Research Catalog

Title

The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students / Jenny L. Presnell.

Author

Presnell, Jenny L.

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, 2013.

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Holdings

Details

Description

xix, 329 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

The Information-Literate Historian is 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 of The Information-Literate Historian continues to be an indispensable reference for historians, students, and other readers doing history research.

Subject

• History > Research > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• History > Methodology > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Information literacy > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Geschiedwetenschap
• Geschiedschrijving
• Onderzoeksmethoden

Genre/Form

• Gidsen (vorm)
• Handbooks and manuals
• Handbooks and manuals.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction : what it means to be a historian -- Historians and the research process : getting started -- Reference resources -- Finding monographs and using catalogs -- Finding journals, magazines, and newspapers : using indexes -- Evaluating your sources -- The thrill of discovery : primary sources -- History and the Internet -- Maps : from simple to geographic information systems -- Beyond the written word : finding, evaluating, and using images, motion pictures, and audio -- Statistics : quantifying history -- Presenting your research : traditional research paper, presentation, poster, or website?

ISBN

• 9780199926046
• 0199926042

LCCN

^^2012022555

OCLC

794367165

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library