(3)

7 History and the Internet

136

(23)

The Internet and Research

136

(1)

When Is the Internet Appropriate for Historical Research?

137

(3)

Using the Internet: The Basics

140

(9)

How Do I Access Websites on the Internet?

140

(1)

Search Directories

141

(2)

Search Engines

143

(4)

Meta-Search Engines

147

(1)

What Am I Missing? The Deep Web or Invisible Web

147

(2)

Special Search Techniques: Finding Primary Sources on the Internet

149

(2)

Searching for Primary Sources

150

(1)

Historians Communicating: Using H-Net for Information

151

(1)

Evaluation of Websites

152

(4)

General Websites

152

(2)

Evaluating Sites Concerned with Primary Sources

154

(11)

Case Study: Using the Internet: Japanese Americans and Internment Camps

155

(1)

For Further Reading

156

(3)

8 Maps: From Simple to Geographic Information Systems

159

(18)

Maps as Representations of Our World

159

(1)

A Short History of Maps and Cartography

160

(1)

Maps for Navigation and Commercial Use

161

(1)

Maps as Political Tools

161

(1)

Maps as Propaganda

162

(1)

Maps Marking Territory

162

(1)

Maps in War

163

(1)

Components of Modern Maps

163

(2)

Finding Maps

165

(4)

Map Resources

165

(3)

Gazetteers

168

(1)

How to Read a Map

169

(1)

Questions to Ask When Reading a Map

169

(1)

Planning Your Own Map: Simple to Complex

170

(3)

For Further Reading

173

(4)

9 Beyond the Written Word: Finding, Evaluating, and Using Images, Motion Pictures, and Audio

177

(29)

The Role of Media in Historical Research: Media as Historical Evidence

177

(6)

Images Throughout History

178

(1)

Photography: Real Life Captured?

178

(3)

Art as Visual Media: Painting and Drawing

181

(2)

Motion Pictures and Television

183

(1)

Searching for Visual Media

183

(6)

Collections of Historic Images

186

(3)

Search Engines and Meta-Search Engines for Images and Indexes to Image Collections

189

(1)

Images on the Internet: Some Cautions

189

(2)

Scanning and Downloading Still Images

191

(3)

Common Image Files

191

(1)

Downloading Images

192

(1)

Scanning Images

192

(1)

Image Types

193

(1)

Organizing Still Images on Your Website

193

(1)

Digital Video and Audio Files

194

(7)

Digital Video: Using Moving Images

194

(1)

Searching on the Web

194

(1)

Audio, Music, and Speech Resources

195

(1)

Questions to Ask About Speeches

196

(2)

Searching for Audio Materials

198

(3)

201

(1)

For Further Reading

201

(5)

10 Presenting Your Research: Traditional Research Paper, PowerPoint, or Website?

206

(30)

Creating a Research Paper

207

(7)

Writing Style

207

(7)

Oral Presentations and PowerPoint

214

(2)

Websites for Historical Research

216

(2)

Historical and Scholarly Websites: A Developing Frontier

216

(2)

Website Design: How to Begin

218

(18)

Preplanning: The Major Considerations

219

(6)

Navigation

225

(4)

What Every Good Website Must Have

229

(2)

Writing Text for the Web

231

(1)

Common Mistakes to Avoid on Websites

232

(4)

Case Study: A Student-Constructed Website: Freedmen's Bureau

233

(3)

For Further Reading

236

(3)

Index

239

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