A Pocket Guide to Writing in History
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A Pocket Guide to Writing in History is the concise, trusted, and easy-to-use guide for the writing and research skills needed in undergraduate history courses. Thoroughly updated to include strategies for making useful outlines and organizing a paper, the tenth edition ensures that students have the most up-to-date advice and ample instruction for writing a research paper for their history class.
1 Introduction: Why Study History1a Asking historical questions
1b Developing historical reading skills2 Working with Sources2a Identifying historical sources2a-1 Primary sources2a-2 Secondary sources2a-3 Primary or secondary? The changing status of a source2a-4 Accessing sources in history2a-5 Uses of primary and secondary sources2b Evaluating sourcesTips for Writers: Questions for Evaluating Text-Based Primary Sources2b-1 Evaluating primary sourcesTips for Writers: Questions for Evaluating Nonwritten Primary Sources2b-2 Evaluating secondary sourcesTips for Writers: Questions for Evaluating Secondary Sources2b-3 Evaluating online sources2b-4 Identifying fake newsTips for Writers: Questions for Evaluating Websites3 Writing Short History Assignments3a Reading actively in historyTips for Writers: Writing as You Read3b Writing about reading3b-1 Summaries3b-2 Annotated bibliographies3c Writing about primary sources3c-1 Single-source analysis3c-2 Comparative papersTips for Writers: Writing a Comparative Essay3d Writing about secondary sources3d-1 Critiques and book reviews3d-2 Comparing secondary sources3e Writing about film3f Taking history exams3f-1 Preparing for an exam3f-2 Answering identification questions3f-3 Taking an essay exam4 Following Conventions of Writing in History4a Approaching a history assignment4b Thinking like a historian4c Developing a thesis4d Constructing an argumentTips for Writers: Testing your Thesis4d-1 Supporting your thesis4d-2 Responding to counterevidence and anticipating opposing viewpoints4e Drafting your paper4e-1 Drafting an introduction4e-2 Organizing your paper4e-3 Writing clear and connected paragraphs4e-4 Writing an effective conclusion4f Revising for content and organizationTips for Writers: Revising for Content and Organization4g Editing for style and grammarTips for Writers: Common Grammatical Errors (and How to Avoid Them)4g-1 Choosing appropriate language4g-2 Choosing the appropriate tense4g-3 Using active voice4g-4 Knowing when to use the pronouns I, me, and you5 Writing a Research Paper5a Moving from topic to research question5a-1 Choosing a topic5a-2 Focusing on a research question5b Developing a research plan5c Conducting research5c-1 Consulting human resources5c-2 Using a library’s online catalog5c-3 Using print and electronic reference sources5c-4 Locating primary sources5c-5 Locating secondary sources5c-6 Finding internet sourcesTips for Writers: Electronic Databases5c-7 Distinguishing among electronic sources5d Taking effective research notes5e Developing a working thesis5f Making an outline5g Revising and editing your paper6 Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Avoid It6a What is plagiarism?6b Avoiding plagiarism6b-1 Citing sources to avoid plagiarism6b-2 Paraphrasing to avoid plagiarismTips for Writers: Avoiding Plagiarism6b-3 Downloading internet sources carefully to avoid plagiarism6c Plagiarism and the internet7 Quoting and Documenting Sources7a Using quotations7a-1 When to quote7a-2 How to quote7b Documenting sources7b-1 Footnotes and endnotes7b-2 Bibliography7b-3 Documenting nonwritten materials7c Documentation models7c-1 Formatting guidelines for footnotes and endnotes7c-2 Formatting guidelines for bibliographies7c-3 Models for notes and bibliography entries7d Sample pages from a student research paper“In a concise number of pages Rampolla thoroughly discusses the fundamental writing skills that undergrads need to know before embarking on writing history papers. What sets Rampolla’s work apart is that her slim volume presents this material in a readable, engaging and entertaining way.”
– Linda Thorne, Columbia College of Missouri
– Rhonda Hinther, Brandon University“This is a short book but it provides an excellent and fairly comprehensive overview of how to be a successful history student. The writing is lively, the examples are on point, and the information is up to date. My students prefer it over others because of its length and cost. It’s small but it packs a big punch!”
– Jeffrey Hardy, Brigham Young University
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