Guides to Citing Sources in History Papers

• Footnote/Endnote Citation Form: A Short Guide by Prof. Steve Volk
• History: Documenting Sources by Diana Hacker
• Chicago/Turabian Documentation, University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
• Citing Electronic Information in History Papers by Maurice Crouse
• Online! A Reference Guide to Using Internet Sources by Andrew Harnack and Gene Kleppinger
• Plagiarism: Curricular Materials for History Instructors by Michael Rawson, University of Wisconsin at Madison  

  Guides to Doing Historical Research

• Making Sense of Evidence, a subsection of the History Matters website
  • Making Sense of Oral History by Linda Shopes
  • Making Sense of Films by Tom Gunning
  • Making Sense of Maps by David T. Stephens
  • Making Sense of Numbers by Gary J. Kornblith
  • Making Sense of Letters and Diaries by Steven Stowe
  • Making Sense of Advertisements by Daniel Pope
  • Making Sense of American Popular Song by Ronald G. Walters and John Spitzer
  • Making Sense of Documentary Photography by James Curtis
• Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for Students by Patrick Rael
• Research Methods Resources on the WWW: Historical Research Methods, a list compiled by the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia
• Step-by-Step Guide to Oral History by Judith Moyer
• Using Primary Sources on the Web by the Instruction & Research Services Committee of the Reference and User Service Association History Section in the American Library Association

General Guides to History Resources on the Internet

• H-Net, Humanities and Social Sciences Online
• Oberlin College Library List of History Web Resources
• Voice of the Shuttle: History, maintained at the University of California, Santa Barbara
• WWW Virtual Library History Central Catalogue
• Career Resources for History Majors

  Guides to Subfields of History on the Internet

• African History
  • Africa: History, an annotated guided maintained by the African Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania
  • History and Cultures of Africa, maintained by the Columbia University Libraries
• Asian History
  • Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
• European History
  • The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies, sponsored by Georgetown University
  • NetSERF: The Internet Connection for Medieval Resources
• Latin American History
  • Sources and General Resources on Latin America, maintained by OC Prof. Steve Volk
• North American History
  • WWW History, an annotated guide to American history websites, subsection of the History Matters website
• Russian History
  • REESweb, Russian and East European Studies
  • Link Collection, maintained by the Slavic Research Center at Hokkaido University

Last updated 8/8/07