HIS 492 Seminar: Degeneration, Health, and Modernity (Stapell)

"the only book specifically designed to teach today's history student how to most successfully select and use sources--primary, secondary, and electronic--to carry out and present their research. The book discusses: questions to ask before, during, and after the research process, as well as questions to ask about sources and their authors, search strategies that can be used in both electronic and print indexes, the various types of sources that are appropriate for specific research questions, how to find and use books, journals, and primary sources quickly and efficiently, and how to select the best ones for a particular topic, the ways in which historians practice their craft and the nature of historical discourse and narrative methods for finding, using, and evaluating such media as images, speeches, and maps, guidelines for presenting historical research in different formats, including papers, oral presentations, and websites."

The principles of training students to think and write like historians set forth by Richard Marius continue as A Short Guide to Writing About History remains the premier writing resource for all history students. The sixth edition, with expanded coverage of technology and writing, has been updated to address key issues facing today's writer. It continues to explore the writing and researching processes, illustrate the different modes of historical writing, and provide guidelines for improving style.

Brundage (history, California State Polytechnic U.) gives advice to undergraduate history students on how to locate and use primary and secondary sources of historical material. Although the core of the work discusses the location of research material and the research process itself, significant attention is paid to the topic of writing history once the sources are arrayed before you.

A guide to research methods for the writing of history papers, dissertations, articles, and books. A twin focus on research methods and stylistic conventions is provided. The guide proceeds in a step- by-step fashion from the selection of a topic to the completion of a typescript. The range of source material is surveyed and footnote and bibliographical citations are covered. New possibilities provided by computers for research, analysis, and presentation of information are discussed.