Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 363 g
Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 363 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-774986-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press
The Information-Literate Historian: A Guide to Research for History Students 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 fourth edition of The Information-Literate Historian now includes expanded coverage of database searching, algorithmic searching, fake news, deep fakes, and AI, making it an indispensable reference for historians, students, and other researchers.
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- Preface xv
- New to This Edition xvii
- Introduction: What It Means to Be a Historian 1
- Part I Basic Research 3
- 1. Historians and the Research Process: Getting Started 5
- How Scholarly Information Is Communicated 5
- What Historians Do and How They Do It 6
- How to Think Historically 8
- Beginning Your Research 13
- Where Do Viable and Interesting Topics Come From? 13
- Developing a Question and Formulating an Argument 14
- The Blueprint: Concept Maps, Storyboarding, and Outlines 16
- Taking Notes 19
- Creating Bibliographies and Documenting Sources 20
- The Changing Nature of Historical Research and What Remains the Same 23
- For Further Reading 23
- 2. Reference Resources 28
- What Are Reference Resources and When Are They Useful? 28
- How to Find Reference Resources 30
- Types of Reference Resources 30
- Encyclopedias 30
- Bibliographies 36
- Multivolume General Histories 38
- Biographical Resources 39
- Chronologies 42
- Dictionaries, Etymologies, and Word Origins 43
- Book Reviews 45
- Using the Internet as a Reference Resource 47
- Case Study: Using Reference Resources to Understand Herodotus 48
- 3. Searching Basics
- Searching For Sources: The Beginnings
- The Complexities of Searching for Information
- Strategic Searching: Keyword vs Subject
- Beginning a Search
- Planning a Search
- Alternative Searching: Using Facets to Limit a Search
- Advanced Searching: Using Subjects and Controlled Vocabulary
- Conclusion
- Further Reading
- 4. Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs 51
- What Is a Book? The Changing Nature of Monographs 51
- When Are Books the Right Choice for Information? 52
- How to Use a Book Artfully 54
- Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs 56
- Navigating a Library Portal/Finding the Catalog 56
- How to Read an Online Catalog Record 64
- Finding Monographs and Using Catalogs Outside of Your School 64
- Case Study: Finding and Using Monographs: The Spread of Islam in Western
- Africa 70
- 5. Finding Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers: Using Indexes 73
- What Are Periodicals (or Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers)? 73
- Journals vs. Magazines 75
- Commentary Periodicals 77
- The Role of Newspapers in Secondary Historical Research 78
- Journal Articles: The Core of Secondary Periodical Research 78
- How to Read a Journal Article 79
- How to Find Articles: Designing a Search and Using an Index 80
- Using an Online Database: Historical Abstracts and America: History and Life 83
- Entering a Keyword Search in Historical Abstracts 84
- What You Will Get: Looking at Your Results 86
- Selecting Other Indexes 88
- JSTOR
- Case Study: Searching for Periodical Articles: Canton Trade System 90
- Selected Historical Indexes 92
- Selected Periodical Indexes of Use to Historians 94
- 6. History and the Internet 164
- The Internet and Research 164
- When Is the Internet Appropriate for Historical Research? 165
- Searching the Internet
- Searching for Secondary Sources
- Searching for Primary Sources
- Historians Communicating: Using Listservs and Blogs for Information 181
- Case Study: Using the Internet: Japanese Americans and Internment Camps 185
- For Further Reading 186
- 7. Evaluating Your Sources 98
- Why Evaluate Your Sources? 98
- Basic Evaluation Criteria 99
- Perspective and Bias: Historians and Interpretation 102
- Scholarship or Propaganda? 102
- "Fake" News and Misinformation
- Case Study: Evaluating Sources: Holocaust Historians 106
- For Further Reading
- 8. The Thrill of Discovery: Primary Sources 108
- Definitions 109
- Nature and Categories of Primary Sources 110
- Planning Your Project with Primary Sources 112
- Locating Primary Sources 112
- Digitization and Electronic Access to Primary Sources 116
- Published Sources for Mass Consumption 117
- Books as Primary Sources 118
- Magazines and Journals as Primary Sources 121
- Newspapers as Primary Sources 124
- Unpublished Sources and Manuscripts 130
- Catalogs, Bibliographies, Directories, and Indexes for Manuscripts 133
- Documents from Governments and Other Official Bodies 136
- Indexes, Full-Text Sources, and Bibliographies of Government Documents 137
- Directories/Bibliographies for Governments/Guides to Government
- Publications 139
- Genealogy and Public Records 139
- Guides for Genealogy and Public Records 141
- Business Records 142
- Directories and Resources 143
- Oral History 143
- Guide to Oral History Repositories 144
- Material Culture: Buildings, Artifacts, and Objects 145
- History before 1400: Ancient and Medieval Cultures and Those with Substantial Oral
- and Material Culture Traditions 147
- Ancient History 148
- Medieval European History 150
- Indigenous Peoples, Former Colonial Nations, and African American
- History 153
- Using Bibliographies to Locate Primary Sources 155
- Bibliographies Containing References to Primary Sources 156
- Evaluation of Primary Sources
- Case Study: Finding Primary Sources: Tobacco through the Ages 158
- For Further Reading 160
- Bibliography of Advanced Indexes to Published Primary Sources 161
- Part II Advanced Research Techniques for Primary Sources 189
- 9. Maps: From Simple to Geographic Information Systems 199
- Maps as Representations of Our World 199
- A Short History of Maps and Cartography 200
- Maps for Navigation and Commercial Use 201
- Maps as Political Tools 201
- Maps as Propaganda 202
- Maps Marking Territory 203
- Maps in War 203
- Components of Modern Maps 203
- Finding Maps 205
- Categories of Historical Maps 205
- Map Resources 206
- Gazetteers 208
- How to Read a Map 209
- Questions to Ask When Reading a Map 209
- Planning Your Own Map: Simple to Complex 210
- For Further Reading 213
- 10. Beyond the Written Word: Finding, Evaluating, and Using Images,
- Motion Pictures, and Audio 218
- The Role of Media in Historical Research: Images throughout History 219
- Photography: Real Life Captured? 219
- Art as Visual Media: Painting and Drawing 222
- Moving Images: Fact and Fiction: Newsreels, Documentaries, Motion Pictures,
- and Television Programs 224
- Searching for Visual Media 227
- Collections of Historic Images 229
- Search Engines and Meta-Search Engines for Images and Indexes to Image
- Collections 231
- Images on the Internet: Some Cautions 231
- Digital Video: Using Moving Images 232
- Searching on the Web 233
- Audio, Music, and Speech Resources 234
- Searching for Audio Materials 237
- Copyright 239
- For Further Reading 240
- 11. Digital History and Big Data 191
- What Digital History Is and Is Not 191
- Approaches to Digital History 192
- How to Perform Simple Digital Textual Analysis 193
- Digital Textual Analysis Tools 193
- Examples of Digital History Projects 195
- Beginning Your Own Digital History Project 196
- For Further Reading 197
- 12. Statistics: Quantifying History 245
- A Society of Statistics 245
- A Short History of the Evolution of Statistical Collection and Analysis: What Can
- You Expect to Find? 246
- Categorizing Statistics: How They Are Collected and Organized 248
- Demographics/Vital Statistics/Census Data 248
- Economic Statistics 249
- Social Statistics 250
- Public Opinion and Consumer Preferences 250
- Gleaning Statistics from Primary Sources 251
- Finding Statistics 252
- How to Think about the Sources 252
- Search Strategies 253
- Evaluating Statistics: Common Problems with Data Collection and Results 258
- Questions to Evaluate Data 259
- Data Problems: Signs That Something Is Wrong 259
- Data Sets: Doing Your Own Thing 260
- Selected Resources 261
- Understanding Statistics 261
- Collections of General Statistics/Statistical Abstracts 262
- Almanacs and Yearbooks 263
- Economic, Financial, and Commercial Statistics 264
- General Demographics and Social Characteristics 265
- Censuses 266
- Polls/Public Opinion 266
- Market Research 268
- Major Social Surveys 268
- Bibliographies and Indexes for Statistics 269
- Finding and Using Data Sets 269
- For Further Reading 270
- Case Study: Contextualizing Statistics 270
- Part III Presenting Your Research 275
- 13. Presenting Your Research: Traditional Research Paper, Presentation,
- Poster, or Website? 277
- Creating a Research Paper 278
- Writing Style 278
- Formulating an Argument 280
- Paper Construction 281
- Ebb and Flow of Paragraphs 282
- Public Presenting 283
- Oral, Slide, and Poster Presentations 283
- Creating a Poster 286
- Creating Websites for Historical Research 287
- Historical and Scholarly Websites 287
- Website Design: How to Begin 290
- Other Forms of Presentation
- Case Study: A Student Paper: "Americans and the Bomb" 300
- For Further Reading 310
- Appendix A: Citation Examples 313
- Appendix B: Information Literacy Guidelines and Competencies for
- Undergraduate History Students 315
- Appendix C: Research Checklist 319
- Index 321
